Fin rot?

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Hey all, i picked up this cichla azul a couple of days ago, hasnt really settled in very well, seems lathargic and is now sitting on the sand, tail is all i can see at the minute as hes behind a plant but looks like what could be fin rot?

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Fin rot in bass effects all fins equally. Your bass has some fungal action going on. If possible, quarantine that Azul and give her a salt bath with every other day water change. Temp at 86-89 with air stones of course. Keeping her with the other bass will stress her out even more bro.


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That could be wounded by other pbass in same tank.
 
sorry man but it doesn't look good for your azul...never personally had experience with this but from what i've read online it does look like some type of fin rot. Most likely caused by a bacterial infection as evident of the white edges of the fin in the picture.
 
When it comes to fin rot we find that applying powdered Biobandage by Hikari directly to the wound in conjunction with dips including Bifuran, also by Hikari, help a great deal if the infection is caught early enough. We also recommend that you remove as much excess organic waste as possible, as this feeds pathogenic bacteria and causes the bacteria count to rise. This is where UV sterilizers become exceptionally useful. Feeding the fish a pellet or freeze-dried food infused with a Vitamin C or garlic additive will help stimulate the immune system so you can treat the infection from the inside as well as the outside.
 
The fish is new to my system, there is no additional organic waste, i have a UV sterilizer and i also have a drip system changing water 24/7 so all my nitrates etc are rock bottom. The fish was having difficult in his old tank with the previous owner hence the sale and so was quite stressed, the journey was quite long also so she would have been pretty stressed and so i wonder if this set it on?
Applying anything to the wound is exceptionally difficult as he is in a 750 gallon tank so catching him is near impossible, not to mention the risk of encouraging another fish to jump out which would be a 5' drop for them if they did, this is without the fact i would have to get someone to help me lift the tank off him which is damn heavy, to top it all off i dont have a spare tank for him to go in to quarentine and treat him.... Between a rock and hard place springs to mind!!

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Lift the tank hood off i meant, not lift the tank as that would be impossible lol

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