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prolude006
10-17-2008, 09:56 PM
One of my new 3" brilliant turqs had one of his anal fins half chewed off by the dominant discus, will it grow back?
Same with his other fins they are ragged, those usually come back id assume?
Thanks
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cquann
10-17-2008, 10:12 PM
Yes, through out my own experienced they will grow back in about a month...( i did 2 salt bath within that month/1teaspoon/10gal)One of my BD have had the same experienced. No worries brother.
prolude006
10-18-2008, 07:54 AM
Thanks :D
Graham
10-18-2008, 08:43 AM
Yes, through out my own experienced they will grow back in about a month...( i did 2 salt bath within that month/1teaspoon/10gal)One of my BD have had the same experienced. No worries brother.

FYI 1 teaspoon of salt in 10 gallons of water is not a bath, in fact it's nothing more than ambient levels in most areas of the world.

It works out to be about 0.01% salinity. That level would barely protect against nitrite/brown blood disease, which is generally 1 teaspoon per gallon 0.1% salinity.

A long term bath would be 3 or 4 teaspoons per gallon, 0.3>0.4%, A short term dip in pure salt water would 30 teaspoons per gallon,3.0%. This would only last a minute or so at best.


Fins, as long as the base cells and hard rays are not damaged will grow back without any help from us, in good water
vera
10-18-2008, 12:58 PM
It looks more like a fin rot then bullying,if its a case this discus will need a salt treatment as was suggested by Graham
ncyracer
10-18-2008, 03:19 PM
Use melafix its a great fin rebuilder.:)
CraigG
10-18-2008, 06:11 PM
Use melafix its a great fin rebuilder.:)

I'd have to agree with this.
prolude006
10-18-2008, 06:37 PM
Hmm i have some melafix lying around....cant hurt I guess.
Although I watched the fish do it so Im pretty sure its not fin rot as his anal fin was torn off half way and its already starting to grow a bit in 2 days.

thanks
David
CraigG
10-18-2008, 06:57 PM
Hmm i have some melafix lying around....cant hurt I guess.
Although I watched the fish do it so Im pretty sure its not fin rot as his anal fin was torn off half way and its already starting to grow a bit in 2 days.

thanks
David


Melafix helps with repair as well its not only for disease or rot. Stress Coat also says it helps with fin repair.
Graham
10-18-2008, 08:37 PM
Melafix is complete junk...decent water and the fish's own immune system will do everybit as much and not add a bunch of organic crap to the water

Stress Coat is a de-chlor/sodium thiosulfate and aloe...junk for bacterial or dosease problems.....

Anything that these products are capable of doing; decent water can do better.

G
allan_mark76
10-19-2008, 05:05 AM
Melafix works for me...

~AKA~
Graham
10-19-2008, 09:08 AM
Fresh water and the fish's immune system work too and don't coat gill lammallae:)
brewmaster15
10-19-2008, 09:33 AM
Hey Graham,
Just so I am sure I understand exactly where you are coming from on melafix/pima fix.. I mean I know I've read similar by you in the past but..are you trying to say that you don't think very highly of these two products?:D Just want to be sure I understand you here;)Lol

-al
Graham
10-19-2008, 10:00 AM
:D
CARY_GLdiscus
10-19-2008, 02:13 PM
YEP YEP YEP!

WATER WATER WATER!


JUNK JUNK JUNK!

LOL LOL LOL!
katt-ja
10-19-2008, 05:21 PM
ouch! that looks painful. you look at how long the fin should be on the other fish! hope it is dong good now.
Peachtree Discus
10-19-2008, 11:48 PM
more wcs
ncyracer
10-20-2008, 04:32 AM
I started a melafix battle lol. Well sorry guys haha.:)
1077
10-20-2008, 07:21 AM
I agree with Graham, Products such as stress coat make no distinction between the fishes skin or their gills or nostrils. Water changes and possibly isolating the fish if bullying persists are all that is needed.
prolude006
10-20-2008, 10:38 PM
Well all is better with the bullying and the fins are regrowing quickly, I was concerned as these are my first discus, although not my first tank, I bred thousands of fire mouth cichlids a few years back! Well...turned out my two original discus (blue kobald, Had 2 months from LFS) and (red turq, had 1 week from LFS) both Hans fish....which fought terribly.....which is the reason I got three more hans discus the next week....which upon adding caused the two larger original discus to pair up and lay their first eggs, ultimately causing them to beat up the brilliant turq. Here is a link to a short video I mistakenly shot of this happening the other day. My batteries died otherwise I would have got the whole thing happening.
Thanks for the replies
David
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnQXVJJnCdE