Odd white thing

Crystal Fish · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

Alright, so, I've had my tank for about a year. About 6 months ago I
introduced a new fish to the aquarium (there was just one in it
before). About 3 months afterward, I saw this odd white...."clump" on
the edge of his tail fin. Does anyone have any idea what this is? It's
since fallen off and the fish as matured in to adult hood. However, I
would want to be prepared if it's something that could happen again.

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Köi-Lö · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 23

"Crystal Fish" wrote in
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>
> Alright, so, I've had my tank for about a year. About 6 months ago I
> introduced a new fish to the aquarium (there was just one in it
> before). About 3 months afterward, I saw this odd white...."clump" on
> the edge of his tail fin. Does anyone have any idea what this is? It's
> since fallen off and the fish as matured in to adult hood. However, I
> would want to be prepared if it's something that could happen again.
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Was it fuzzy or smooth and waxy?
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dr-solo · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 1445

look at "white spots" here http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/disease/disease.htm
Ingrid

Crystal Fish wrote:

>
>Alright, so, I've had my tank for about a year. About 6 months ago I
>introduced a new fish to the aquarium (there was just one in it
>before). About 3 months afterward, I saw this odd white...."clump" on
>the edge of his tail fin. Does anyone have any idea what this is? It's
>since fallen off and the fish as matured in to adult hood. However, I
>would want to be prepared if it's something that could happen again.

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Crystal Fish · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

Köi-Lö Wrote:
> "Crystal Fish" Crystal.Fish.2d2pjf@news.fishkeepingbanter.com wrote in
> message @news.fishkeepingbanter.com...-
>
> Alright, so, I've had my tank for about a year. About 6 months ago I
> introduced a new fish to the aquarium (there was just one in it
> before). About 3 months afterward, I saw this odd white...."clump" on
> the edge of his tail fin. Does anyone have any idea what this is?
> It's
> since fallen off and the fish as matured in to adult hood. However, I
> would want to be prepared if it's something that could happen again.-
> ============
> Was it fuzzy or smooth and waxy?
>

It was fuzzy and flowy kinda. Since it was on the top tip of the fin.

Ingrid: If it had been a white "spot" I would have posted about it. No
offence but I read those posts and this is differant from what I've
seen.

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Crystal Fish

Köi-Lö · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 23

"Crystal Fish" wrote in
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> It was fuzzy and flowy kinda. Since it was on the top tip of the fin.

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How is that fish doing now? It's probably bacterial. Furan or Furanace
should help, including a lot of partial water changes.
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KL....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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Crystal Fish · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

Köi-Lö Wrote:
>
> How is that fish doing now? It's probably bacterial. Furan or Furanace
>
> should help, including a lot of partial water changes.
> --
> KL....
> Frugal ponding since 1995.
> My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
> http://tinyurl.com/9do58
> ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö ~~~~ }((((({*
Better. Infact, there's not been a problem since. Through it's
unfortunate that his lovely orange spot has all but dissappeared and
now he's compleatly white but still. THanks for the information!

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Crystal Fish