lucky the lights were still on
and 2 in the other tank, sorry about the dirty glass
yes i know they get big but by that time i should have my own geothermal lake
still one i can't get a photo of , hiding in the rocks
thanks for the non link it got me searching
found that link in my web travel
have found that this occurs in the wild
and even occurs in captive bred pure stock from some of the bigger breeders in the states
so will put it down as an aberration for now
it is dominant fish in the fronts, pushes round a slightly bigger male
will try for pix of others for ya mystic
we are licensed to look after injured native wildlife
davidb will be a good contact
dantezgirl yes that is a newt, one of ours called tiny, because he is minute
i used vetadine ointment as i wasn't sure if it was fungus or bacteria
maybe it was the scraping with the scalpel that actually worked
i know it fixed it
fish was 41cms long
released back where he came from and still in our stream, system
had the same problem with a large giant we had on display
had a small wound on top fin that developed into the same thing
took him out of tank and cleaned with a scalpel and dried off, then applied iodine ointment, then 2 more treatments of iodine saw him come right
he had only lost a small part of the fin though
in my opinion importers and pet shops bring in fish for different reasons, they think it will sell or it has been ordered and then not picked up etc,
if no one buys a potentially big fish from the shop and they can't house it long term then it will be put down or maybe given away.
some shops don't inform people or they don't know themselves
personally i think giving a fish a home for awhile is better than no home at all and a death at a young age.
the ones you need to be rarking up are the importers not fellow forum members,