RTBshark developed white tips to its Dorsal and Anal Fin

leongreenway · 06-04-2005, 07:37 AM

Hello,

My RTBshark seems to have developed white tips to its Dorsal and Anal Fin. Any Ideas ??

Cheers

Lon

Lexus · 06-04-2005, 12:51 PM

Fin rot?? is it ragged or smooth or just plain turned white?

fishboy · 06-04-2005, 03:19 PM

if it aappears that the white begins to eat the fins by finrot medication as fast as possible and treat the tank. This happened to my skirt tetra and it ate away at her so fast she died in two days and had no fins at death

DavidDoyle · 06-04-2005, 05:50 PM

It is normal for rts to get a white edging to their fins.

**TheOldSalt** · 06-04-2005, 10:38 PM

Whew!
David, I was beginning to worry that no one was going to catch that.

The young ones almost always have the white tips. The adults have them as often as not.

The big question is:
Do you have a dark charcoal colored fish with an orange tail, or a deep velvety black fish with a scarlet tail?
You want the latter.
A pH of 7.2, clean water, and a lot of algae in the diet can give these results. The white tips are very often present in the faded fish, but can sometimes either disappear or become more brilliantly white in fish with better overall color.
In either case, the white tips are normal and completely harmless. The other colors are the ones to watch.

06-04-2005, 07:37 AM	#1
leongreenway Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 238	RTBshark developed white tips to its Dorsal and Anal Fin Hello, My RTBshark seems to have developed white tips to its Dorsal and Anal Fin. Any Ideas ?? Cheers Lon __________________ It's better to Burn out than to Fade Away !!

06-04-2005, 12:51 PM	#2
Lexus Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 22 Posts: 2,405	Fin rot?? is it ragged or smooth or just plain turned white? __________________ 55 Gallon 2 Blood Parrots 2 Angelfish 1 Fantail Goldfish 46 Gallon 1 Albino Bristlenose 2 Angelfish 4 African Dwarf Frogs 4 Black Skirt Tetras 5 Zebra Danios 8 Tiger Barbs 9 Neon Tetras 13 Assorted Corys 29 Gallon 8 Daffodil Cichlids & fry 1 Electric Blue Crayfish 10 Gallon 2 Snails

06-04-2005, 03:19 PM	#3
fishboy Custom User Title Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 17 Posts: 1,647	if it aappears that the white begins to eat the fins by finrot medication as fast as possible and treat the tank. This happened to my skirt tetra and it ate away at her so fast she died in two days and had no fins at death __________________ It is only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything

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06-04-2005, 05:50 PM	#4
DavidDoyle Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 89 Posts: 496	It is normal for rts to get a white edging to their fins.

06-04-2005, 10:38 PM	#5
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,471	Whew! David, I was beginning to worry that no one was going to catch that. The young ones almost always have the white tips. The adults have them as often as not. The big question is: Do you have a dark charcoal colored fish with an orange tail, or a deep velvety black fish with a scarlet tail? You want the latter. A pH of 7.2, clean water, and a lot of algae in the diet can give these results. The white tips are very often present in the faded fish, but can sometimes either disappear or become more brilliantly white in fish with better overall color. In either case, the white tips are normal and completely harmless. The other colors are the ones to watch.

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