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Old 05-31-2007, 11:35 AM
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I looked at my ocellaris this morning and saw that her fins are split. Her tail and her pectoral fin has one split in it. I have had this fish for over 6 months. What could have caused this? I know she wasn't injured by her tank mates, I'm sure her fins would look a lot worse than just a split if her tank mates bit her. We feed our fish three times a day some times only two times a day. I know, I probably should only feed our clown at least two times a day, but I can't stop her from eating when we feed the chromis. Could her eating too much cause her fins to split? Well, I am medicating her food with garlic, I hope it will keep her from getting an infection where her fins split. Will her fins heal on their own? TIA for any comments.

Here is a list of her tank mates

120 gallon tank
80lbs of live rock
3" of live sand
1 Ocellaris Clownfish (use to be two but the male died)
1 Coral Beauty Angel
1 green brittle star
1 scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp
2 tongan fighting conch's
6 blue green Chromis fish
6 Super Tongan Nassarius Snails
8 Trochus Snails
12 Cerith Snails
13 Scarlet Reef Hermit Crabs
1 lawnmower blenny
1 green bubble tip anemone
1 emerald crab
lots of razor kelp

1.024
PH 8.2
nitrate 0
nitrite 0
ammonia 0
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