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Old 18-10-2008, 11:42 PM posted to rec.ponds.moderated
DavidM[_2_] DavidM[_2_] is offline
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Default do fins grow back?

wilma wrote:
My poor black fan tail ,after being put inside for the winter , I noticed
his whole one half of his fat body must have been sucked to the pond filter
for a time.Now his fins are only half there .His front one just a stub.He
still eats and swims,mostly in circles.Does'nt seem to be stressed at
all.Should I salt or use Melafix,,something for a while? Will these fins
grow back a bit?


One of our adopted fish is missing a pelvic fin. I'm told it lost the
fin after becoming entangled in some pond netting. That happened many
years before we offered the fish a new home in our pond, so I can
guarantee that a removed fin wont grow back.

We call the fish Heather Mills.