Fish Tail

[joyannbuskirk]

Have this beautiful Lubbock Fairy Wrasse.
I did not notice she does not swim with her tail. She hangs it down. Could it be broken?
She eats well and swims all over.
If her tail is broken, will it heal where she can use it?

 

[eliaslikesfish]

Have this beautiful Lubbock Fairy Wrasse.
I did not notice she does not swim with her tail. She hangs it down. Could it be broken?
She eats well and swims all over.
If her tail is broken, will it heal where she can use it?

could you upload a video on youtube? many of us can’t see this video format unfortunately

 

[nereefpat]

I see the video. A tail hanging like that is sometimes an injury. Since it's a wrasse, I'll also mention this:

Unknown Neurological Wrasse Disease (UNWD)

Unknown Neurological Wrasse disease (UNWD) There is a disease that afflicts newly acquired wrasses, usually Cirrhilabrus fairy wrasses or flasher wrasses, Pseudocheilinus, but occasionally other species as well. The gross visual symptoms are always the same; the fish shows a rapid onset of...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[joyannbuskirk]

I see the video. A tail hanging like that is sometimes an injury. Since it's a wrasse, I'll also mention this:

Unknown Neurological Wrasse Disease (UNWD)

Unknown Neurological Wrasse disease (UNWD) There is a disease that afflicts newly acquired wrasses, usually Cirrhilabrus fairy wrasses or flasher wrasses, Pseudocheilinus, but occasionally other species as well. The gross visual symptoms are always the same; the fish shows a rapid onset of...

www.reef2reef.com

Thank you so much for the information. I'm sad because she is so beautiful.
Is it something that I did or didn't do?