Fishes Slime Coat Got Sucked Off!

[Livewire88]

Hey people,

Just doing my weekly water change for which I use a decent size hose with a piece of tights tied round the end to stop fish being sucked up. As usual the fish swim close to the end of the hose to check out what is going on, today a Celestial Pearl Danio got a bit to close and got sucked against the tights on the end of the hose so I quickly pulled the hose out of the water to release the fish back into the tank.

I watched him swim to a lump off moss and sit on top of it, it looks like he has had some of his slime coat sucked off, he stayed on the moss for a minute but soon moved away slowly when my Betta came over to check out why he was sat still on the moss.

Will the slime coat regenerate? or will he likely die? is there anything I can do to help him?

 

[Noahs ark6]

Some dechlorinators (e.g API stress coat) claim to help regenerate their slime coat, you could give that a try?

 

[fluttermoth]

If it's just his slime coat it will heal fine on it's own, although it's possible that it might develop fungus on that spot, so do keep an eye on it.

As always, keep your water in tip top condition.