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rindotheraven

I just got a royal gramma and a few days after his tailfin semms to have almost disolved all the way. If anyone knows what this is please tell me. I was thinking it could be finrot but it happened very fast.

reptileking

if the end of his fins look kinda boogery not smooth cuts its going to be fin rot not ich. ich is a parasite that lookes like salt all over its body. if you have any inverts you dont whant to medicate your tank at all most fish medicines will kill inverts. do you have a quarentine tank set up i would definatley set one up they are cheap get a 10-15 gallon tank with very few decorations and no substrate (if you ever get a tang or butterfly with black ich its almost imossible to get rid of with substrate in it) and just medicate him by himself (melafix is great for finrot it fixes damaged fins fairly fast. if his fins are smooth on the edges you might have another fish or shrimp that is munching on him watch close to see if this is hapening. oh btw when you set up quarentine tank do a water change in your display tank and use that water so you dont have to worry about new tank syndrome in our qt.

dirtyhungrythirsty

Is he developing white spots? It could be ick...isolate him right away.

Tammy O

I'm not sure what it is, but try using MelaFix to treat it - it works on all types of fish, and is safe to use.

admin

It's Fin Rot my Goldfish has had it.

Raise the temperature by a few degrees, add a little bit of salt to the water, make sure his filters are clean and the PH Level is ok, and test for Nitrates and Nitrites.

Feed him green peas, and also treat with an Anti-Fungus treatment.

Normally Fin Rot in Fish is a secondary reaction to another problem from stress to poor water quality.

Good luck and i hope your fish gets better, Fin Rot is a horrible thing.