fins disapearing????

[shadow999991]

two of my angelfish have died in the past two days, i noticed something was up cuz there fins look like they had gone thru a paper shredder but couldn't realy diagnose the problem than when i scooped them out i notices spots of missing scales? i've looked online and i can't find anything so anyideas anyone? p.h. is 7.1-7.2 ammonia is 0 can't test the others (outta stuff)

 

[shadow999991]

any ideas????

 

[coach_z]

were they showing aggression towards each other?

 

[shadow999991]

no none at all thats whats confusing me and my tank is in my room and i'm almost always in there and i never see anything happen

 

[shadow999991]

so no ideas at all?

 

[f|sH gUy]

no other fish in the tank?

 

[coach_z]

what size is the tank, how long has it been up, when was your last water change, what is your maintenance schedule, what fish/inverts/plants/decorations/etc are in the tank?

 

[Star_Rider]

all good questions by coach

shredded fins are usually the result of poor water or aggression.

what temp do you keep the tank at?

 

[shadow999991]

ok tank mates are one female krib (male died), a leopard pleco, a featherfin catfish, a lemon bristle nose, a spotted cory cat, and 3 emerald corys. the tanks a 70 or 75 i forget which. temp is 78 at night and 80 most of the day. i have two large pieces of driftwood. two amazon swords, a water lily, and a tigar lotus plant and i do 20% water changes everyother weak, and top it off every friday. i test p.h. once or twice a week, i only test ammonia and others when somethings wrong or when a fish die. and the tanks been up for almost 4 months. any ideas anyone?

 

[jpappy789]

What are you using to test?