Tail Rot

[heavy_321]

How do you treat tail rot and is it pretty straight forward on what tail rot looks like. My Dwarf gourami's tail looks like it is deteriorating.

 

[m0stUniQue]

You should post this question on the unhealthy fish forum you`ll get great help. Best of luck gourami`s are so sweet.
Troy

 

[New]

clean water, i also heard a dose of aquarium salt is helpful, there are also medicines out there if that fails

 

[LyndaB]

What are your readings for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate? Quite often, fin/tail rot is caused by poor water parameters.

It can also be a symptom of columnaris. How are the other fish in the tank?

If it's not disease and is due to the water quality, water changes will help tremendously.

 

[George9]

Oh no! Not tail rot! But dwarf gouramis seem to always get it. Like Lynda said we need the parameters.

But if it does end up being tail rot, I isolated my DG and treated with Maracyn.

 

[Ausfish]

One of my cichlids lost his whole tail fin due to neglecting water changes. A 50% pwc and a variety of salts and 2 days later you could notice the regrowth! He's now all fine again.
Just make sure it doesn't get infected