Do fins "break"?

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AquaBear

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Hello forum. Got another specific question that I'm not finding definitive answers for.

My yellow tang came out of QT about a month and a half ago, she had some nip marks in her fins from the damsel that I returned to LFS, but those have since healed up. After moving her to the main and letting her negotiate the pecking order with my Indian Yellowtail Angel, there is a 1/2" section of her dorsal fin where about 1/8" of the fin looks bent over or broken. It appears as if the cartilage is "creased".

I treat weekly with vitamins and she eats lots of seaweed and spirulina, a good diet. She is also recovering from what I'm pretty sure was HLLE. Will the fins eventually "repair" from a break, the same way they do from nips, or is this something she will always have? It shouldn't prevent her from being otherwise healthy, should it?

Thanks in advance,
--Aquabear.
 
It should eventually look normal again although I couldn't tell you how long. The only time the finnage will not regrow/repair itself is usually when there is actually bone damage. Soft tissue/cartilage will typically bounce back.

Cheers
Steve
 
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