hi len,

don't know if you dare do this. take a sharp scissors and snip the 2nd split to make the dorsal fin a nice sharp point. apply some acriflavine or anti septic. fin will grow back nicely. don't snip the main one though.

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If just the normal angel, i am dare to cut...but not for my altum.

Hehehe...fin snippin issit...?
No problem for the angel...i do that before... The guy was infected with fin rot, so i tried it out. manage to curb the infection rate but not very succesfull though

the other day My L203 was havinga fight with another of my plecos...being bullied and pushed around tend to get it some broken fin rays...Note...broken and not torn. So if i let it be, the usual cresent shape tail will look like...i dun wanna think about it. So i took out a side cutter...which i think is better than a scrisors...why ? point of contact is more accurate and i feel that its less painfull. Scissors work in a different matter, slicing...which open up a bigger wound and may twist the bone if the scissors isn't sharp...Ok back to story, the L203 fin grew back and now...looks much better than before...anyway i didn't nip off the entire chunk but a bit behind the broken fin.

haha...i do it twice for my discus, once with sharp nt cutter, 2nd time with sharp scissors. both ways works fine.
never cut the thick bony rays/filament. that will not grow back as long...

my altums took awhile to recover from fin rot. some salt bath 1 ppt took care of it...

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