Rose Queen Fin Question/Issue

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RangerBlue381

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Hello everyone
My rose queen is getting some black on the tips of her fin. She is as active and hungry and continues to rule the tank from her flowerpot in the tank. Ammonia and Nitrates are zero, pH 6.5-6.6 and I do 40% WC twice a week. Is this something to worry about or is this just something that happens with rose queens. It just looks like someone took a sharpie to her fin. The pics aren't great. Any help is always appreciated

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I've seen other faders do this in times of stress, I personally have had this happen with bp's, and also with midas. Usually after a move, or after a new fish was added to their tank, it's almost as if they revert to an incompletely faded fish..these markings are similar to a fish in the last stages of peeling out of the muddy dark color they get just before fading, albeit much darker.
 
Thanks for the info. Outside of taking out one clay flowerpot that she didn't even pay attention to, everything is the same. Should I expect this to go away, or is there a certain point that I should be concerned? I am pretty sure this is a female, but I am horrible at determining and if there are stress issues I don't want to add to them, but she is about 6 -7 inches right now. Should I consider getting her a mate?

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Like Izzy said, Stress can cause this. Honestly I would think that a PH of 6.5-6.6 could easily be causing the stress. That level of PH is healthy for discus, not flower horn. I would use a bag of crushed coral in your filters to naturally raise the PH into the 7.0-7.4 range.
 
CrazyCichlids said:
Like Izzy said, Stress can cause this. Honestly I would think that a PH of 6.5-6.6 could easily be causing the stress. That level of PH is healthy for discus, not flower horn. I would use a bag of crushed coral in your filters to naturally raise the PH into the 7.0-7.4 range.
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+1 ph is too low for this type of fish.
 
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