[eriel88]

my coral beauty's tail i getting ragged. i have no other fish in the tank with her. could the coral banded shrimp be nipping her tail? what else can it be?

[RyanG]

CBS can be very aggressive...also your Koralia powerhead could be doing it as well.

[unclejed]

There is a disease called "fin and tail" rot, however my money is on the shrimp. I had one once and it was a corker!

[eriel88]

what do i do if its fin and tail rot? his tail is looking worse. what should i do? can the cbs be doing that much damage?

[unclejed]

The shrimp could be doing it if it finds where the fish is "sleeping" as it forages at night. A nip here and a nip there every night. I would add some stress zyme or stress coat to help the fishes slime coat and help it heal. The only real definitive suggestion I have for you is to catch the shrimp and if you don't have any where for it, lfs may hold it for you for a week or two. If the tail repairs and goes back to normal, you will have definite proof it was the shrimp. If so, the lfs may give you credit for the shrimp.

[eriel88]

does tail rot look like nips of the tail or is it more of a gradual dissenegration?

[unclejed]

Tail rot will look as if the tail is shredded with some chunks missing.

[eriel88]

what do i do for tail rot?

[unclejed]

If it is tail rot, you can do a dip with medication, there are some out there, but not knowing for sure the shrimp isn't the culprit this may be stressing the fish unnecessarily.

[bnhaus]

Agree with comments about the shrimp.

nip nip nip