Injured Fish

[bboorreedd11]

i got a 40 gall tank with 2 swordtails, two platys and 2 guppies, after researching, i bought 2 small angelfish from my local fish store and put it in my tank, they seemed to be doing fine but after i came home from dinner and checked the tank, one of them has torned finned , i suspect it got into a fight and i seperated it and put some medicine, will that fish survive??? when i bought it form the store, it already had a broken whisker, what do i do now?

 

[Corleone]

If it's just a torn fin, he'll survive. It's possible that it got caught on a decoration - do you have any rocks, wood, or plastic plants? It'll happen occasionally, and as long as there's no sign of finrot, I usually don't quarantine fish for it. Depending on how bad the tear is, it may take a couple weeks to grow back out fully.

The "whiskers" would be his pelvic fins, they've very elongated in angelfish. He may have gotten nipped, which is a risk with long fins like that, or it may have been caught on something, too. Keep an eye on him for the time being, and when you move him back to the community, watch him for any more signs of fin damage.