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	Bleeding fins??
missykjinky Small Fry Posts: 1 Kudos: 1 Votes: 0 Registered: 12-Jan-2008	The other day I noticed that one of my sharks fins were bleeding. I thought it could be fin rot so I treated the tank with Maracyn-TC. Treatment ended three days ago and he is no better and now almost all of his fins are bleeding. he even has some bleeding on his side! What could this be? He has tank mates also, and all of them are fine!
Posted 13-Jan-2008 06:00
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	It would help if you could tell us more about the shark species and age, also as much as you can about the tank filtration etc and all the tanks water parameters. If you can not do a full water test take a good sample to your LFS *Have a look in [link=My Profile] http://www.fishprofiles.com/forums/member.aspx?id=1935[/link] for my tank info* Look here for my Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tank Photos Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 13-Jan-2008 07:17
longhairedgit Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005	Assuming the water quality checks out, try a different form of antibiotic treatment, you might find furan more effective than any of the tetracycline based meds, there is as yet, not quite so much disease resistance to it. Sometimes ammonia damage manifests itself as raised veins , so its worth getting a definitive reading on that.
Posted 13-Jan-2008 10:22


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