can fish grow new scales

[spike2]

caught a good jack on the weekend and l am currently converting him to fresh water for my tank , in the capture he lost some scales , l know the scales protect the fish from infection so l was just wondering can fish grow new scales

[jaybee]

Scientists remove a scale to determine age of a fish, they say it has no long term affect on them, guess while acclimatizing the fish to fresh, you will have to watch for infection in that area. hope this helps
cheers

[Heath]

Spike,

I'd be very interested in how you go with your Jack.
email me privately if you like on your progress....

[striker]

Jaybee on a scale of one to ten I'd have to say your maintaining your high average .