White tip of dorsal fin on Harlequin

[Fray]

Hi, hoping someone can help.
Have new harlequins in qt, lost one, but rest were doing fine till I noticed tip of dorsal fin on the male is white and clamped. Small spots on a couple on some of the others' fin tips too.
Tank is cycled. 35 litre
PH....7.4
Temp...24
Ammonia...0
Nitrite...0
Nitrate...5

I couldn't get a decent photo with my crappy phone but saw this one on the net and it's just about exactly how my fish looks.
Thanks for any help

 

[Colin_T]

video and pictures of the fish so we can identify the spots?

It could be fungus or an external protozoan infection. Salt should treat it.

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SALT
You can add rock salt (often sold as aquarium salt) or swimming pool salt to the aquarium at the dose rate of 1 heaped tablespoon per 20 litres of water. If there is no improvement after 48 hours you can double that dose rate so there is 2 heaped tablespoons of salt per 20 litres.

Keep the salt level like this for at least 2 weeks but no longer than 4 weeks otherwise kidney damage can occur. Kidney damage is more likely to occur in fish from soft water (tetras, Corydoras, angelfish, Bettas & gouramis, loaches) that are exposed to high levels of salt for an extended period of time, and is not an issue with livebearers, rainbowfish or other salt tolerant species.

The salt will not affect the beneficial filter bacteria, fish, plants, shrimp or snails.

After you use salt and the fish have recovered, you do a 10% water change each day for a week using only fresh water that has been dechlorinated. Then do a 20% water change each day for a week. Then you can do bigger water changes after that. This dilutes the salt out of the tank slowly so it doesn't harm the fish.

If you do water changes while using salt, you need to treat the new water with salt before adding it to the tank. This will keep the salt level stable in the tank and minimise stress on the fish.

When you first add salt, add the salt to a small bucket of tank water and dissolve the salt. Then slowly pour the salt water into the tank near the filter outlet. Add the salt over a couple of minutes.

 

[Fray]

Anybody have any ideas, fungal bacterial??

 

[Fray]

Sorry, I missed your reply. Thanks I'l try the salt.