Disease?? Or am I crazy

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13stingeln

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I just did a water change and in noticed my fishes tails look to be thinning out or fuzzy looking ? Is something wrong???? Is this a thing, Or am I going crazy?


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Fuzzy rails are a sign of
Fungas. Can you take some pictures of them? What are your parameters?


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I'm trying lol there moving so crazy


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Yeah I know I'm getting upset she's my baby and her poor tail....


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Okay thanks, I'm keeping an eye out for the nipping. My jewel has a little nip in hers to... Hopefully it settles down. I set this tank up about a month ago so it's fairly new. Just got the cloudy water to settle down to. Feels like one problem after the other. Hopefully things start looking up. Thanks for your help.


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You'll get used to a few nipped fins after a while, keeping cichlids!


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yeah, looks like just the results a territorial squabble.
what you do want to watch out for is if the fin rays get chomped down to close where they start to get thick, then it may not heal back properly. Also if it is close to/into the "meat" or if all the fin is chomped, then you want to treat with an antibacterial/antifungal as a precaution.
 
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