Split fin

[starfish]

Hi everyone
Two of my goldies have a split dorsal fin....
The male is chasing the female...could it have happened while that was going
on? Or is is something serious.

They seem fine and are swimming around happily.
Thanks in advance

[Geezer From The Freezer]

starfish wrote:
>
> Hi Raccoon!
> Will i have to move the fish into a hospital tank or can i put the required
> dosage in the tank?

Melafix will not kill your biofilter so, no you don't have to use a hospital
tank.

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yeah. chasing as in spawning will do that. just clean water a bit of salt dont have
to add anything else and the fin will heal just fine. Ingrid

"starfish" > wrote:

>Hi everyone
>Two of my goldies have a split dorsal fin....
>The male is chasing the female...could it have happened while that was going
>on? Or is is something serious.
>
>They seem fine and are swimming around happily.
>Thanks in advance
>



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[starfish]

Thanks....
Man that male fish is a rough one....
I recognised it straight away as a spawning injury because the split fin was
in my 2 larger females and the extremely horny male...hehehe!!!!
> wrote in message
...
> yeah. chasing as in spawning will do that. just clean water a bit of
> salt dont have
> to add anything else and the fin will heal just fine. Ingrid
>
> "starfish" > wrote:
>
>>Hi everyone
>>Two of my goldies have a split dorsal fin....
>>The male is chasing the female...could it have happened while that was
>>going
>>on? Or is is something serious.
>>
>>They seem fine and are swimming around happily.
>>Thanks in advance
>>
>
>
>
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[Raccoon]

When my fishy had split fins it didnt deem to cause suffering and they did
heal up fairly quickly. The males do get a bit rampant dont they, lol.
Tess :)

"starfish" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks....
> Man that male fish is a rough one....
> I recognised it straight away as a spawning injury because the split fin
was
> in my 2 larger females and the extremely horny male...hehehe!!!!
> > wrote in message
> ...
> > yeah. chasing as in spawning will do that. just clean water a bit of
> > salt dont have
> > to add anything else and the fin will heal just fine. Ingrid
> >
> > "starfish" > wrote:
> >
> >>Hi everyone
> >>Two of my goldies have a split dorsal fin....
> >>The male is chasing the female...could it have happened while that was
> >>going
> >>on? Or is is something serious.
> >>
> >>They seem fine and are swimming around happily.
> >>Thanks in advance
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
> > http://puregold.aquaria.net/
> > www.drsolo.com
> > Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
> > compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
> > endorsements or recommendations I make.
>
>

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just remember.... the females must be full of eggs so sharp eye out for any
indication of egg binding, and second, if the male is driving them too hard they can
kill the females. get hard stuff out of the tank. female head down could be in
trouble, have an emergency tank set up for the male if you must remove him.
third.... if they are spawning they will eat the eggs and the combination with the
male milt is going to foul that water FAST. if you dont have a seachem ammonia alert
you need to check that water 2X per day for ammonia. do some extra water changes
anyway and have at least 0.05% salt in there to help renew the slime coat. very
important as spawning also leads to mechanical loss of slime coat.
Ingrid

"starfish" > wrote:

>Thanks....
>Man that male fish is a rough one....
>I recognised it straight away as a spawning injury because the split fin was
>in my 2 larger females and the extremely horny male...hehehe!!!!


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Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
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[Starfish]

Thanks for the replys!
Im keeping a close eye on things and seems as though I have some very smart
females!!!
I was watching the male chase the girls and his attention would momentarily
turn off somewhere and the female who was being chased would silently
hide...
My white female shubunkin is very clever and hides behind the clear/white
milky quartz whick provides excellent cammouflage....heheh!!!! smart
girl!!!!
> wrote in message
...
> just remember.... the females must be full of eggs so sharp eye out for
> any
> indication of egg binding, and second, if the male is driving them too
> hard they can
> kill the females. get hard stuff out of the tank. female head down could
> be in
> trouble, have an emergency tank set up for the male if you must remove
> him.
> third.... if they are spawning they will eat the eggs and the combination
> with the
> male milt is going to foul that water FAST. if you dont have a seachem
> ammonia alert
> you need to check that water 2X per day for ammonia. do some extra water
> changes
> anyway and have at least 0.05% salt in there to help renew the slime coat.
> very
> important as spawning also leads to mechanical loss of slime coat.
> Ingrid
>
> "starfish" > wrote:
>
>>Thanks....
>>Man that male fish is a rough one....
>>I recognised it straight away as a spawning injury because the split fin
>>was
>>in my 2 larger females and the extremely horny male...hehehe!!!!
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
> http://puregold.aquaria.net/
> www.drsolo.com
> Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
> compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
> endorsements or recommendations I make.