surf_buddy
Well-known member
Has anyone seen this before or know what it is from, and more impprtantly how to fix it? It looks like yellowish rot to me, and it flakes off when rubbed.
Its dry skin. Rub some skin lotion on it and it should go away.
Seriously though, My leather has this from time to time. I beleive it is either sun burn or a small scale shedding of skin that all leathers do. Its likely nothing to worry about.
definitely necrotic patches... the beginning of a potentially dangerous (and virulent/contagious) infection, if the cause is poor water quality (poor water flow over time... less than 30X turnover... no carbon use and weak water changes that allow chemical allelopathic compounds to accumulate as the months pass by... patricularly from such chemically brutal corals like the mushrooom anemones/corallimorphs)
If you are sure water quality is not the problem... then do look for a predator nipping the tips. Dwarf angels and tangs are most likely at night... some damsels do too.
Please list your fish species.
crabs are a likely problem... they come in small and grow to be problems.
do see the thread in my sticky called Fav links... look under "discussions" in the posts for that thread... there is a topic on catching fishes and nasties in displays.
the jar method works well for crabs
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