can I?

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I have a delhezi and his body is completely straight, but just his caudal fin is concave to the right. the caudal fin is perfect but it points to the right and is also concave. can I take the delhezi out and maybe nudge the caudal fin to the left and straighten it out? he's still a baby, 3", or maybe i can cut the caudl fin and maybe it will grow straight? its not an injury but im pretty sure he was born with the concave caudal fin to the right.
 
I have one that one of the spikes in the middle that doesn't go up, it has always been like that ever since I got him, kind of wierd, but it doesn't bother me. (a delhezi)
 
I have one CB delhezi that has the same issue as rockbass one spine does not go up, it isnt damaged or anything it just does not go up straight
 
all the mini dorsal fins all go up, its the caudal fin im talkin bout(the big fin all the way at the end). im i cant do anything anything bout im fine, but would just be nice to straighten that fin out (I have OCD), take a look at the drawing, the view is from the top, the fin concaves and points to the right alot

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You could net it out and try and gently mess with it, but you may be doing more harm than good. Just imo. Just be very careful, you don't want to break it. Has your del always been like this?
 
Can you? Yes. Should you? Probably not. Like Rockbass6 mentioned you may do more harm than good. Up to and possibly including killing the fish. If it stresses your OCD, I would pay very close attention to the fish before buying it and never buy a fish that needs shipping.
 
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