Fit rot on royal gramma

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Okay so I’ve just upgraded my mixed reef tank from a fluval nano to a 170

I quarantined the fish for 5 days before over loaded the power in my house 3 times!! So I moved the fish over. 5 days the fish had some suspicious looking marks on the fins. Today i the tail is completely shredded, red marks, white-ish lumps and marks, maybe raised scales but it’s so hard to get a look.

i bought a UV light to help as advised by my LFS. 3 days later the fish is worse. I CANNOT catch it without destroying my reef.

Im treating with NT labs anti bacterial at the moment but I’m stressing. Is there anything else I can do, if this doesn’t work.

I’ve attached some pictures but they’re not very good this fish is impossible to catch and photograph.

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Okay so I’ve just upgraded my mixed reef tank from a fluval nano to a 170

I quarantined the fish for 5 days before over loaded the power in my house 3 times!! So I moved the fish over. 5 days the fish had some suspicious looking marks on the fins. Today i the tail is completely shredded, red marks, white-ish lumps and marks, maybe raised scales but it’s so hard to get a look.

i bought a UV light to help as advised by my LFS. 3 days later the fish is worse. I CANNOT catch it without destroying my reef.

Im treating with NT labs anti bacterial at the moment but I’m stressing. Is there anything else I can do, if this doesn’t work.

I’ve attached some pictures but they’re not very good this fish is impossible to catch and photograph.

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The best picture of Tail I can see (best side view) looks like aggression rather than rot, something like a basslet, damsel , clown would do. What other fish do you have in your tank ?
Please post a couple pics under white lighting of tail area to confirm what you have
 
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I have a peacock wrasse, Bangi cardinal, watchman goby, yellow coral goby and a sail fin goby and pictures pending, just popped out. All very peaceful. Haven’t seen any signs of aggression. The cardinals a bit of an butt but he’s never nipped anyone, he just chases them away.
 
Looks kinda of new I see diatoms
It’s a new upgrade only 6 weeks.
Parameters:

ammonia - 0
Nitrate - 10
Ph - 8.2
Didn’t test anything else as I thought it was irrelevant to the problem.
 
I have a peacock wrasse, Bangi cardinal, watchman goby, yellow coral goby and a sail fin goby and pictures pending, just popped out. All very peaceful. Haven’t seen any signs of aggression. The cardinals a bit of an butt but he’s never nipped anyone, he just chases them away.
Does not appear to be a water quality issue as other fish too would have signs, change in eating and breathing.
One trick to confirm you dont have aggression is to set your cell phone on video mode for about 50 mins and drop a little food and walk away - YOU MUST walk away as they know youre there. Often the aggressor is a jerk at feeding time.
Review the video and see if you see something
 
If the fin looks shredded, somebody has attacked him. As long as he doesn't develop an infection, it will grow back fairly quickly. I have had it happen to my royal gramma.
 
Does not appear to be a water quality issue as other fish too would have signs, change in eating and breathing.
One trick to confirm you dont have aggression is to set your cell phone on video mode for about 50 mins and drop a little food and walk away - YOU MUST walk away as they know youre there. Often the aggressor is a jerk at feeding time.
Review the video and see if you see something
Okay! I’ve been wanting a fish cam anyway, so this will be a good test.
 

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