Black Moor split dorsal fin

[Bodkin_89]

Hello,

My black moor goldfish (Flick) has randomly got a split in his dorsal fin.
The first photo is from about 20min after i cleaned his tank up and the second was a short time ago. In between there was around a 2 hour gap, so its happened in that time frame (i think they've uploaded in reverse order)
He's alone in the tank and it's a clean split, not ragged or torn, there are no red or white streaks and he seems totally fine apart from that.
He's swimming around quite happily and has eaten when i dropped a treat in after i cleaned the tank.

Any suggestions? Could it be stress?

 

[BBradbury]

Hello Bod...

Probably nothing, if the fish is otherwise acting normally. I has always added a bit of standard aquarium salt to my Goldfish tank. I keep Comets and the standard Goldfish and a teaspoon of salt in every 5 gallons of treated tap water has been good for them. It will help heal the injury, aids in the breathing process and if the fish is stressed the salt has a calming affect.

I'm certain the fish is fine. Just keep the tank water extremely clean with large water changes weekly.

B

 

[Bodkin_89]

Wonderful, thank you so much for replying!
I'll keep an eye on him and check out the aquarium salt too, that sounds like a good investment. Will keep up thewater changes and fingers crossed it heals quickly
Thank you again!