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Flesh eating bacteria???

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Flesh eating bacteria???

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The other day, I noticed what looked like a fin nip on my pyramid angel (didn’t pay too much mind but watched to see who the culprit was). I went to work and when I came home, I noticed the area was almost 3x the size of the “nipped” area and the fish was panting heavily. Over the next 4-6 hours, I could literally watch the area become grey and fleshy and disintegrate away right in front of my eyes. I put the fish in quarantine where it died about 1 hour later. What in the world did I witness? Today I noticed the Red Sea Chevron had it too and I immediately removed him but within hours, the area was 3-4 times the size and once again grey and fleshy and I know that within the next few hours he will be gone also. Both fish came from the same store and were purchased together but now I need to know what I’m up against so I do not lose my whole tank. Please help!!! Thanks, Jeffrey <... very frightening... but it reads like a super-aggressive infection of My

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