I am not sure of the right things to call the different fins, but I looked up a picture and I believe it is one of his ventral fins. This issue is about the same poor boy who injured his head a couple of weeks back.
At the end of one of them, it looks odd. There's nothing white or black, and he doesn't show any other signs of an issue, but it still worries me. It's difficult to explain, but it sort of looks like his fin is turning clear. There's red in the middle of it, like it's his fin, but around it has became clear?? Can anyone help, please? My camera can't get a clear picture. :/
Won't let me edit the post; sorry for the double post.
I just checked on him a minute ago and the part that was turning clear is gone. I guess it fell off or something. He's acting normally. :/ Now one is a little shorter than the other. Should I be worried or not? ):
He's in a 3g, and it's too much trouble to keep cycled, so I change it 100% once a week. Is that enough or do I need to do an additional partial change for now?
You should probably be doing 1 50% and 1 100% weekly. your current schedule isn't bad, but the extra that the 50% provides is probably just what he needs.
After only having him for a little over 2 weeks, Draco (a crowntail) started showing what looked like the start of fungus or something abnormal growing out between the base of 2 of his rays. I worried and researched until I was blue in the face. I just decided to watch even more closely so I was sure of what it was before I treated. Turns out, he was just growing another ray (kinda goes sideways compared to the others though), and it never turned to the bright, vibrant red like the rest. Been several months now, still totally clear, and no signs of infection or injury, but still only half as long as the others.
Long story short, be cautious and careful to be sure there isn't an underlying problem, but hopefully it's harmless just like Draco's has been
Hello, peeps. I figured I'd wait a week before updating unless something went wrong. All of his fins are looking good, it's just like I said, though, one of his ventrals is just a little shorter now. Thank you for the support-- looks like he'll be fine.
I don't think it'll be anything to worry about. I had a boy with one full length one and the other was only 1/4 of the length. Doesn't cause swimming issues, merely aesthetics.
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