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I recently added a Ryunkin to my 55 gallon goldie tank last monday - I noticed yesterday(saturday)that it had some problems with its back fins. It looks like there is something white on them but it doesn't look like fungus - also there are patches of a brownish looking areas on the fins near the white stuff. What could this be?? He still acts fine, he swims and eats like normal. I'll try to get a pic of it if I can but I'm not sure that it will show up in a pic. Any help would be great!

Thanks in advance,
Stella

PS the water quality is as follows:
Ammonia - 0ppm
Nitrite - 0ppm
Nitrate - 20ppm (today is water change day - should I go ahead and change the water or will it stess the fish too much??)

You can do your water change, at least a partial one, and add some Melafix to the water...

Melafix is not a miracle cure but merely an anticeptic that may be beneficial in your case.

Good water quality plays a role in fin problems so try and keep your nitrates reduced through a few small partial water changes during the week until improvement is noticed.

--garyroland.

[span class="edited"][Edited by garyroland 2004-07-18 19:14][/span]