Fin Rot

I dont know much of this disease, i'm kinda scared about it.. i dont think my new tang could possibly have ich... when he got in the tank the cleaner shrimp worked on him quite a bit.. recently there have been no cleaning sessions goin on.. the fish seems to be swimming around the tank a lot more now, sometimes vigorously... i have read some things about fin rot. Almost looks like ich, but occuring only on the fins and almost looks like little pieces of cotton on his dorsal fin. I'll try to get pics up later. Got him in a hyposalinity QT already. Any suggestions? Hes eating lots, no breathing difficulties, water params were 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite and 25 ppm nitrate. Did a 10g water change this morning and raised the temp to 79-80.

 

Other than medications if you pinpoint it and whether or not you want to treat the tank I would work on getting your nitrates as low as possible and add garlic to his food. Help his immune system naturally the best you can. What kind of tang is it? Some are more hardy than others. The good sign is he's eating and a good healthy food with garlic will always help and maybe he can beat it on his own.

 

The Number 1 cause of fin rot is water quality. How are you Numbers for Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate, What is your SG, Temp, PH

J

 

SG is 1.025, ammonia and nitrite are 0, after the water change nitrate is down to 5 ppm, PH is 8.0 and temp is 79, also, my cleaner shrimp is being a baby, but finally jumped on him today.. could be ich. I set up a QT and bought copper treatment. Am i gonna need to put LR in there with him in the QT? If so, will it ruin my LR? If it ruins my liverock, can i nuke and reuse? Also, kind of off topic, what kind of GPH powerheads should i be running in my 40g breeder?

 

I would not put LR in the QT tank. The coper will leach in and if you ever use it in a tank again, It's possible the coper could leach back out.

Just use a few pieces of PVC for hiding spots.

 

How long should treatments go for? I'm assuming the instructions on the bottle are accurate enough?