fire tails

I reinforced the wall between my paradise fishes. Wedged another piece of plastic canvas down between the row of stones, all the way to glass under substrate (which isn't deep). It seems to be holding. for two days now neither one has breached the wall. (They still keep trying, however).

I am surprised at how fast Perry has healed! I can't even tell now that two days ago his tail was split horizontally, forked almost all the way to the caudal peduncle. I was going to take a photo to show the damage Lady did to him, but it's hard to even see it now.

His dorsal which looked like a rooster's comb, is nearly healed up too. The pale band across his head is still there, but much fainter. I'm dosing the tank with Furan-2 now, to see if that helps it. A bit worried the tank will cycle again as following pkg instructions I removed the filter media (put it in a mesh bag and tucked into the tetra tank, so the bacteria won't all die) and left the airstones running. But it should bounce back quick, I think.

Lady herself seems fine. Her scales have healed and the nicks on her lip are almost gone.