Injury/infection with rainbow shark

scpleco

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Hello!
I have a rainbow shark that I had believed injured himself at some point, though I did not see what happened to him. He has a sore on his right upper jaw/face and I’m unsure of the best way to treat it. Unfortunately I do not have a good hospital tank set up and was hoping it would heal on its own, but it has not. The sore has not affected his ability to eat or his activity levels. I have noticed some flashing and his eye is now cloudy.
The tank is a 55 gallon community tank with sand substrate, drift wood, and artificial plants. The parameters are mostly good; the Ph=7.4 due to our tap water, I have been battling elevated nitrates for a long time and it is currently at 30ppm, and I’ve had a recent spike in ammonia which is at 0.25ppm. I believe the ammonia is because I cleaned my canister filter recently trying to help lower the nitrates, the levels are on the decline.
I tried my best to get pictures, but he’s a bit camera shy lol I would really like to try and help this guy and any advice is appreciated, thank you!!
 

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