Orchid dottyback ran into powerhead

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Typing this out while im trying to find which cave he darted to. Had my tank running as normal and I have a sicce powerhead that was on, he dove right into the mini gap at the front and just got a lot of his thins shredded, any advice

 

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Best photo i can get, really dont wanna disturb him, he swam here from his usual cave, cut flow already

 

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Was able to find him again nestled in a spot he frequents, any course for medication/dip here?

 

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He looks okay other than some ripped fins so I think he will be okay.

 

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He looks okay other than some ripped fins so I think he will be okay.

Its hard to capture, there's a small lesion on his face and I dont want it to get infected, think im good to put the pumps back on for the night or wait it out till morning

 

[fishywishy]

Its hard to capture, there's a small lesion on his face and I dont want it to get infected, think im good to put the pumps back on for the night or wait it out till morning

Just make sure he eats and as long as he doesn’t have any internal injuries I think he should be fine. If it starts to get infected you can add some stress guard or some other healing aid. You can put the pump on but I would fix it so I can’t go I there again.

 

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Just make sure he eats and as long as he doesn’t have any internal injuries I think he should be fine. If it starts to get infected you can add some stress guard or some other healing aid. You can put the pump on but I would fix it so I can’t go I there again.

I think because recently ive had my pumps off during feeding he's been super curious. The dotty dove straight into the centre while it was running and got flung. Figuring out a mesh guard atm but ill stock up on the medication for him tmr. Ill update his condition in the morning