My Featherfin has a big wound on his side

[jimmyjam923]

Well like the title says, my 5 year old 8 inch Featherfin has a big wound on its side. It looks like the skin has been removed and the meat or fat layer underneath is showing. Its a white spot, no blood or redness, no skin hanging or anything. There are several small scratches near the wound. He doesnt act any different or listless at all and seems perfectly normal. I have several large pcs of driftwood that have some spikey pieces on them. I was thinking maybe he somhow injured himself on that.
Tank is a 75G
Weekly water changes, no amonia, no nitrate, 20ppm avg nitrate
Water is 78 degrees
Tankmates are:
Texas cichlid 3inch
Convict cichlid 4 inch
Salvini 3 inch
Common pleco 4 inch

Any ideas??

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[Colin_T]

Do a 75% water change and gravel clean the substrate every day for the next 2 weeks. This will help reduce the number of disease organisms in the water and the fish should heal faster.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.

Clean the filter if it hasn't been done in the last 2 weeks. However, don't clean the filter if it is less than 6 weeks old. Wash filter media/ materials in a bucket of tank water and re-use them.

Monitor the wound for infections. If it goes white and fluffy it has a fungal infection. If it goes red and inflamed, it has a bacterial infection. Hopefully it won't get infected and the big daily water changes should reduce the chance of this happening.

 

[jimmyjam923]

Do a 75% water change and gravel clean the substrate every day for the next 2 weeks. This will help reduce the number of disease organisms in the water and the fish should heal faster.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.

Clean the filter if it hasn't been done in the last 2 weeks. However, don't clean the filter if it is less than 6 weeks old. Wash filter media/ materials in a bucket of tank water and re-use them.

Monitor the wound for infections. If it goes white and fluffy it has a fungal infection. If it goes red and inflamed, it has a bacterial infection. Hopefully it won't get infected and the big daily water changes should reduce the chance of this happening.

Ok I will do that. So far he looks fine. There is no growth or irritation around the spot. Thanks for the help

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