Nipped fins - severe - yellow tang

[yassin.ghanem]

hey everyone,

So my yellow tang is in a 75g with a green spotted puffer, Valentino puffer, coral beauty, one spot foxface, melanarus wrasse, clown fish (osalarus- spelled wrong)

His fins are nipped pretty bad at some parts it looks like he has no fins around him at all. I see no aggression or nit picking by tank mates at any time. Water parameters are normal, the tank is a year old.

Any ideas? It's getting so severe it looks like he may get sick from it.

 

[mcarroll]

You're going to have to do something to separate him from the tank or get rid of the puffers. (There isn't really any other party to blame.)

Have a hospital tank and supplies (an active biofilter mainly) on hand in case he comes down with an infection on any of those wounds.

 

[Ubans13]

Definitely the puffers!

 

[MaiReef]

The coral beauty could be to blame too, but mine can't catch my tang so he messes with my clown.

 

[melypr1985]

Agree that the puffers are likely the culprit and QT may be needed to treat for infection. Can you post a clear picture of him so we can see if infection has started yet?

 

[yassin.ghanem]

Here she is

 

[melypr1985]

Here she is

Oh that poor thing! I dont see any signs of infection from that picture, but I would definitely remove the puffers or tang before things get worse.