Phantom Tetra - Tail Damage
 

I have six phantom tetras in my community tank. I noticed yesterday that
two of them have injuries to their tails. One is missing the complete black
tip of the tail. We recently returned an agressive platy to our LFS ...
could he have caused the injury? Will the tetras recover?

Patti wrote:
I have six phantom tetras in my community tank. I noticed yesterday that
two of them have injuries to their tails. One is missing the complete black
tip of the tail. We recently returned an agressive platy to our LFS ...
could he have caused the injury? Will the tetras recover?


Your tetras will recover as long as the base of the fin where the rays
start isn't damaged. Keep their water as clean as you possibly can to
help them heal. Watch the fins to be sure the edge doesn't go whitish
with bacteria or fungus - it shouldn't in good water.

The platy could have done something. It is also possible that the
tetras were nipping at each other, maybe confused by the platy.

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