Shredded tail fins?!?

If all your parameters are OK, and all your fish are healthy
otherwise, it might be that the moor is a female and at least one of
your others is male. Do you live where all the storms have been
passing through? I've been hearing other goldfish keepers reporting
rampant spawning during this last wave of storms. My fish have been
unusually aggressive in the last week as well, and there has been some
tail biting.




ospam (AGreen1209) wrote:

When I came home from work last night, my black moor's tail fins were totally
shredded, and he's missing some scales on his side. I have absolutely no idea
what happened - there are two other gf in the tank but I've never seen them
attack one another. The substrate is large rounded natural stone. There's
nothing sharp in the tank. I have a "basket" over the end of the filter intake
to keep the fish from getting sucked into it.

My other two gf, a ryukin and an oranda, are just fine. But the moor's tail is
shredded, it's probably in a dozen long strips or more.

Water quality is great - just did a 30% water change a few days back, ammonia
and nitrites at 0 and nitrates are around 10ppm. PH is 7.2, which is what it
has always been. No changes recently in the tank, food, or filter.

So I have two questions. First, what in the world happened, and second, is
there anything I can do for the poor guy? He is having trouble swimming, but
is able to get around slowly and did eat this morning.




Amanda




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