ACCIDENT: Can goldfish survive without tail?

Originally Posted by olddog

Please do not take offence but with respect I recomend you should kill this fish now without pain.
Forrest (olddog)

bro i thought of doing it initially, cos i thot it wld die n i wanted to shorten its pain.... but when i realise that it is going to live, i will take care of it n take care of it well...reason being i was the one that caused his injury. it was no fault of his that he was injured. how can i bring myself to kill it?

Originally Posted by aStRoBo|

any pic update on the poor fella?

bro, he still looks the same.... except the redness is gone..... think i do 1 more water change, then tonight i can put him back in the main tank already....

will update pics next wk. now still looks the same.

[shawnchen89]

Originally Posted by arserulez

yup its a ranchu....

i'm still silently hoping that the tail will grow back.....

if the caudal peduncle(CP) is also cut off, then i'm sorry, cos it wun grow back, cos its like cutting off a cat or dog's tail, and it wun grow back animore

good luck! you'll be able to keep it alive!

btw, my bichir gang todae also "hoot" four feeder GF until no tail, CP also gone, but i shifted them into a small tank & put some medicine in, i tried to feed them and guess wad? they started eating!!! i'm really glad when they're fully healed, i'll post some pics of them

Originally Posted by shawnchen89

if the caudal peduncle(CP) is also cut off, then i'm sorry, cos it wun grow back, cos its like cutting off a cat or dog's tail, and it wun grow back animore

good luck! you'll be able to keep it alive!

btw, my bichir gang todae also "hoot" four feeder GF until no tail, CP also gone, but i shifted them into a small tank & put some medicine in, i tried to feed them and guess wad? they started eating!!! i'm really glad when they're fully healed, i'll post some pics of them

ok waiting for ur pics....

updates of my injured gf:
the fella is eating well. swimming abit funny cos no tail fin. can do somasaults already. if u look on the bright side, it looks quite cute.

redness n swelling of injured area is gone.
will continue to moniter n change water daily for 1 more week b4 releasing it into the main tank.

[tjy]

may god bless you and ya ranchu... it looks pitiful

Originally Posted by tjy

may god bless you and ya ranchu... it looks pitiful

thx bro.... it is indeed pitiful.... what makes it worse is that i was the one that inflicted the injury to it.....

hope it will recover soon....

[tjy]

Originally Posted by arserulez

thx bro.... it is indeed pitiful.... what makes it worse is that i was the one that inflicted the injury to it.....

hope it will recover soon....

don't worry.. i'm sure you were not on purpose.. it's an accident... look on the bright side.. i've learnt to look on the bright side after some incidents recently... take things easy i'm sure ya fish will be healthy soon

[shawnchen89]

Originally Posted by arserulez

ok waiting for ur pics....

updates of my injured gf:
the fella is eating well. swimming abit funny cos no tail fin. can do somasaults already. if u look on the bright side, it looks quite cute.

redness n swelling of injured area is gone.
will continue to moniter n change water daily for 1 more week b4 releasing it into the main tank.

yah, mine swimming also sumtimes will do somersaults... they're now in a small tank...

[shawnchen89]

oh yeah, i forgot to add, one of them died this morning

Hi bros, almost 2 wks since the unfortunate accident of my ranchu....

the redness n swelling has stopped after treating wif melafix.
now i put it in main tank but in a floating tank cos dun wan to stress the fella.

took some pics to update.