What is wrong with my blue tang?

[Mil26]

okay i have had my blue tang for about 8 months now and has been healthy and happy for what i have seen i have been feeding it mysis/flakes/brine/nori/nls pellets always soaked with silcone i feed 1-3times a day but for the past 2 months now it has been having problems with the anal fin and caudal fin with it looking jagged edges as shown on the photo below i couldn't really take a picture of mine but just took a normal blue tang and edited it to how close i think mine looks like as for water quality everything is great just calc was a lil off also with sg tank has been up for 1yr and 5months the only thing i added new was a chemi pure elite and a normal yellow sponge for filtration.

 

[domination2580]

Sounds to me like fin rot.

 

[Animagus]

What else do you have in the tank? (fish/invertebrates)

 

[Mil26]

What else do you have in the tank? (fish/invertebrates)

i have a coral beauty pair of clown fish yellow tang 4 stripe damsel (small) and a cleaner shrimp and a LTA

 

[Mil26]

Sounds to me like fin rot.

yea i was thinking of that also but what can be causing this?

 

[domination2580]

Bacterial I believe. What I would do is qt and treat with melafix.

 

[domination2580]

Can be caused by a torn fin or tail from fighting then the bacteria takes over.

 

[Mil26]

Can be caused by a torn fin or tail from fighting then the bacteria takes over.

Sadly to say i dont have an extra tank to qt nor do i have the money to afford another tank with the extra supplies that i would need note: i am only 17 with not very much cash on me :/ Atm i do have enough for a bottle of melafix though

 

[Bdog4u2]

Look for free stuff on Craigslist

 

[awais98]

Sadly to say i dont have an extra tank to qt nor do i have the money to afford another tank with the extra supplies that i would need note: i am only 17 with not very much cash on me :/ Atm i do have enough for a bottle of melafix though

You could buy a small 10g tank for $10 bucks at Walmart. And just change water daily. Maybe a tiny heater, throw in a piece or 2 of pvc pipe for the fish to hide.
That's your QT.
Also look in craigslist to get a little bigger tank for cheap. Ask your friends locally.

 

[domination2580]

Sadly to say i dont have an extra tank to qt nor do i have the money to afford another tank with the extra supplies that i would need note: i am only 17 with not very much cash on me :/ Atm i do have enough for a bottle of melafix though

I'm not sure if melafix is reef safe.

 

[Animagus]

Ragged fins aside, is the fish behaving normally? Is it still eating well? Before you do anything drastic you might want to wait a few days and see if conditions improve.

How big is the tank btw?

 

[Mil26]

Ragged fins aside, is the fish behaving normally? Is it still eating well? Before you do anything drastic you might want to wait a few days and see if conditions improve.

How big is the tank btw?

yea behavior normal eating normal just did a small water change 15% and tank size is 110g and ragged fins have been the same for about 2 months hasn't changed since then just weird how it hasn't grown back.. or any signs of improvement

 

[Triggreef]

Could try feeding dr g's antibacterial caviar for a while. Contains kanamycin and it's reef safe just don't feed faster than the fish eats.

 

[4FordFamily]

Ragged fins aside, is the fish behaving normally? Is it still eating well? Before you do anything drastic you might want to wait a few days and see if conditions improve.

How big is the tank btw?

X2 I wouldn't worry at this stage. More likely your coral beauty got in a skirmish with it. I wouldn't do anything at this stage and keep a watchful eye on it for serious worsening.

Keep your water pristine, add zoecon or selcon to your food for additional vitamins.