My first Dojo Loach, one of the golden colored ones which're pretty rare in my
LFS, was fine last night.. but when I checked him this morning, he had what looked like a pretty nasty bruise on his back right behind his dorsal fin and one slightly bigger below on his tummy! His tankmates are a Khulie Loach and several young platties and Swordtails(older than fry but not quite mature yet).. I'd noticed recently the fish would be going after the sinking food for the Loaches in addition to any of their flakes that had fallen, and there'd sometimes be moments when the two Loaches would be harrassed by the fish while trying to feed.. I have since shifted the fish to another tank since they're being distributed to a few friends and an LFS over the next coupla days.. is it possible though that they bit the loach while stealing his food?. and more importantly, is there a medication available that can help heal cuts and bruises on scaleless fish?. I have moved him to a 5 gal. quarantine tank and will proceed to do twice weekly waterchanges, but it'd be nice if there was some kind of medication available to help speed up the healing process.
It's a shame really, because his companion Dojo along with 3 Yoyos I bought a week and some ago, have completed their quarantine, and have just been placed in his tank.. while he now has to move to a different tank to be healed.