How To Get Rid Of Finrot?

[blondmyth]

Hi guys,

My Dad's marine tank is relatively new... prob abt 1 mth old now. its a 3 feet com tank... Right now, most of the fishes in the tank are having some finrot. Wat are the steps to take now to get rid of the finrot? Thanks in advance guys.....

Adam

[maxifire]

I think it will be good if you could provide more details about your tank.

Eg.

1) What are the livestocks in your tank ?

2) The filter you are using ?

3) Water parameters ?

Could it be fish incompatibility?

[blondmyth]

1) blue tang, yellow tang,picasso trigger, niger trigger,undulated trigger, bi colour angel, majestic angel, indian smoke angel, juvenile emperor angel, butterfly fish, maroon clown

2)overflow system

3)pH = 8.0, NO3 = 25 to 50, NO2 = <0.3 to 0.3, KH = 9 & Ca = 440

Thanks guys....

[maxifire]

1) blue tang, yellow tang,picasso trigger, niger trigger,undulated trigger, bi colour angel, majestic angel, indian smoke angel, juvenile emperor angel, butterfly fish, maroon clown

2)overflow system

3)pH = 8.0, NO3 = 25 to 50, NO2 = <0.3 to 0.3, KH = 9 & Ca = 440

Thanks guys....

Hi,

You said that your dad's tank is relatively new.. therefore, it is not advisable to fill up your tank with 11 fishes within such a short span of time. Doing so may contribute to higher chances of ammonia spike. Anyway, that's beside the point. But do take note of that.

From what I read in this forum, Maroon Clown Fish is quite an aggressive fish. Is your Maroon Clown Fish having fin rot too?

Good luck!

[FuEl]

Your fishes are stressed up totally.

I think your filtration system cannot handle the current bioload and looking at your nitrites...it can be seen. Nitrites should be ZERO all the time...best to be ZERO before you add any new fish.

Not to mention the choice of fishes. If I were you I would remove the triggers ASAP and put them in a tank of their own.

[blondmyth]

Actually, the 3 triggers, the 2 tangs, and the bi colour were shifted from another tank into this tank. There wernt any problems in the old tank.

[FuEl]

Hai...okok..wait till your triggers get bigger then you update me on what happens.

[newfisher]

i think u probably have too much fish in the tank.... my tank 3 mths i put in 10 fishes..... then one day most of them died leaving a regal tang and 2 chromis....

think u better give some fish away or something

[blondmyth]

Dad has already stopped adding fish. No more new fish for the time being. So does overcrowding lead to fin rot?

[Dazza]

Also safer not to mix same species of triggers, same species of angels & same species of tangs together. Unless they are of totally different size or coloartion & patterns. They may appear ok when very sml together but its one big WWF waiting to happen.

[Clownfish]

Didnt ur fish fight?

i mean... it may not be finrot....

[euphoria]

maybe you'll like to read up on systoms of finrot...it could be torn fins due to aggression.

Fin rot really look like the fin is 'rotting'..hehe

[acanthus]

pls check, are there clumps at the edge of the fins? if so, is finrot.

if not, clean cut fins means aggression.

anyway, if is finrot, try changing 25% water. remove fishes to hospital

tank, or remove LR & others sensitive to medication. for finrot, light

dose of copper treatment n medalene blue (i think wrong spelling),

u can try taking out fish n cut the fin off (rotting part only) with very

sharp scissors, then drip with iodine solution.

make sure after few water changes, months later then can put in LR,

invert, corals, etc.

if u r only keeping fishes, invest a UV steriliser.

[ReeF_LoVeR]

UV is only good for fish only aquarium but not for reef.