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I went to a local aquarium society's annual show and auction yesterday. I arrived late and didn't have time to examine the bags of fish as thoroughly as I would have liked.
At any rate, I bought one bag of fish containing two large angel fish (approximatly pool ball size). At that time, examination of the new purchase revealed that one of the two fish only has stubs where the ventral appendages (I don't know if you call them "fins" on an angel fish) should be. The edges of the stubs are jagged, suggesting to me that the fish was a victim of an aggressive tank mate as opposed to any sort of genetic defect.
Although it seems highly likely that the seller knew he had put a damaged fish up for auction, I elected not to raise a stink over the matter and simply brought the fish home along with four other angels I bought of a comparable size. At present the six fish are in a 29-gallon isolation tank with an eventual destination of my 75-gallon planted tank. The tank already contains three angels, four Bosemani rainbows, a school of Congo tetras, a large Bala shark, and a few other miscellaneous fish (black ghost knife, clown pleco, and striped Raphael cat).
Questions:
1. Should I have raised a stink about the condition of the fish prior to leaving the auction?
2. Will these appendages grow back?
3. If so, is there anything I can do to accelerate the re-growth? I have plenty of available growout tanks, so it would be no problem at all to keep the fish in a tank by itself for as long as is necessary.
4. If I keep the fish in an isolation tank, should I also keep the fish that was sold with him as a companion?
At any rate, I bought one bag of fish containing two large angel fish (approximatly pool ball size). At that time, examination of the new purchase revealed that one of the two fish only has stubs where the ventral appendages (I don't know if you call them "fins" on an angel fish) should be. The edges of the stubs are jagged, suggesting to me that the fish was a victim of an aggressive tank mate as opposed to any sort of genetic defect.
Although it seems highly likely that the seller knew he had put a damaged fish up for auction, I elected not to raise a stink over the matter and simply brought the fish home along with four other angels I bought of a comparable size. At present the six fish are in a 29-gallon isolation tank with an eventual destination of my 75-gallon planted tank. The tank already contains three angels, four Bosemani rainbows, a school of Congo tetras, a large Bala shark, and a few other miscellaneous fish (black ghost knife, clown pleco, and striped Raphael cat).
Questions:
1. Should I have raised a stink about the condition of the fish prior to leaving the auction?
2. Will these appendages grow back?
3. If so, is there anything I can do to accelerate the re-growth? I have plenty of available growout tanks, so it would be no problem at all to keep the fish in a tank by itself for as long as is necessary.
4. If I keep the fish in an isolation tank, should I also keep the fish that was sold with him as a companion?