My clown fish has tail rot please help

toxic haste1234 · Feb 25, 2023

My clown fish tail has frayed looking tail had him about a month and have a lawnmower blenny,damsel,cardinal fish in the tank no reef 29 gallon how to treat

vetteguy53081 · Feb 25, 2023

toxic haste1234 said:
My clown fish tail has frayed looking tail had him about a month and have a lawnmower blenny,damsel,cardinal fish in the tank no reef 29 gallon how to treat

This looks damage from aggression opposed to tail rot and my suspect is the damsel especially if blue or domino damsel.
You will have to find the culprit and isolate or rid of it. One way to find out is to set your cell phone on video mode for about 40 mins and drop a little food and walk away - YOU MUST walk away as they know youre there. Often the aggressor is a jerk at feeding time.
Review the video and see who it may be

toxic haste1234 · Feb 25, 2023

Sorry I forgot I also have a conivt juvinial tang in there
The damsel chases the small convict tang around

toxic haste1234 · Feb 25, 2023

toxic haste1234 said:
Sorry I forgot I also have a conivt juvinial tang in there
The damsel chases the small convict tang around

How do I treat it

Sharkbait19 · Feb 25, 2023

The only “treatment” for aggression is to separate the aggressor from the fish being harassed.
The convict tang or damsels are both possibilities, so getting a video like @vetteguy53081 suggested is the best way to see what needs to be done.

toxic haste1234 · Feb 25, 2023

I don’t have anything to put the damsel in

ryanjohn1 · Feb 25, 2023

I’d like to suggest getting some rock in the tank

Brit’s Fish · Feb 25, 2023

Agreeing with previous poster… besides figuring out who the aggressor is, you can help the fish out a lot by getting more rock in the tank. This way, all of the fish have places to hide and they won’t always be in each other’s line of sight. As your fish grow, the aggression is only going to get worse if they don’t have many rocks to create their own territories.