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Offline Heinbaughb

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Torn dorsal fin
« on: August 14, 2018, 21:43:19 »
On Sunday, I noticed my Achilles tore his dorsal fin. I thought he might take weeks to heal.


48 hours later, fully healed! I couldn’t believe it.



I don’t have much experience in fish keeping prior to this past year but I’m learning these creatures are pretty amazing


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Offline SweetReefOH

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Re: Torn dorsal fin
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2018, 21:58:23 »
He’s a beautiful fish. What happen to your PC Rainbow frag?

Offline Heinbaughb

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Re: Torn dorsal fin
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2018, 22:22:08 »
Thanks Jesse. He’s definitely a good looking fish and seems to be getting bigger which I am okay with. I broke off the top of the rainbow and traded most of it away. I’m experimenting with comparing growth of a fragged mother colony vs growth of the glued on frag I placed on a separate rock.


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Offline CoralBeauties

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Re: Torn dorsal fin
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2018, 17:50:16 »
My moorish idol will regrow its caudal fin at the rate of maybe 1/2 in a day when it gets cut off.  Pretty amazing
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Offline Jesterrace

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Re: Torn dorsal fin
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2018, 16:03:15 »
It depends on the individual fish.  My melanurus wrasse got a hole right in the middle of it's tail and regrew it in a couple of days.  My Coral Beauty Dwarf Angel had a chunk taken out of it's head (from my butthead of a Yellow Tang) but healed completely in 2-3 days.  I gave the Tang the boot and replaced it with a One Spot Foxface and the tank has been happier since:

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