[wicked_nacl_h2o]

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

[rlcline76]

Fin rot maybe...could be bacterial. Garlic is good, but I would be tempted to use melafix.

[jvharding]

Beware the Midnight Fish Eater!



One species in common use warrants a statutory warning. This is the Green Brittle Star of the genus Ophiarachna. This animal is a predatory fish eater, that does indeed do a spiffy janitorial job when small... but grows quickly, and under darkness of night can/does learn to eat aquarium fishes. This species has been documented to arch up in "sleeping caves" of captive fishes and drop down on unsuspecting meals. If you use this species, keep an eye on it, and a count on your piscine livestock.


BrittleStars


Green Brittle Star

This could be what happened!