Fin Rot

[Rayana of Troy]

What causes fin rot. I have searched everywhere and still can't find an answer. Can anyone help?!? I am going crazy. One of my fish has fin rot and I am trearing it. But I don't know the source of the fin rot. Any suggestions?

 

[WILDER]

Not the writer of this information below.
Fin Rot



Symptoms:

Fish may have deteriorating fins, often with red or white edges. Secondary Fungal infections often occur.



Cause:

Bacterial infection caused by Aeromonas and/or Pseudomonas bacteria often precipitated by poor water quality, low water temperatures, or a combination of both.



Treatment:

You will first want to determine the specific cause of the illness, so check your water’s quality Ammonia, Nitrite, pH, and Nitrate levels as well as the temperature. Be sure to provide optimal water conditions and the correct water temperature for the species of fish you are keeping. Treat with Kanacyn, Tetracycline, Furacyn, Nitrofura-G or Penicillin. Basically, you want an antibiotic specific for Aeromonas and Pseudomonas bacteria. The use of a medicated food is also wise. Treat the fish in isolation (i.e., quarantine tank) if only one fish is sick. If not, the whole tank should be treated. In either case, water conditions must be improved and proper temperature maintained for all fish. Adding salt to the water may be helpful.

The success rate for treating Fin Rot is good providing the illness is caught early and water conditions are kept optimal. Left untreated this infection can be deadly. Early treatment is essential! Once treated, fin tissue lost to this illness will grow back providing the fin rays and/or fin bases have not been damaged.







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[Rayana of Troy]

Thanx

Where did you find that info? I have limited resources outside the internet. Beause I live in the Philippines. I apreciate the help. Thanx.

 

[Fishy412]

that piece recommends antibiotics but ive had success of treating fin rot without them. first i did daily 5-10% water changes and i also added a little more protien to their diet. really the biggest help in curing fin rot is clean water and lots of it. Good Luck!

-Sev-

 

[godzuki]

i have a question for you then... i have one fish with fin rot but recently ive had several die from the same condtion although never all at the same time, so Im treating the whole tank also i dont have a fish hospital ...so but the instructions dont say wether I treat the water everyday or every water change or one dose it just gives the dosing instruction. do u have any ideas.

also I have ideal water stats although my ph is a wee bit high but I was advised to let this drop on its own and my water temp is 26 to 27 is that the right temp.

can they get finrot when you start messing with the tank? I bought a load of new plants and got rid of the tacky castle I had in the tank and it was within a day that my micky got ill...

KISS KISS
godzuki

 

[WILDER]

What med are you using plus which fish has the finrot.

 

[godzuki]

What med are you using plus which fish has the finrot.

Its a micky mouse platy thats got fin rot.
and the meds is anti fungus and finrot treatment by interpet its the only one my LFS had. how long will it take to work? any ideas?

thank you
godzuki

 

[WILDER]

Wrong med as livebearers are more prone to bacterial finrot, you will need interpet anti internal bacteria med.

http/www.skepticalaquarist.com/docs/health/fungin.shtml

 

[godzuki]

thanks thats fantastic... im I able to put that stuff into the tank with the other stuff or will I have a wait a wee while? and also how are they getting this finrot as it has only ever been the livebearers that get it.

 

[WILDER]

Sadly they are prone to it, i had guppys, no matter what you did they would get finrot, but the fungus and finrot med never did anything, then i was told that anti internal bacteria med would be better, if you have no scaless fish add a teaspoon of salt to every 5gals, good luck.

Not the writer of this information.
I'm not the writer of this article.

Tail and fin rot can be prevented by keeping ammonia and nitrite levels low, adding salt at regular intervals, and quarantine of new fish. Guppies are particularly susceptible to this disease, and you will first recognize it as a ragged edge on the tail fin. Healthy adult tail fins should have a fairly straight edge, though sometimes adolescents will have temporary ragged fins due to uneven growth. As the disease progresses, the other fins become ragged, and the fins develop a white (sometimes though not always, fuzzy) margin. Sometimes, the fins will also develop red bloodspots. If the disease is allowed to continue, your guppies will die. In most species of fish this disease is a combination of bacteria and fungus on the fins themselves, however guppies tend towards acquiring an internal bacterial infection which spreads to the fins. You may try the salt treatment (instructions given later), as this sometimes does the trick. If that doesn't work, an antibiotic such as tetracycline can be used. Let your pet shop help you. They will specifically need to know if you use a bio-filter as many antibiotics will kill your filter.


http/healthybetta.com/articles/Illness%2...sis/finrot.html

 

[godzuki]

your as star... thanks....

every live bearer I have ever had has died from this and I could never understand why as my water conditions are according to the "water test" ideal...

it can be very worring as it can spread, although saying that i have never had more the 1 case at a time and i used to use that meth blue stuff but it never worked all it did was dye everything blue(a wee bit obvious).

thanks again I'll get that tomoz, would it be worth adding some every second water change just to kill off any thing lurking around.

kiss kiss
godzuki

 

[WILDER]

If you have alot of livebearers just add abit of bacteria med now and then, not even half dose, i will keep the bacteria in the background hopefully.

 

[godzuki]

no, I now only have 1 sword tail and 2(fingers crossed) micky mouses. although what are tetras? are they live bearers?

 

[WILDER]

No tetra's are a characin shoaling fish

 

[godzuki]

got that anti internal bacterial stuff you advised, how will long it take to kick in and do u know if im ablr to use it now as I have already added a dose of fugus and fin rot treatment