Abrasions?

[Kaijuaquatics]

Hi all!

This fellow is mark suckerberg the common pleco and recently he's gotten something that looks a little like an abrasion.

I'd like to preface this by saying he's behaving absolutely fine and showing no signs of ill health. He has a penchant for destruction though and can be rather clumsy, there's quite a few surfaces he could knock himself on including rocks.

Is this something benign which will heal and is just a result of him having one braincell? Or should I be worried. This guy is my first large pleco so I apologise if this is just me being paranoid.

You can see there's very slight redness in a single area

 

[Rocky998]

Ouch... You can dose salt to the tank if needed but that may heal up by itself. Salt always helps though

 

[Back in the fold]

Look your tank over really good and see if you can spot something he may have run into and fix that. I had a piece of driftwood that had some sharp points on it that injured a fish. A little work with a Dremel tool fixed that.