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fin rot?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by mthomp, Apr 25, 2010.

  1. Apr 25, 2010 #1
    mthomp

    mthomp Inactive User

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    after spending several weeks laying in bed recovering from surgery, i was able to do some maintaince to my tank and i noticed my maroon clown has what appears to be some fin rot.  fin seems frayed and the top fin seems some what frayed.  what kind of treatments are there for this?  his behavior seems normal, eating swimming and breathing.
     
  2. Apr 25, 2010 #2
    FishBrain New London

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    It may just be that another fish did some fin nipping. There is a product called melafix that will heal it up.
     
  3. Apr 25, 2010 #3
    mthomp

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    yeah i thought about another fish doing nipping but i only have 2 , the other being a combtooth blemmy.

    i will look into melafix. thanks alot fishbrain.
     
  4. Apr 26, 2010 #4
    Will E

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    Is it safe to use the melafix in the DT? A couple of my fish have some deformaties from a nasty bout of ich a while back.
     
  5. Apr 26, 2010 #5
    FishBrain New London

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    Yes it is reef safe.
     
  6. Apr 28, 2010 #6
    Kylie

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    just be careful. Fishyness used either melafix or pimafix a while back and aparently it uses up a lot of oxygen in the water and it killed all her fish. Not bashing melafix, I love the stuff. Just a word of caution.
     
  7. Apr 28, 2010 #7
    mthomp

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    yeah i have decided it isnt fin rot. I think my clown and blemmy had an argument as the fins are so much ragged as they seem to have a chunk missing out of it. i can see the little bone on the top fin where the flesh was. it is begining to heal now.
     

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