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Thread: can broken fins be 'repaired'?

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    can broken fins be 'repaired'?

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    i just noticed that one of my cardinals tail fin is broken. do you think there is any way for it to grow back or 'repair' itself?

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    if its due to some fight, it should recover on its own. Don't have to try catching it and sew them up.
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    Fins generally regenerate automatically, unless the fish is immunosuppressed, attacked by secondary infections etc...

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    Sure can, but will take "YEARS" to grow back to the normal finnage
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    Using Mela Fix will speed up the fin recovery/regeneration. Sometimes in a week or two, they will be totally healed.
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    Years? My arowana grew back 95% of its 3 inch plus pectoral fin in less then 4 months. Should take a cardinal less time.
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    No. "years". That means very long lar. My betta's finnage was ruin when i bred them and that was bout 2 mths ago and the finnage was not like last time already
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    we are talking about cardinal tetra here.. and if you noticed, cardinal has relatively shorter finnage than a betta.

    If it takes 3 weeks to recover a cm, then probably another 3 more for another cm.
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