My Yellow Tang Is Being Nipped?

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  1. Weir_Head

    Weir_Head Skunk Shrimp

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    All of a sudden, the top of my yellow tang's fins don't look so hot.
    They look as if something is nipping him, but I'm not sure what in my tank would be doing it.

    I haven't witnessed anything, and he's the aggressor of the tank to begin with.

    Unless it's something else... Also the one area seems a lot more white than it used to be.

    Any thoughts or suggestions?

    My stock:
    Yellow Tang
    Flame Angel
    Benjai Cardinal
    Pink Spotted Goby
    Mystery Wrasse
    Foxfaced Rabbit
    Serpent Star
    Misc Snails/Hermits

    Here's some pics.

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    This the whitish area.
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    Like I said, I'm not sure who would be doing it. The Mystery Wrasse is kind of mean, but he really spends 80% of his day under his rock cave, coming out to swim but really minds his own business most of the time.

    Foxface swims with the Yellow Tang constantly, and they seem very friendly.

    The Flame Angel minds it's own business, the Goby just lounges around, and the Cardinal floats around.
     
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  3. Weir_Head

    Weir_Head Skunk Shrimp

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    Is it just fin-rot? And if so, is there a treatment?
    My water parameters are fine as far as I can tell. The Nitrate is the only thing that isn't perfect.
    Nitrate is around 20-25ppm at the moment.
     
  4. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    I'm thinking thats a disease due to localized white spots Maybe ich. Mine did that when he got ich. What size tank? And how old.
     
  5. Weir_Head

    Weir_Head Skunk Shrimp

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    75 Gallons (Don't kill me tang-police)
    And the Tang has been in there about 16 months, and everything overall has been at least 12 months at this point.
     
  6. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    hmm not sure, like i said mine kinda looked like that when he got ich! hopefully someone else chimes in.
     
  7. Weir_Head

    Weir_Head Skunk Shrimp

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    Thanks for the posts.
    To my knowledge it never had ich, at least not in my tank.