Hi collective wisdom,
A couple of days ago I found one of my clownfish had an injury on her fin, I suspect it was an accident during feeding caused by the yellow wrasse who is a bit aggressive when eating, otherwise, there is no aggression whatsoever in the tank, I only have another clownfish and a luboki wrasse, plus some little invertebrates.
So yeah, the fin has a big section sort of bitten off.
I took it out after much struggle to give it an RO 5min bath as, at least in aquaculture, that is what I have been taught to do when injuries occur, but now I am not sure if I have done the right thing or there is something else I can and should do.
This also started right when the fish decided to go to live to the euphillia, I trust this has not caused the injury am I right? Or could it be making it worse for some strange reason?
To top it off, it has a strange white dot on the tail that sure looks like a parasite, but what do you think? what the heck could that be? It is just one and the rest of the fish seem clean.
Is there anything I can add to the tank that will help the fish recover and protect the rest and hopefully also attack whatever that parasite might be? I am hesitant to try to catch it again as it looked very stressful for all the fish and I have always been told that stress can kill faster than infections.
I am at your mercy!
A couple of days ago I found one of my clownfish had an injury on her fin, I suspect it was an accident during feeding caused by the yellow wrasse who is a bit aggressive when eating, otherwise, there is no aggression whatsoever in the tank, I only have another clownfish and a luboki wrasse, plus some little invertebrates.
So yeah, the fin has a big section sort of bitten off.
I took it out after much struggle to give it an RO 5min bath as, at least in aquaculture, that is what I have been taught to do when injuries occur, but now I am not sure if I have done the right thing or there is something else I can and should do.
This also started right when the fish decided to go to live to the euphillia, I trust this has not caused the injury am I right? Or could it be making it worse for some strange reason?
To top it off, it has a strange white dot on the tail that sure looks like a parasite, but what do you think? what the heck could that be? It is just one and the rest of the fish seem clean.
Is there anything I can add to the tank that will help the fish recover and protect the rest and hopefully also attack whatever that parasite might be? I am hesitant to try to catch it again as it looked very stressful for all the fish and I have always been told that stress can kill faster than infections.
I am at your mercy!