Clown with broken fin

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I normally don't have issues with fish but I noticed one of my clowns has a split in its fin. I have had the fish in the tank together well over a year never had any troubles the only thing I have added is a diamond goby half the size of the clown don't think they have ever even been close to each other lol. Not sure if it is the make of my pair it is the lighter color of the two so I dunno. They never spawned the only host the corner of the overflow even though there are 3 nem's in the tank so to be honest I'm not sure what happened anyways here's some pics and a list of tank mates

1x lawnmower blenny 4"
2x clowns 3"
2x lyre tail anthias M 3" /F 2"
1x yellow tang 3"
2x pajama cardinals 2"
1x watanabe Angel 2-3"
1x naso tang 6+"
2x fire fish 2"
1x diamond goby 1 1/2"
Snails (nass,turbo,margarita), tiger conch, harlequin shrimp, redleg/reg hermits "dime size", emerald crabs

There really is no dominace in the tank the naso is way non agressive the yellow tang seems dumb lol the male anthia beats up his partner pretty good but not fin breaking so not sure.


Hard to get a good pic but here's the best I got

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How do I help it ?
 
Looks like somebody took a little chunk out of him; might have been one of the crabs (at night) although gobies can get kinda ornery if another fish swims too close to their lair. The good news is clownfish are hardy, so this will probably heal on its own. Soaking his food in a vitamin supplement (exs. Selcon, Zoecon, Vita-chem) wouldn't hurt.
 
One of my clowns was born with a gimpy dorsal fin. Lol named that one nemo. He seems to get around just fine and is happy as can be.
 

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