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Post by DaharkazAngel on Aug 7, 2011 6:03:52 GMT -5
I bought a Angelfish with one front pectrol fin, didnt notice until I got home. Question is do I take it back or will it not notice. From what I can see its a deformaty not just missing but I could be wrong....
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Post by Carl on Aug 7, 2011 10:19:49 GMT -5
I have received many fish over the years missing fins and usually it is the Pectoral or pelvic fin that are missing or deformed stubs.
My opinion is if this does not bother you and more importantly if you do not have fish that will take advantage and bully your handicapped fish, then he/she will likely lead a happy/healthy life.
Carl
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Post by sammiesam on Aug 7, 2011 11:24:30 GMT -5
awww it's like Nemo!!!!! you should name it Nemo
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Post by goldenpuon on Aug 7, 2011 14:41:35 GMT -5
It may be more likely of developing health problems in the future IF it is weak. But this may be something that is minor and not an indicator of health. I gave one of my cousins a betta from when I used to breed them that only had a stub of a dorsel fin. Guess what? he outlived ALL my other betta (in part from having a filter and living in a 5 gallon aloen instead of in more crowded 3-4 gallons or in a single gallon). But the point is although it may be an indicator of poor health, it can also not be as shown by my cousin's betta that is over 4 years old now. As well, many people might not keep a fish like this so finding homes for fish like this can be hard. If he otherwise looks healthy, I would keep him! As Sammie said, its kind of like Nemo's lucky fin!  Hope that helps. Renee |
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Post by babygeige on Aug 7, 2011 15:32:30 GMT -5
My angelfish has broken one of his a few times. It always grows back, hopefully your angel's will too.
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Post by DaharkazAngel on Aug 7, 2011 16:53:51 GMT -5
He was the smallest in the tank and is nit in poor health but his fins are tirn a bit. Hes quite perky, I just dont know if he will grow but. I have him in with adult angels and my three have taken the two new babies under tgere wing. I think ill keep him, just wanted to know if he wont swim right or anything. I have a vid on youtube but dont know how to copy and paste links on my phone lol. Xx
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Post by DaharkazAngel on Aug 7, 2011 20:15:22 GMT -5
Heres a pic of the little guy
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Post by DaharkazAngel on Aug 8, 2011 4:05:58 GMT -5
The more I look, the more I realise its been torn off. Im def keeping nemo hehe...
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Post by Carl on Aug 8, 2011 9:56:25 GMT -5
Yes, I agree this definitely looks to be torn off and likely will never grow back fully.
On a positive, there does not appear to be any infection.
Carl
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Post by sammiesam on Aug 8, 2011 11:23:22 GMT -5
Yessss you called him Nemo - my job is done here  |
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Post by goldenpuon on Aug 8, 2011 14:14:47 GMT -5
Nemo the Angelfish. You picked the name for this angelfish well IMO. I have a goldfish named Nemo but its fins are fine. lol
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Post by DaharkazAngel on Aug 9, 2011 23:21:47 GMT -5
hes doing well three days in. still no aggresion issues, and his little belly is full!!
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Post by babygeige on Aug 13, 2011 16:52:25 GMT -5
I'm glad you kept him! He's a cutie!
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Post by cashay on Dec 30, 2012 3:09:52 GMT -5
Hello everyone, Long time no see. ( communication) Hope Everyone had a very Mery Christmas! I was looking through some of these threads, and I could have missed it. But I have a question. How do you tell the difference between male and female Angels? I have four, And they have been getting really mean with each other, some times they look like torpedo's shooting through the water trying to bump the other, fins go back, and they just keep pecking at each other. two have very distinctive bumps on their heads, and the other two barley have one. Is that the way to tell? I can't see any difference in fins or anything..  |
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Post by Carl on Jan 1, 2013 18:16:54 GMT -5
Hi Sheryl! Merry Christmas and welcome back Angelfish are difficult to sex. Here is a quote from Aquarium Answers; Sexing Fish"• Breeding Tube (Papilla): This is the only accurate way to sex angelfish and even this method is not always easy and can only be performed on mature angelfish. In the female angelfish the breeding tube is kind of stubby while in the male the breeding tube is more pin like (& difficult to see IMO)."Carl |
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Post by saw on Jan 2, 2013 17:07:57 GMT -5
Haha, ooops... Sorry I think i was multitasking at the same time i was reading. For some reason i was thinking betta. My mistake, just ignore my post  |
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Post by babygeige on Jan 10, 2013 21:01:21 GMT -5
I have 2 angel fish in separate tanks. I have no idea if the one is a male or female, I just call him Pierre for fun. I didn't know what the other one was until she decided to lay some eggs on the aquarium heater, lol.
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Post by angelminx on Jun 17, 2014 2:26:10 GMT -5
I was glancing over a few threads before logging out and noticed this one. The last 4 angels I had (still have 3 of them) I named when I bought them. They were about dime sized, so no way of sexing them them. The one that died a while ago I had named Ezekiel (a dark, almost black, marble), the others are Angelminx (a normal marble--who's name I borrowed), a silver veiltail named Munkustrap, "Munky" for short (I love the musical "Cats"), and Gerrie, short for Mungogerrie (off-white when I bought it, and I had a friend named Jerrie White when I was growing up,) is gold now, really bright dorsally. Turns out Ezekiel and Angelminx were males, and Gerrie and Munky are females. Back when I had my Oscar, I had just called "him" Oscar, "he" laid eggs one day, so I changer her name to "Lily Oskie", short for little Oscar. I had that problem when I had baby rabbits years ago, too. The majority of the time I named them, they turned out to be the opposite sex. Oh, well. I don't think they minded, LOL!
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