Fish: Re: [tropical fish club] Injured fish

Hi Amy, welcome to the group.
The best thing you can do for the fish right now is to keep the water extremely clean to avoid any infection from setting in until it heals. The salt will help to promote healing but don't overdo it. Remember that water evaporates but salt doesn't, so unless you are adding clean water, don't continue to dose more salt.

There should be no need for medications if the water stays clean and the fish is getting a healthy diet, just watch it closely.

Best of luck to you!

Dawn

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--- On Sun, 2/6/11, froggylover2425 <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

From: froggylover2425 <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [tropical fish club] Injured fish
To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, February 6, 2011, 5:14 PM

Hi,

I'm new to this group, my name is Amy. Donna from Froggy friends told me to join here to get some help with my goldfish.

Any help much appreciated. I was cleaning tank out today and by accident my lionhead goldfish investigated the siphon and his face got sucked in, it was so quick :( and now he has a flap of skin hanging from underneath his mouth. He also has a gash on his back.

I have removed him from the main tank and put him into a small 5 gal tank with a bubbler. I used stress coat and prime. I didnt do any ammonia etc because i used prime and the water has only a bit from the old tank, its predominantly new water. I can do it if required though.

I added 1 teaspoon of aquarium salt.

There is no blood or redness, the gash on the back i can see silver like his scales have come off. His mouth is just as if when you cut your finger and theres a fap of skin hanging. I can imagine its very painful I feel terrible, it was a horrible accident.

I cant find my melafix but am sending bf to the lfs tomorrow now, because its nearly midnight. I am in the uk so dont have access to antibiotics and some other things.

Does anyone have any ideas of what I should do, because my poor marshmallow must be sore and i feel helpless.

Amy x

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