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This seemingly popped up overnight on my Magnificent Foxface. One black spot on the tail fin and one white spot on the pectoral. My first thought is fin rot, but I'm far from a disease expert and would love some help.
For some context, I've had this fish for about four months and had a small ich outbreak during the first month of ownership (Assumedly came in with a fish that did not make it). The ich was minimal and has been since kept under control (no visible spots on any fish) with heavy nutritious feeding and a 40w UV sterilizer.
Feeding is twice a day with various foods. Frozen (mysis, plankton, krill, emerald entre, fish eggs, clam, and more) is rotated daily with selcon and garlic guard. Along with SA pellets as the staple.
Details below, happy to provide anything else that would help
Other tank inhabitants: (All healthy, eating well and no signs of disease and/or distress)
Blue Throat Trigger
Bengai Cardinal x5
Purple Firefish
Banded Goby
Extreme Snowflake Clown x2
Midas Blenny
6 Line Wrasse
Chalk Bass x3
Parameters:
Temp: Stable 77.7 with a .2 degree swing daily
Salinity: 1.023 (Low for my liking, will slowly raise to 1.026. Though not something that should effect fish in this way)
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0 (This surprised me, I feed quite heavy. I do have heavy nutrient export with GFO and an oversized skimmer though)
Phosphates: .02
For some context, I've had this fish for about four months and had a small ich outbreak during the first month of ownership (Assumedly came in with a fish that did not make it). The ich was minimal and has been since kept under control (no visible spots on any fish) with heavy nutritious feeding and a 40w UV sterilizer.
Feeding is twice a day with various foods. Frozen (mysis, plankton, krill, emerald entre, fish eggs, clam, and more) is rotated daily with selcon and garlic guard. Along with SA pellets as the staple.
Details below, happy to provide anything else that would help
Other tank inhabitants: (All healthy, eating well and no signs of disease and/or distress)
Blue Throat Trigger
Bengai Cardinal x5
Purple Firefish
Banded Goby
Extreme Snowflake Clown x2
Midas Blenny
6 Line Wrasse
Chalk Bass x3
Parameters:
Temp: Stable 77.7 with a .2 degree swing daily
Salinity: 1.023 (Low for my liking, will slowly raise to 1.026. Though not something that should effect fish in this way)
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0 (This surprised me, I feed quite heavy. I do have heavy nutrient export with GFO and an oversized skimmer though)
Phosphates: .02
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