Red Severum Injured

[djm761]

Red Severum Injured

My red severum took a good hit a couple of days ago, she now has a scaleless spot about the same size as the diameter of a pencil and now wound has become discolored, a dark brow or maybe black, but as far as I can tell nothing is growing in the wound,

Tank conditions: Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate <20 Water temp 80f salt content 1 Tbsp per 5g

Is there something else I could or should do for her.

I should add she is the only female in a tank with 4 willing males, and It looks like she's in the mood to spawn so the tank is a small war zone at times.

 

[Fuzz16]

add some garlic to their food, help her immune system fight anything off and just watch for infection. i wouldnt do alt though, kinda unneccary in freshwater

what size tank is this? it may be pretty stressfukl on her to be grouped up on, on top of the fact that she and her mate may attack other fish pretty bad if they do spawn.

 

[djm761]

Fuzz I've never had a wound turn this bark in color before, but it does seem to be getting better, I also still have some garlic pellats she can try and I took some photos last night I will post them, and thanks for the reply. Dave




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[KcMopar]

It does not look infected at all. I have had some of my fish get battle wounds that turned a dark color and did ok. Keep an eye on it, IMO it looks like it should be ok. That is a nice looking fish you have, beautiful for sure!!

 

[Fuzz16]

could be the area is dyng and so they wont show their color again, the scar tissue will come out a whitish grey. i have not had much experiance with wounds, scratches now and then when dishes caught the wood but that was it. but like said, keep an eye on it, and i am sure she will be fine.

 

[djm761]

Thanks guys I sure hope things go ok she would be a hard fish to replace, she is one of the fish that likes to interact with us, she likes being tapped on the nose.

 

[KcMopar]

LOL, thats cute. I use to have a pleco that got to about 20-22" long and would come to the top of the tank and roll over so I could touch his belly. I think I had that fish for about a decade or better. It nice when they like to interact like that.

 

[OrangeCones]

I had an oscar that would play with a ping pong ball in his tank. When he was hungry, he'd head-butt it up to tap on the lid. I'd walk into the room and hear 'clink...clink...clink.' It was his way to ring the dinnerbell!

 

[Fuzz16]

my oscar did too! pop them at you when you walked by, when i left the hood down youd hear the poppoppoppopopopopop and tena big splash cause he was mad the ld was down. they sure do have ATON of personality, love the bigger cichlids