How to deal with fin rot?

I think my fish may have fin rot, the fins are starting to get jagged and slowly coming off. They had fin rot a while ago when I think my tank got columnaris and a lot of their fins are messed up but a lot of it grew back and it's been a whine since then. But how do you deal with it? I dont have money at the moment to buy medicine for the fin rot but I been reading that water changes help a lot? I do have aquarium salt would that help? I also checked my tank readings and everything was good except the nitrates were a little high.

 

I think my fish may have fin rot, the fins are starting to get jagged and slowly coming off. They had fin rot a while ago when I think my tank got columnaris and a lot of their fins are messed up but a lot of it grew back and it's been a whine since then. But how do you deal with it? I dont have money at the moment to buy medicine for the fin rot but I been reading that water changes help a lot? I do have aquarium salt would that help? I also checked my tank readings and everything was good except the nitrates were a little high.

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If you state that your Nitrates maybe a bit high, I personally would do a 50% WC now, and then 10% daily. Then it would be nice to get some additional detail about the tank.

 

If you state that your Nitrates maybe a bit high, I personally would do a 50% WC now, and then 10% daily. Then it would be nice to get some additional detail about the tank.

Okay cool! I been trying to do more water changes lately and I will have to go get some water today! What other details would you need? Happy to answer anything

What type of fish is this? Please fill out the emergency template and include picture of the injured fish.

Tank

What is the water volume of the tank?
-55 gallons
How long has the tank been running?
-close to two months
Does it have a filter? Yes
Does it have a heater? yes
What is the water temperature? 76°F -78°F
What is the entire stocking of this tank? (Please list all fish and inverts.)
- silver dollars
- pleco
- goldfish
- siamease alge eater
- clown loaches
- rope fish
- 3 glo tetras that are gonna be moved to my aunts tank today or in a couple days
Maintenance
How often do you change the water?
-about maybe once every two weeks, sometimes maybe a bit longer if I get busy. But gonna start doing it about once a week
How much of the water do you change?
-about 25%-30%
What do you use to treat your water?
-nutrafin aquaplus tap water conditioner
Do you vacuum the substrate or just the water?
- I vacuum the sand as much as I can and try not to suck up my sand in the process.

*Parameters - Very Important
Did you cycle your tank before adding fish? Yes
What do you use to test the water? Fluval master test kit
What are your parameters? We need to know the exact numbers, not just “fine” or “safe”.

Ammonia: 0.1 mg/L
Nitrite: 0 mg/L
Nitrate: 10 mg/L
pH:7.5

Feeding
How often do you feed your fish?
-Once a day sometimes twice
How much do you feed your fish?
-a pinch or two of fish food
What brand of food do you feed your fish?
-Xtreme Aquatic Foods
Do you feed frozen or freeze-dried foods?
-I feed frozen blood worms and brine shrimp but not all the time maybe once for twice a week

Illness & Symptoms
How long have you had this fish?
-I have had my silver dollars for about two years
How long ago did you first notice these symptoms?
-when I got my old tank
In a few words, can you explain the symptoms?
-their tails are slowly becoming jagged
Have you started any treatment for the illness?
illness?
- I been trying to do more water changes
Was your fish physically ill or injured upon purchase?
-no
How has its behavior and appearance changed, if at all?
-behavior is the same
-just their tail fins are looking more jagged

Explain your emergency situation in detail. (Please give a clear explanation of what is going on, include details from the beginning of the illness leading up to now)
So back when I got a new 45 gallon tank for someone it came with a bunch of decorations and sand and everything. I cleaned that tank like 3 or 4 times and made sure everything was clean. Ran everything under hot water, did a vinegar and water clean to the tank decorations. I then cycled the tank and make sure everything was good so I could put my fish in. And for about a month or about less then a month the fish were doing great, swimming and eating. Then my silver dollars slime coat was started to look bad and fuzzy. So I came on here and asked people if they knew what it was and most of them that answered were positive it was columnaris. So they told me how to deal with it and I tried my best, I lost about half of the fish in my tank. But when the Columnaris was happening the silver dollars tails were starting to like slowly come off. Anyway I got it under control and medicated the tank and put them in a temporary tank till I cleaned everything again and set it up once again. Once they got back into their normal tank and everything was okay their tail fins started to grow back as much as they could (the ones that I managed to save) their tail fins never fully came back from that but a lot of it did. But skip to now their in their new tank and they are doing good they are still eating and swimming around, dont seem stressed at all but i just notice that their tail fins are starting to come jagged and slowly falling off again. I try my hardest to make sure everything is good but I feel like I just always keep messing up:/ and yeah I know one of their tails is pretty bad but the rest of it wouldnt grow back after the columnaris. A lot of it did grow back though.

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I filled it out and posted it here wasnt sure if I was suppose to post it here

 

Um, I am not a 100% sure but, It looks like fin rot it or it could also be a tear. But since it is so clean it is probably a tear.

 

Most of what i see looks like tears or biting.

 

Looks like a tear to me. Water changes will help prevent it from getting infected.

 

Ok, so i am not completely wrong!

 

Looks like a tear to me. Water changes will help prevent it from getting infected.

Thank you! I'm just gonna keep doing water changes. I did a water change the day before yesturday and the fin tails dont seem to be coming off. I was just worried because one of them had like a little white chunk coming off but I'm just gonna keep doing more water changes

Most of what i see looks like tears or biting.

How would I deal with fin rot? Just keep up with water changes?