Injured fish needing advice asap please!

Metalhead88 said:

Post a picture please.

I'll let someone else with more knowledge about things like this help, but I will say this.... Fish can make full recoveries from some very substantial injuries. I hope this gives you some comfort at the very least.

Melafix is pretty good stuff. I'm assuming others would recommend that and maybe some salt and some kind of medication to prevent infection.

On top of that, your going to want water quality to be top notch. So double up on your water changes.

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Metalhead88 said:

Post a picture please.

I'll let someone else with more knowledge about things like this help, but I will say this.... Fish can make full recoveries from some very substantial injuries. I hope this gives you some comfort at the very least.

Melafix is pretty good stuff. I'm assuming others would recommend that and maybe some salt and some kind of medication to prevent infection.

On top of that, your going to want water quality to be top notch. So double up on your water changes.

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Lindat said:

Hi metalhead88
Can you tell me how to reduce the size of the photo? Its telling me its too big.

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Byron said:

I agree to leave it alone and monitor it. Fish do indeed manage to heal, if they are not stressed by any one of many things and assuming the water is in good shape. Water changes are not only the best preventative but often the best (and only necessary) cure.

I would not use any medication unless something specific develops. All additives to the tank water will get inside fish and are detrimental, even those intended to heal, so use of any additive/medication should be the last resort and then only if it is the best and safest treatment additive.

Fungus might appear, but again do not be quick to start adding this or that. I would want to know more about the other fish before suggesting any product, as they all are detrimental to some extent and there is no point in making things worse. Stress is the direct cause of 95% of fish disease.

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Metalhead88 said:

I usually upload the photo using imgur (app or website) and copy and paste the image code directly to the post

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Metalhead88 said:

Post a picture please.

I'll let someone else with more knowledge about things like this help, but I will say this.... Fish can make full recoveries from some very substantial injuries. I hope this gives you some comfort at the very least.

Melafix is pretty good stuff. I'm assuming others would recommend that and maybe some salt and some kind of medication to prevent infection.

On top of that, your going to want water quality to be top notch. So double up on your water changes.

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Jan Cavalieri said:

I have an iPhone and take a picture with that, send it to my Gmail account with the size of "medium" then save it to my hard drive. When I need the photo I use the "upload a file" option and it uploads the medium resolution picture from my hard drive. Never fails to post. Lots of stupid little steps but it always works for me.

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Deanasue said:

Keep the water extremely clean and add some aquarium salt at 1 tablespoon for every 5 gallons of water. Be sure to dissolve it first or it will sting the fish. Salt is an astringent that will keep the wound clean and fight bacteria. After the initial dose, each time you do a 50% water change add 1/2 tablespoon of the aquarium salt per gallon of water back in. Keep us posted, please.

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