My jag - finrot?

[essy]

I've noticed his tail is getting fairly ragged, I'm wondering if he has fin rot or is this normal? I notice it a bit with my africans, but they like to pick on eachother like normal africans.

He has a salvini in the tank that they go back and forth with, but they never usually full out attack eachother.

Swims, eats and acts normal.

 

[TangoWRX]

It is a little hard to tell but are the edges whitish? My first thoughts were it looks like physical damage.... but I wouldn't put money on it.

His other fins look fine, his eyes are clear, no 'fungus' around the mouth.. so he could be fine.

Best thing is to do a good water change, test the water and just keep an eye on it. If it gets worse and if you see white on the ragged edges then you need a fin rot/bacterial med.

 

[essy]

It isn't fin rot. After watching and analyzing him, it was the salvini constantly picking on him.

I've moved the salvini into another tank, let the healing begin!

Anything special I can do to help him grow his fins back? He's been depressed the last couple days, I can tell.

 

[Camshaft Ramrod]

lil bit o salt

 

[tcarswell]

yup salt or some mela/pima fix works wonders on fins. Just make sure you have plenty of dissolved oxygen with the mela/pima fix.

 

[Lupin]

The way the fins looked, that is simply finrot. Constant tearing of the fins will eventually lead to secondary infections particularly by bacteria. I simply do daily water changes until the fins recover completely, nothing else.

 

[Boo131]

My boyfriend tells me that the fins are growing back rapidly. More then 70% has been healed now.