Heckel Hair Cut!!!!

[Jeffery_Doty]

Brew,

He looks great! Healthy, happy, and his fins are looking really clean. Thanks for the update!

Jeff
Oregon

[Jason]

I was skeptical, not about the re-growth but I questioned why the procedure was even nesessary, I gotta admit the heckel looks great.......I think I even see a smile on the last pic ;D

Al,
You taking in home assignments only or outside locations also? How do you feel about travel? ;D

[SLY]

thanks AL they look better.

[lkleung007]

Very Interesting Experiment Al!!

It's nice to see that the Wild has recovered so nicely.

Best Regards, Lester

[gandalf]

Great !!!

[Francisco_Borrero]

Well Al....I don't know what to say. That is indeed amazing.
The fish looks absolutely great !

The pigmentation seems to have completely covered over the regrowth. And, regarding a suggestion made back in March, I would not think it is either necessary not advisable to go back and re-trim those rays that were not trimmed before, or any other parts. No need at all. Looks very good as it is now.
Further, it appears as if there was re-growth of the hard rays, even the hardest (rays numbers 1, 2, 3) to which I (and several others) were skeptical.

Great job. You better go do some breathing exercises....with the rest of the human family. Thanks Al. You are Da Man !!!!

Cheers, Francisco.

[brewmaster15]

Thanks all..

Francisco... not long now at all.

Take a look over in the photo gallery... I posted the rest of your fishes there. Sorry it took so long!

-al

[Jeff]

[HallooNYC]

test

[brewmaster15]

Looks like I lost all the photos when club photo went down....I guess I'll have to repost them all.

-al

[oodi]

Yes you do Al! This was a great thread!

Judi

[mmorris]

Al - I hope you do. It's because of experiences like this that Al was able to advise me to cut off the diseased end of the tail of one of my LFS discus and send it to the college science dept. for tests. It saved my fish the trip that day and her tail grew back, as Al knew it would. Martha

[Apistomaster]

I haven't seen any of the photos but many wild discus have severe damage and/or fin rot when newly imported.
While most will heal properly barring continued infections some will regenerate with bad scar lines and bent fins which this procedure can minimize..

The trimming can help assure proper regeneration. I just don't know about the hard spines ability to regenerate completely. I have only worked on soft ray fins. I hope at least some before, midpoint and after photos can be shown.

[brewmaster15]

Hi all,
I have replaced all the photos lost and this time they are stored on SD's database so hopefully we'll have them there permanently. ( what a Pain!)

This experiment went on 4 years ago.....amazing how time flys...

I think theres alot of info in this thread thats good, I have used the technique many times since then...mostly on tails ...but also on the soft tissues of the dorsal fins.. The hard bony rays in the front do not heal well when cut with a scissors....(speculation that this may be due to crushing of the bones when cut with a scissors.)....There was some regrowth but not anything like we see with the tail and softer posterior rays and fins.

I hope some members got some good info.

take care,
al