Injured tiger shovelnose catfish, will he fully recover?

[anzo1993]

Hello, I currently have an injured tiger shovelnose catfish of about 6 inches, he was doing great in my 220 for awhile, he was with a jaguar/ fh mix of about 4 inches a medium sized ornate bichir and a 3 inch texas, anyways I woke up this morning to find him beat up real good, bite marks on his body, barely any pectoral fin left on one side and the other pectoral fin badly bitten and torn, I moved him to a spare 65 I have set up alone, wondering what are the chances of him growing back all his fins and making a recovery?

 

[kno4te]

Should make a full recovery. Clean water and make sure it eats.

 

[anzo1993]

Should make a full recovery. Clean water and make sure it eats.

Thanks for the response, as far as eating goes hes fine, I put him in the 65 and he was eating 10 minutes later lol

 

[dazzapolypterusweeksii]

Yep will heal completly had mine alot worse before as stated nice clean water

 

[necrocanis]

They usually do heal up quickly. Is it still in the same tank? Might need to figure out a hospital tank if it happens more if you think the aggression doesn't stop. I've seen catfish recover from crazy injuries

 

[Mitchell The Monster]

Will be just fine for sure as long as it doesnt get infected or picked at. Good luck

 

[anzo1993]

Hello, just thought I'd give you abit of an update in the shovelnose, he's made a fully recovery and put on abit of size , here he is ( sorry for the no light )

 

[dr exum]

Dang,

Good he’s on the mend, I figured these guys were bullet proof.. I had mine with 4 whimple for a year, now with bass and see it nip at the bass.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

... I had mine with 4 whimple for a year...

Whimple?

Wimple?

The Wimple fish, with scientific name Heniochus Acuminatus and commonly known as the Longfin Bannerfish, is a colorful fish with a triangular body that definitely looks interesting and unique. It is part of the butterfly fish family ...

 

[dr exum]

Whimple?

Wimple?

The Wimple fish, with scientific name Heniochus Acuminatus and commonly known as the Longfin Bannerfish, is a colorful fish with a triangular body that definitely looks interesting and unique. It is part of the butterfly fish family ...

Right, kind of. Typo on my part. Wimple.