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My female JD seemed to be the victim of domestic abuse late last week. It's not abnormal for her fins to show some wear and tear during courtship and usually right around the time she and her mate spawn. She seems to have been beaten up worse than normal and had me concerned last Wednesday night. She had some scuffs and messed up scales in addition to some fin fray. Some of her scales were showing a little fuzz like perhaps she got a fungus. She seemed lethargic and was barely eating. I went out of town on thurs morning for the weekend and had a roommate administer melafix and keep tabs on the lady, although I think he only used melafix one day. Having checked on her tonight, she has a rather large patch of scales missing, a big open wound on her side where the fuzzy wound was. It doesn't look like its penetrated past the flesh but several scales are gone. Her tail fin seems to have rotted a decent amount as well. The only good news is that she is eating voraciously and is otherwise swimming around normally. Unfortunately I don't have a spare tank or I would quarantine her. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I just melafixed after feeding and am keeping the lights off to lessen stress. View attachment 5653View attachment 5654View attachment 5655View attachment 5656View attachment 5657
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My female JD seemed to be the victim of domestic abuse late last week. It's not abnormal for her fins to show some wear and tear during courtship and usually right around the time she and her mate spawn. She seems to have been beaten up worse than normal and had me concerned last Wednesday night. She had some scuffs and messed up scales in addition to some fin fray. Some of her scales were showing a little fuzz like perhaps she got a fungus. She seemed lethargic and was barely eating. I went out of town on thurs morning for the weekend and had a roommate administer melafix and keep tabs on the lady, although I think he only used melafix one day. Having checked on her tonight, she has a rather large patch of scales missing, a big open wound on her side where the fuzzy wound was. It doesn't look like its penetrated past the flesh but several scales are gone. Her tail fin seems to have rotted a decent amount as well. The only good news is that she is eating voraciously and is otherwise swimming around normally. Unfortunately I don't have a spare tank or I would quarantine her. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I just melafixed after feeding and am keeping the lights off to lessen stress. View attachment 5653View attachment 5654View attachment 5655View attachment 5656View attachment 5657
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