Black Ghost Knife Fish - Split Fin?

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RomyD85

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I recently bought a BGKF and the long fin below has a few splits in it? I bought it like this and it was in a bit of PVC pipe when I selected it - I have ordered a few hideouts for my fish who hide - but is this a normal occurrence in BGKFish or could this be a condition eg fin rot? please help, thanks
 
Maybe from transport to the lfs. Not typically seen for sure. If not too deep and far apart i imagine it’ll be eventually be fine. Post some pics and will see.
 
kno4te said:
Maybe from transport to the lfs. Not typically seen for sure. If not too deep and far apart i imagine it’ll be eventually be fine. Post some pics and will see.
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theyre quite hard to photograph but hopefully you can see a few

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Should grow back and looks to be torn but not fin rot. Keep the water clean and it’ll heal up.
 
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I bought a group of 5 BGKF & noticed they had a fungal infection when i got home i treated it with paragaurd but at that same time medicines became illegal in Canada. All but one died from this fraying and it wasn't as bad as these picture's i found this forum while looking for answers on this fraying myself as i just purchased a full size 18'" BGK i assumed it was just from transport but i'm curious to know how this turned out?
 
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CanadianAquatics said:
I bought a group of 5 BGKF & noticed they had a fungal infection when i got home i treated it with paragaurd but at that same time medicines became illegal in Canada. All but one died from this fraying and it wasn't as bad as these picture's i found this forum while looking for answers on this fraying myself as i just purchased a full size 18'" BGK i assumed it was just from transport but i'm curious to know how this turned out?
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Welcome aboard
The op hasn't been on the forum for quite some time.
 
Honestly I believe with proper water changes and parameters this guy should be back to having solid finnage. Probably tore during transport or handling. I do 2x water changes a week and usually takes 1wk-2wk for any fins to heal. R RomyD85
 
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