Will my Swordtail's tail grow back?

[Bwana]

I think one of my new Gouramis but off his tail. :( :sad

It's broken, but not completely off, it's pretty sad. :shake:

When I first put the Gourami's in, the Swordtail was picking on one of them for the first day or so. Then I wake up to find his tail hanging off, and the Gourami has a few nips on his back fin.

Will it grow back? Or should I take out the swordtail or the gourami? Or hope they can get along now?

Also...should I try to net him, and get the broken part off, or just leave it on?

[SnakeIce]

if there is any fin left of the tail yes it will grow back,

from what I know swordtails can be pretty scrappy and gouramis don't back down either so unless they are respecting each other now I would move to separate them just so things can heal up if not permanently

[Leopardess]

And don't lose hope. I know someone who almost euthanized a tiger barb after its entire tail was bitten off....and just updated us that it has grown back! Nature works in mysterious ways...:)

What size tank is it? And what kind of gourami? And do you have another tank you could move the swordtail to?

[Bwana]

I went and bought a small 2g tank, that i could use as a Qt later *shrug*. The main tank is a 20g.

I put the gourami in there temporarily, and i might give that whole tank to my g/f with the gourami in it. :confused:

His "main" tail is still there, just the sword part was bitten off. He's swimming about freely now that the gourami is gone.

The one separated is a normal Dwarf Gourami. There's also a powder blue dwarf gourami in the big tank, but it's peaceful. (i think it wants to be a Zebra Danio...it looks like it's trying to school with them. :laugh: :laugh: )

Everything's good. Thanks :D

[aquariumfishguy]

Yeah I wouldnt add that gourami back to the swordtail tank as they obviously dont get along/aren't compatable.

His tail will grow back eventually, provided his base is in-tact and nerves aren't too damaged...;)