Hi,
About 1.5-2 weeks ago I noticed my juvenile male angulatus wrasse losing some parts of his tail. I thought it was normal as he was a young fish and I know they are constantly changing. I thought it was fine until last Friday (8/19/22) I noticed the same happening to my Black Ice Longfin Clownfish (you can imagine my panic). I have experience with salt water aquariums but not for a few years so I'm a bit rusty. I just did a water change before noticing this. I changed out roughly 12 gallons of water in my 75 gallon display 85-90~ gallon system.
I rushed to my aquarist that night and bought Seachem: Neoplex, Focus, and Kanaplex. My longfin is still eating just fine, but her fins are continuing to lose pieces. I've attached images, picture 1 was when I got her, July 17th. Picture 2 was when I first discovered the fin rot on her, 8/19. Pictures 3 and 4 are from yesterday, 8/24. I started off dosing the system with Neoplex (about 50 scoops) and I added the focus and kanaplex to the food. It kept getting worse so I dosed the water with the kanaplex as well instead of the oral antibiotics. I'm getting worried, she seems to just keep losing more of her fins. My aquarist told me to hang tight and keep going with the antibiotics. It SEEMS like all my other fish either have cleared it or just avoided it. He also says it's good that her behavior hasn't changed and that she's still eating. Is this true? Does anyone have any additional advice? Is this getting worse and is it to the point that it will be permanent or kill my fish? Lots of advice is appreciated.
Thank You!
About 1.5-2 weeks ago I noticed my juvenile male angulatus wrasse losing some parts of his tail. I thought it was normal as he was a young fish and I know they are constantly changing. I thought it was fine until last Friday (8/19/22) I noticed the same happening to my Black Ice Longfin Clownfish (you can imagine my panic). I have experience with salt water aquariums but not for a few years so I'm a bit rusty. I just did a water change before noticing this. I changed out roughly 12 gallons of water in my 75 gallon display 85-90~ gallon system.
I rushed to my aquarist that night and bought Seachem: Neoplex, Focus, and Kanaplex. My longfin is still eating just fine, but her fins are continuing to lose pieces. I've attached images, picture 1 was when I got her, July 17th. Picture 2 was when I first discovered the fin rot on her, 8/19. Pictures 3 and 4 are from yesterday, 8/24. I started off dosing the system with Neoplex (about 50 scoops) and I added the focus and kanaplex to the food. It kept getting worse so I dosed the water with the kanaplex as well instead of the oral antibiotics. I'm getting worried, she seems to just keep losing more of her fins. My aquarist told me to hang tight and keep going with the antibiotics. It SEEMS like all my other fish either have cleared it or just avoided it. He also says it's good that her behavior hasn't changed and that she's still eating. Is this true? Does anyone have any additional advice? Is this getting worse and is it to the point that it will be permanent or kill my fish? Lots of advice is appreciated.
Thank You!
