Tang fins

[harleynewfie]

Hey all I have a yellow tang that I have had for over a year and now all of a sudden the fins seem to be shredded. I have started feeding it more Algae thinking it may be needing more algae. It does not seem to be acting funny but does do some rapid swimming around the tank. I have not added anything new to the tank and all parameters are WNL. I do regular water changes every 2 weeks. Do I need to pull it out and put in quarantine? The rest of the fish in the tank look normal.

 

[ingtar_shinowa]

What size tank? I am thinking its space realted

 

[harleynewfie]

120g

 

[ingtar_shinowa]

What other fish and inverts do you have?

 

[MondoBongo]

how shredded are we talking?

my YT sometimes got in to spats with my kole tang, and would end up with splits in his fins. once they settled down for a few days the fins would heal right back up.

they never got to the point of looking ragged though.

what are the other tank mates? is it possible aggression?

 

[username]

something in the tank is bothering it. how big is it, I keep 3 yellows, a valamingi, hippo and i rabbit fish ( all over 5") in a 200g and they're all fine. must feed them lots to keep aggression down.

 

[harleynewfie]

I really don't see anything bothering it. I have a hippo tang a pair of Clarki's 2 chromis and an Anthias in there as well and they seem to be buddies. His fins are pretty shredded so I am going to pull him out and put him in quarantine until he looks better. Should I put in antibiotics?