Hardest Thing To Repair

[Bucks Koi]

What would you say is the hardest thing to repair on a injured fish?
And list the steps you would take to fix, including meds.

[Ichthius]

Broken leading ray of the dorsal or caudal. Bent for ever.

[bekko]

There are people who say you can splint them with a small piece of plastic straw - like those little coffee stirrers. Slit the straw up the side and put it on the broken ray. Maybe they were pulling my leg. I can't imagine the patience required to keep the straw in place.

-steve

[WakinAZ]

nm, did not fully read question - d'oh

[Ichthius]

Eric

Put your response back up. I thought it was perfect.

[HNLim]

There are people who say you can splint them with a small piece of plastic straw - like those little coffee stirrers. Slit the straw up the side and put it on the broken ray. Maybe they were pulling my leg. I can't imagine the patience required to keep the straw in place.

-steve
This is true.

[WakinAZ]

Eric

Put your response back up. I thought it was perfect.

OK, although not exactly on topic-

Sinker/floater: oil of cloves...

[SeaWitch]

I have to agree with Eric, as SBD problems have been the worst thing that I have had to deal with. So far, making my own food is helping, but as SBD cannot be cured and only gets worse, I will eventually have to use clove oil, too.

[Cincy Ranchu]

I can't wait to try this sometime, back in the day of Goldfish Connection anbd Rick Hess, he once shippied me a box of LF Veils all with broken dorsal fin rays.