Why Did Our Angle's Dorsal Deteriorate?

Tenor1 · 01-21-2013, 03:49 PM

The dorsal fin on my brother's angel fish is now just a stump. It was doing fine in a 29-gallon tank and a few months after adding some Congo Tetras he noticed the fine starting to get shorter. His initial thought was nipping from the Congos. We never say the Congos chase, nip or bother the Angel.

There is no sign of fin rot and the fish does not seem distressed in any way. The tank is a 29-gallon Eclipse, so there is nothing in the tank that could chew up the fin.

Does anyone have any idea of what's going on?

LB79 · 01-21-2013, 05:33 PM

Some sort of fin rot disease. I'm not knowledgeable on that stuff so I'll let someone else chip in...

Tenor1 · 01-21-2013, 06:25 PM

It could be some strange strain of fin rot. What is unusual is being so exclusive to the dorsal and the other fins are completely normal.

01-21-2013, 03:49 PM	#1
Tenor1 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: San Pedro, California Posts: 239	Why Did Our Angle's Dorsal Deteriorate? The dorsal fin on my brother's angel fish is now just a stump. It was doing fine in a 29-gallon tank and a few months after adding some Congo Tetras he noticed the fine starting to get shorter. His initial thought was nipping from the Congos. We never say the Congos chase, nip or bother the Angel. There is no sign of fin rot and the fish does not seem distressed in any way. The tank is a 29-gallon Eclipse, so there is nothing in the tank that could chew up the fin. Does anyone have any idea of what's going on? __________________ After 50 years I do a lot of things right, but still get things wrong

01-21-2013, 05:33 PM	#2
LB79 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: South-central Washington State, USA Posts: 1,784	Some sort of fin rot disease. I'm not knowledgeable on that stuff so I'll let someone else chip in... __________________ "It's not who you are that makes you great; it's what you do." –Batman Begins

01-21-2013, 06:25 PM	#3
Tenor1 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: San Pedro, California Posts: 239	It could be some strange strain of fin rot. What is unusual is being so exclusive to the dorsal and the other fins are completely normal. __________________ After 50 years I do a lot of things right, but still get things wrong

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