angel fish

[jasonm]

Can anyone tell me why the top fin is like this?

 

[Zimmanski]

Do you have your lights off or is your water usually that murky? Rivercats on this site is extremely knowledgable about angels so maybe he'll chime in but I would assume a water quality issue since I see another angel with fin issues as well. What size is your tank, parameters, tank mates and WC routine?

 

[calfishguy]

HAs it always been like that or is this recent.

 

[jasonm]

The water is murcky I am not sure why. I just did a water change a week ago 50%. We put a new piece of drift wood in there and it started getting that way I have a55 gal tank with a 100 gal canister filter on it. The fiNs were like that when I got them. They just look so pitaful in that tank I wanted to bring them home.there was two of them like that.

 

[emerald76]

The water is murcky I am not sure why. I just did a water change a week ago 50%. We put a new piece of drift wood in there and it started getting that way I have a55 gal tank with a 100 gal canister filter on it. The fiNs were like that when I got them. They just look so pitaful in that tank I wanted to bring them home.there was two of them like that.

Tannins from driftwood makes water tea colored
I bet it's a genetic defect

 

[Zimmanski]

For the golden angel I would start some Melafix, it's always helped my angels when they had something up with their fins or got into a tif. The whole bent fin thing I don't know about. Do you have a liquid test kit?

 

[jasonm]

They were in a small tank with 20 other fish, I was hoping that when they got out of there that they would stand back up. Just could not leave them there.

 

[jasonm]

No just the test strips, all the water levels are fine, we check twice or More a dsy.

 

[calfishguy]

My guess is a birth defect from vein in that small tank for too long. I've seen some like that at my lfs they will most likely not become normal again.

 

[jasonm]

O well then they look alot more happy in my tank than they did in the the other tank.

 

[AngelLover]

He was probably born that way. I had an angel with a fin like that... He was perfectly healthy and I thought it gave him character... It's actually the reason I bought him! Perhaps a genetic mutation? Either way hes a nice looking fish!

 

[Rivercats]

Actually it is either a defect of an injury that occured when very young or being in a too small tank. I'm afraid it permenant. I have two large platinum marble veil angels that grew a slight bend when they got big. Since I know they are siblings and both got it when they reached a certain size I know it's in the genes. One had actually improved as it's continued to grow but not seeing any signs of change with the other one. That one has a bad deformity so will never win a prize for beauty but can still live out a full life with no problems from it. And the melafix is great for using on angelfish fins as mentioned above, it's all I use if I ever have an issue. Also doing a 50% WC weekly will help alot at keeping the water pristine and helping the fins to heal.