Trauma, Stress, And Wounded

Kristyl

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I have a Cichlid. I am not sure exactly what kind. I have had him for about 4 years and he is the only one in the tank. He got stuck in an ornimental jar in his tank. He was stuck for about 14 hours. After many attempts to free him, I finally took him out of the tank after filling the sink and treating the water and placed him in there and tried to break the jar. It didn't work. :angry: Anyway, I was able to get him free after gentley pushing him through the opening. He lost a lot of scales and did stustain some wounds. I got him back in the tank and started Metafix that night. He has started swiming around again but still won't eat. His wounds now have fungus looking cotton growing on the wound. What kind of antibiotics should I use for this? I really don't want his to die. Thanks for any help.
 
Where are you? there are different anti fungal meds for different countries.......
melafix sounds like a good start for anti bacterial wound healing, just keep up your water changes and try to avoid adding lots of different meds at the same time, as it may stress your cichlid more than it helps.
Perfectly clean water (from very frequent small water changes )will be your best bet until you find the right meds.
best of luck, merry.
 
Maracyn one and two good luck.
 
Good luck.
Keep him in a dark quiet area he sounds stressed.
 
Thank you so much for the help. He is doing fine and is back to normal. :)
 
Great to hear he recoverd nicely :) is always a shame when bad things happen to good fish!
 
Well done glad to hear it bless him.
 

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