Flame angel fin fraying

[jennfinn1986]

Hi everyone. I have had a flame angel in QT for 4 weeks.The day before i moved it from QT I thought his fin might have been missing small top tip piece but decided lrob not so I moved it to DT. I moved it to my DT 3 days ago. Yesterday i noticed its tail fin looked to have a tear in the top. Today it had another tear. It looks like its getting frayed. I have 65 gal fowlr. Water parm ammonia 0 nitrates 2 sal .24 temp 78 30% WC every month in thw DT. Thw QT tank is 10 gal ammonia 0 nitrates 15 temp 79 sal .24 did 25-50% WC every 4-5 days i have 2 clowns and a neon goby and coral banded shrimp in there with him. FA is eating fine and swimming around picking at the live rock other thanthe fin fraying it seems great. Along with cuc. Any ideals what could be causing this. Is its a sickness id like to help it before too far gone. This is my 3rd attempt at a FA. I really was hopeful this is the longest one has lived.

 

[ca1ore]

Two main causes of ragged fins are fighting/aggression from other fish or an opportunistic bacterial/fungal infection. Unless there were other fish in QT with your flame, aggression can be excluded. Fin rot is usually associated with an unhealthy or stressed fish. I find that it usually resolves on its own, though you probably ought to have left it in QT in case treatment with an antibiotic or anti fungal becomes necessary.

 

[LED Jack]

I would rethink (actually I would eliminate) the QT tank. It is to small and the water changes are doing more harm than good.

Sorry

 

[Bent]

Sounds like it has a infection.

Did you do anything while in QT besides observation?