Fins Healing

[Andy O]

I noticed that one of my wrasses has part of her side fins torn -- looks like someone might have nipped at her. Will this heal/regenerate and if so, how long will it take to.

 

[MarkO]

it should

 

[~Flighty~]

I have been surprised how fast fins regenerate. My regal got a big bite taken out of a fin about a week ago and now the fin is healed with just a little discoloration in that area. I think as long as the area doesn't get any sort of infection it regenerates fairly quickly.

 

[APISTOBORELLI]

Not the new wrasse I hope?!

 

[Andy O]

Yup...one of the females. Doesn't look awful, but she is not using it that much.

 

[APISTOBORELLI]

Can you put up some pics of them? I wanna SEE!!!!!

 

[Andy O]

I'll try and get some. It is tough to get all three of them together. If you are in the area and want to stop by tomorrow let me know. The lights turn on around 3 or 4 in the afternoon.

 

[merk1_99]

Given good tank and water conditions could be 2-3 days. Try and soak the food in a garlic extract, dick boyd's vitachem, and selcon....Though I am kinda down on Selcon lately....The last couple of bottles I have gotten have come lumpy/gelatinous. Also I seem to suffer an algae bloom when soaking food in it...I have discontinued and no more blooms...But anyways back to the topic good nutrition, good tank conditions and it will be okay....In your postition I might get radical and move the tank rock all over so any potential turf wars might end with new territories being established...

 

[Andy O]

All parameters are in check: Amm, Nitrite and Nitrate are all 0. Just got the wrasses on Friday night and am feeding garlic x-treme and selcon with every feeding. I agree about the selcon -- the protein from it sometimes clumps upn and becomes stringy but never got an algaea bloom.

I had switched my 36 gallon into a 90 gallon about 2 weeks ago so so all of the rock work was moved around. I know that you should never assume, but I am assuming that it was my solor wrasse -- but in fairness to him I did not check the new wrasses fin thourougly when I purchased her on Friday so it could have been that way. I wanted to get the new wrasses in the tank b/f the solor had a chance to b/c territorial.