You have already done the best you can do. Salt can be slowly added till you have one teaspoon per gallon, 5 since you said it was in a 5 gallon hospital tank. Just like you with a cut finger that flap of skin gets hit and hung on stuff and it keeps hurting. If the flap is very big it may need be cut off. Do water changes daily to keep the bacteria levels low and keep the salt content constant. If you take 3 gallon out of the tank mix your 3 teaspoons of salt into the water before adding the water to the tank. Fish don't scab over, so when it looks healed whether or not the scales have regrown you can discontinue the salt slowly by doing smaller water changes like a gallon at a time to reduce the salt before returning your friend to the tank. I am a person who does not use antibiotics unless an infection starts. Salt is a great antiseptic. Tea tree oil is another. Melafix contains tea tree oil and is a great product. Use it when you can get it.
Later, John
--- 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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