clown trigger

[leopardshark]

i have a baby clown trigger and it had what i thought was fin rot. it had white things on the fins it's tail fin and anal fin. i tried treating it with some melafix but it just seemed to get worse. so then i put some ich medication and nothing happened. no other fish didnt get the disease. so then i decided to see if i can just pull off the dead peices of fin or the disease whatever it was. so i actually the pieces of the fin was easily pulled off. so my question is does anyone know what this was? should i have not pulled the pieces off? will it grow back? any info will be good thanks.

 

[carrie1429]

Did the white tiny things look like grains of sand? If so then it probably was ich, a common fish disease. If you "pulled" them off then it will come back.

 

[grouperhead]

It was more than likely lymphocytosis. It is non contagious in fish. Try posting this in the d/t forum, Beth, Ed, Terry, and the gang are all very knowledgeble in diseases. Bo

 

[leopardshark]

no it wasnt ich thanks for the reply but that's one thing i know it wasnt ich it really looked like fin rot.hmm thanks grouperhead

 

[blutang]

I would post in the disease forum about that problem. I would also advise you not to touch your fish when they are sick. That could stress them out during their illness and make it easier for them to die.