Black Ghost Knife Fish - Split Fin?

[RomyD85]

I recently bought a BGKF and the long fin below has a few splits in it? I bought it like this and it was in a bit of PVC pipe when I selected it - I have ordered a few hideouts for my fish who hide - but is this a normal occurrence in BGKFish or could this be a condition eg fin rot? please help, thanks

 

[kno4te]

Maybe from transport to the lfs. Not typically seen for sure. If not too deep and far apart i imagine it’ll be eventually be fine. Post some pics and will see.

 

[RomyD85]

Maybe from transport to the lfs. Not typically seen for sure. If not too deep and far apart i imagine it’ll be eventually be fine. Post some pics and will see.

theyre quite hard to photograph but hopefully you can see a few

 

[kno4te]

Should grow back and looks to be torn but not fin rot. Keep the water clean and it’ll heal up.

 

[RomyD85]

Should grow back and looks to be torn but not fin rot. Keep the water clean and it’ll heal up.

thank you

 

[CanadianAquatics]

I bought a group of 5 BGKF & noticed they had a fungal infection when i got home i treated it with paragaurd but at that same time medicines became illegal in Canada. All but one died from this fraying and it wasn't as bad as these picture's i found this forum while looking for answers on this fraying myself as i just purchased a full size 18'" BGK i assumed it was just from transport but i'm curious to know how this turned out?

 

[tlindsey]

I bought a group of 5 BGKF & noticed they had a fungal infection when i got home i treated it with paragaurd but at that same time medicines became illegal in Canada. All but one died from this fraying and it wasn't as bad as these picture's i found this forum while looking for answers on this fraying myself as i just purchased a full size 18'" BGK i assumed it was just from transport but i'm curious to know how this turned out?

Welcome aboard
The op hasn't been on the forum for quite some time.

 

[Vertigon_z]

Honestly I believe with proper water changes and parameters this guy should be back to having solid finnage. Probably tore during transport or handling. I do 2x water changes a week and usually takes 1wk-2wk for any fins to heal. R RomyD85