Do the membrane thing below the gills grow back?

[Markjoel]

I have a flowerhorn fry who was bullied by its tankmate another flowerhorn and the membrane thing below its gills was torn apart

 

[Markjoel]

Check below his gill cover

 

[krichardson]

Hard to tell from the photo but it appears that part of the gill cover is torn? If so it will probably heal to a degree,it may or may not look the way it used to.
The important thing right now is to keep the water pristine in order to stave off possible infection of the damaged area.

 

[Markjoel]

Hard to tell from the photo but it appears that part of the gill cover is torn? If so it will probably heal to a degree,it may or may not look the way it used to.
The important thing right now is to keep the water pristine in order to stave off possible infection of the damaged area.

But will it regrow?

 

[Markjoel]

Not sure if it was a part of the gill plate but
It is the thing inside his gill plates that keeps on flapping when hs breathes i think

 

[Markjoel]

In betta fish i would call it the beard

 

[Markjoel]

And what should i give him

 

[Markjoel]

It is that thing, not the gill plate but the soft part
In betta fish i would call it the beard

 

[HybridFinatic]

It is that thing, not the gill plate but the soft part
In betta fish i would call it the beard

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You’ll have to wait and see. extra water changes. It could heal back to an extent but not look the same or it could. Depends really how bad it is but it’s hard to see from the photo.

 

[angelcrze]

I got a fish with aeromonas bacteria that ate a hole...yes a hole...in it's abdomen (close to the same area as your fish but lower). It looks like it healed over, but I can still tell there was a hole. I think it will take a lot of time to fill in with scar tissue, might not fill in all the way, but it can heal up with good water and care.