i have some electric yellows that all of a sudden have fagged fins and open skin just before their tail is this a disease ? what can i do to stop it ? there is a picture of a yellow on this site that looks like mine http://www.wetwebmedia.com/fwsubwebinde ... isfaq4.htm

thanks matt

How big is the tank? And what other fish are in it?

And maybe it is just the fishes choice if they want fagged fins these days we can't discriminate against them...

its 76 long 38 high and 30 deep the tank has lots and lots of hiding places and there is 2 males and 5 females .

thanks

ohh it also has a 1000l mechanical filter and a 1000l canister

Filtration is good But tank is too small.. I can only assume you will be upgrading to the 980 you got in the other thread for these guys.. Are all of the fish getting ragged fins or just the smaller ones or females?

females mainly ,i dont know what im going to do yet as i have living stonii that need a bigger tank as well and im running out of room :evil:

lol a 980 is not going to be any good for livingstonii for very long either, they really need to be a in a big 5fter or a 6fter as they are big predatory open water fish..

If it is the smaller ones then I would suggest the tank is too small and they are just getting chased too much and it is causing them to get a bit ragged, getting them into a bigger tank would be my suggestion.

aww! but they are sooooo cool! the rustys could do with some space also

thanks for your help ryan

No worries..

TBH though a 215L tank (especially considering these tanks are pretty tall not a 4fter or something like that) is only really good for peacocks/yellows/dems long term. It would be a good short term grow out for your haps though.

if that has just hapened in the time you have put new hiding spots or caves in the tank it il be that there cuting themselves on them or there beating each other up

i had a yellow like that once & it was from aggression.

i have put heaps of rocks (sharp) :oops: and a cave and some tunnels as well as taking my old Siamese fighter dividers out lol