Fin rot in a public aquarium, really!?

[Tim Wheatley]

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Isn't that disgusting? Possibly more fin nipping than fin rot, but still... Wow...

Apparently taken at Seaworld San Diego.

 

[mfdrookie516]

It does look more like nipping than fin rot. If you think about it, they have to do the same things as we do to treat disease/injury. I guess they could qt it somewhere in the back though. If it is just an injury, there's really nothing to be done.

 

[Tim Wheatley]

double post

 

[Tim Wheatley]

But there is absolutely no way that a SD should be caught really, they're too fast when healthy. What on earth must they have in that tank?

They are showing non-Silver Dollars colors. They have absolutely no coloration which is correct and although I am sure some of the green is from the glass/plastic of the aquarium, I simply cannot believe this... Most of the fish have NO fins. There's one with no fin on the top, another with no fin on the left... It's insane.

 

[i3k]

They look old. Probably wasting.