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Environmental 🟡 Moderate

Fin Nipping / Bite Injuries

🦠 Aggression between tankmates

📋 Overview

Fin nipping (barbs, some tetras) or bite injuries (cichlids, oscars) leave open wounds that secondary bacterial infections colonise. Prevention through proper stocking is the only real solution.

📊 Key Facts

Causative Agent
Aggression between tankmates
Treatment
✗ None
Vaccine
✗ None / Experimental