Sunrise Guppy fin nipped will it grow back?

[Fishylady]

There was a fight in my quarantine tank and the middle of his tail has been bitten off. I will put my injured fish in a mesh breeder box but will he live? They are in quarantine with maracyn paracleanse ich x and salt in the water before being introduced to my main tank they have been just fine until today.

 

[Colin_T]

Why are you adding all those chemicals?
The only time you add medications is if the fish are actually sick.

The only medication you should do as a precaution is deworming fish in quarantine. If they have no other problems, don't add anything else.

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If the fin doesn't get infected, it should grow back over the next month.

 

[Fishylady]

I added them because aquarium co op suggested to quarantine new fish with these meds.

 

[Fishylady]

Why are you adding all those chemicals?
The only time you add medications is if the fish are actually sick.

The only medication you should do as a precaution is deworming fish in quarantine. If they have no other problems, don't add anything else.

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If the fin doesn't get infected, it should grow back over the next month.

Should I do a water change? This is my first time using medication in quarantine tank they say it’s a preventative process to ensure the fish are healthy before adding them to the display tank

 

[Colin_T]

Sounds more like they wanted to sell you stuff than help the fish.

Any chemicals that get added to the water can harm the fish. Adding a combination of chemicals will do harm, and adding salt on top of that, can do serious long term damage to fish.

Maracyn is an anti-biotic and improper use and mis-use of anti-biotics has lead to drug resistant bacteria that kill birds, fish, people, animals and reptiles.
Anti-biotics should only be used as a last resort to treat known bacterial infections that have not responded to normal treatments.

If a shop is telling you to use anti-biotics in a quarantine tank with healthy fish, they are giving you bad information.

 

[Colin_T]

If the fish are looking healthy and not showing any signs of being sick, you could stop adding medications and do a huge water change and gravel clean each day for a week. This will remove the chemicals from the water and from the fish.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.

If you have any concerns about any of the fish, post pictures and a short (1 minute) video of them and I will try to spot any health issues they might have.
You can upload videos to YouTube, then copy & paste the link here.

 

[Fishylady]

Okay thank you! Changing water today