Angel: anything serious?

[Sidman24]

Noticed my angel looked a little "beat up" today. His top fin is a little torn and there is also a small hole in it. Anything serious? Causes maybe?

 

[Fishfur]

Is this fish alone ? If not, what other fish are there ? What are the water parameters, tank size, etc ?

 

[Sidman24]

Is this fish alone ? If not, what other fish are there ? What are the water parameters, tank size, etc ?

It's 29 gallon high. There are female blue rams, cories, mollies, otos, and a paradise fish. But the paradise is very very friendly! Everyone tries to tell me she's very aggressive. But actually she's one of the nicest fish I have! Haha. And not sure on parameters, last I checked everything was good. This has happened before to his middle fin and someone suggested he could have cut it on decor

 

[Fishfur]

Just because you have not seen the paradise fish act aggressive does not meant it isn't being aggressive. I'm sure you are not watching the tank 24/7, are you ? If you are, you are some sort of bionic fish keeper .

Of the fish you have, it's the most likely culprit. Mollies can sometimes be pushy, but it's less likely it's them, and much more likely the paradise fish is occasionally taking a run at the Angel fish. So long as it does not do more harm, I expect you'll keep it. If it eventually really hurts the Angel fish, you might have to do something about rehoming one of them to another tank.

 

[Sidman24]

Yeah I understand haha. Well the paradise was a rescue so I didn't even plan on getting her! Poor thing was kept in a 3 gallon, I'll wait and see what happens