Bent fins on Angelfish?

i asked this in the other thread, but what are you feeding him?

what is your pH?

hum, to me is just normal, it's just a defec in the dna, and it might be it's in the blood, the fins grow like that is very normal so alots of angels

The first picture shows an angel that was raised in overcrowded conditions. The eye being disproportionately large to the body gives this away. If the eye were smaller and the fins chopped as they were it would indicate poor water quality, ammonia will often do this to the fins of angel fry.

If this is the angel in the tank in your sig you have too many fish in the tank to counteract the rough start this fish had. The extensions on the tail that are growing show that there is no problem with aggression from other tankmates, these are often the first to get nipped. The eye/body ratio is still off, showing some stunting, which is not due to anything you have done.

The best bet would be to get this fish into a larger tank by itself, a 20 high would work well. Plain flake will not cut it, bloodworms once or twice weekly, frozen or fresh brine shrimp a couple of times weekly, along with bringing the temperature up to the mid 80’s will help with fin & body growth. Plan on doing 50% water changes weekly with this tank, and since you will be aiming for a higher protein diet fasting for 1 day out of 7 will keep any constipation worries away.

IMO a fish like that should not have been sold. Standard fin angels are easier to bring up than veils, and marbles are not a particularly tough genotype. I breed marbles, among other varieties, here’s a quick pic of a growout tank pre-cull. Just by the crappy pic I’m seeing at least 3 that ended up in the oscar tank;

Tough call on the fins straightening. Large water changes and a high protein diet like I mentioned are the best shot.

Diet and water play an important part of growth.

I feed juvenile angels several feedings per day.
over crowded tank conditions(as mentioned) may also result in this..usually at a breeder.
unfortunatly if you got this from a LFS it is common to see this.

a breeder would probably not sell a fish like this to a customer..some breeders will sell them at low prices to LFS.
one reason I don't get my fish (particulalry angels and Discus ) from LFS..you will see the culls being sold..
a good breeder would prob cull the fish.
there is probably nothing un healthy other than this bent fin..diet may fix it others have actually trimmed off the bent portion and allowed it to grow back..if it grows back straight..prob not a genetic problem.

genetic may play a part of this.I say if you just leave it be the angel will probably be fine..just have a slightly bent fin