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I am looking at getting a red tailed shark. When I go to ALL the local pet stores I see that most of there red tails have a white edge to there fins.
Is this fin rot?
Should I stay away from the red tails till the pet store get this under control. Or stay away from them all together as the supplier of the fish has big problem?

Steven , My Redtail does not have that so it could be something like that . It could also be a mutation ...not sure ..can't say that I've seen any like that .
Ask the LFS what they think ..but it may be wise to give it a miss unless you are sure its a mutation .

Garry

The guy at the pet store said that it was a trait that some red tails have they have. I do not think that this is correct.
I had a red tail in Nov 2007 but it got something very similar. The dorsal fin had white on the tip. Not all of the edge of the fin but still looked similar, almost like ich. I treated for ich (1/3 water change daily, and medication, no carbon in filter) but by Christmas (4 weeks later) it had not got better. The red tail died, Over x-mas as well as the rest on the tank.
I think that the thing that killed my tank may be the same thing as the white edged fins on all the red tails in my area. I am sure that it is not Ich.

I have seen a small white colouring at the tip of the fin on many RTBS. I also think it can disappear as they get older and larger. If you look closely you can see it is a colour and not a fin rot as the fin is in perfect shape and healthy looking.

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