Ok..... long story short, my Paradise Fish that I just got two days ago apparently either jumped or was fished out by the cat (I suspect one cause I don't know where she would have enough room in the covered tank to stick her paw and she's never shown much interest other than drinking the filter water in the tank. Not to mention where it is now would make it unlikely that she'd jump on it). Anyways... I found the fish across the house from the tank, cat was playing with it (I suspect she found it on the floor... I know my cat and while she may not fish for fish in the tank, if it moves on the ground it might be a yummy insect).
I honestly thought it was dead. On a random whim and slight hope that maybe it twitched a little in my hand, I stuck it in the tank (this was yesterday late morning). Eventually it's gotten to the point of vast improvement (it was starting to float on its side and fighting doing so when I first put it in the tank). He even tries to fight with his reflection now and is eating fine. I really am still kinda amazed he's alive, it's like he died and came back (I was so sure there was no way he had survived I had resigned to just throwing him in the trash. It was on a slight feeling that maybe he twitched a litlte I even tried putting him in the tank).
But... I've noticed his tail fin while it had the v shape to a paradise fish before has the pointed parts disintegrated. At first I just thought the damaged parts disintigrated off (he can't have sustained no damage being a cat playtoy for who knows how long, not even sure how long he was out of the tank save how long it prolly took my cat to get him to my door). But, looking at him closer today I noticed the whole edge of his tail fin is black along with the edge of his bottom fin.
Is this just damage from the trauma yesterday that is likely to heal on its own? If not is there something I can do to help him so he doesn't survive massive trauma to get killed by something that ist aking advantage of his having a weakened state?
I'm posting this before I go to bed so at the moment don't know most of this but I'll fill in what I can.
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Tank size: 20 gallons.
pH: Last I checked 7.6
ammonia: 0 last I checked but it's been long enough it's prollyu changed by now.
nitrite: ?
nitrate: ?
kH:
gH: 3
tank temp: 80
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): See long description
Volume and Frequency of water changes:
I strive for 1/4 everyt wo weeks.
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:
Just a Biowheel filter
Tank inhabitants:
Paradise Fish, Horseface Loach
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration):
Paradise Fish (I only have had him two days
)
Exposure to chemicals:
None that I know of. Not sure if there was chemical residue on carpets he got batted across (I don't know if my cat batted him to my door or carried him in her mouth... I only saw him when he was at my door step across the house from the fish tank). I know that we've used a spot bot/mini wet vacuum on many areas on that carpet as well as Nature's Miracle (that probably does have residue on the carpet as you are not supposed to wipe it off but I'm not sure if he made it to that spot or was deposited before that spot). The nature's miracle also is on the spot where my (recently deceased, had cancer) cat was peeing on regularly and you can still smell some urine smell there so maybe also exposure to cat urine which I know has a lot of ammonia.
Digital photo (include if possible):
I honestly thought it was dead. On a random whim and slight hope that maybe it twitched a little in my hand, I stuck it in the tank (this was yesterday late morning). Eventually it's gotten to the point of vast improvement (it was starting to float on its side and fighting doing so when I first put it in the tank). He even tries to fight with his reflection now and is eating fine. I really am still kinda amazed he's alive, it's like he died and came back (I was so sure there was no way he had survived I had resigned to just throwing him in the trash. It was on a slight feeling that maybe he twitched a litlte I even tried putting him in the tank).
But... I've noticed his tail fin while it had the v shape to a paradise fish before has the pointed parts disintegrated. At first I just thought the damaged parts disintigrated off (he can't have sustained no damage being a cat playtoy for who knows how long, not even sure how long he was out of the tank save how long it prolly took my cat to get him to my door). But, looking at him closer today I noticed the whole edge of his tail fin is black along with the edge of his bottom fin.
Is this just damage from the trauma yesterday that is likely to heal on its own? If not is there something I can do to help him so he doesn't survive massive trauma to get killed by something that ist aking advantage of his having a weakened state?
I'm posting this before I go to bed so at the moment don't know most of this but I'll fill in what I can.
Request Help
Tank size: 20 gallons.
pH: Last I checked 7.6
ammonia: 0 last I checked but it's been long enough it's prollyu changed by now.
nitrite: ?
nitrate: ?
kH:
gH: 3
tank temp: 80
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): See long description
Volume and Frequency of water changes:
I strive for 1/4 everyt wo weeks.
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:
Just a Biowheel filter
Tank inhabitants:
Paradise Fish, Horseface Loach
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration):
Paradise Fish (I only have had him two days
)Exposure to chemicals:
None that I know of. Not sure if there was chemical residue on carpets he got batted across (I don't know if my cat batted him to my door or carried him in her mouth... I only saw him when he was at my door step across the house from the fish tank). I know that we've used a spot bot/mini wet vacuum on many areas on that carpet as well as Nature's Miracle (that probably does have residue on the carpet as you are not supposed to wipe it off but I'm not sure if he made it to that spot or was deposited before that spot). The nature's miracle also is on the spot where my (recently deceased, had cancer) cat was peeing on regularly and you can still smell some urine smell there so maybe also exposure to cat urine which I know has a lot of ammonia.
Digital photo (include if possible):
