Injured scissortail rasbora

[cherylanne]

Hi all. I have a small school of scissortail rasboras in a 29gal planted tank. I keep a headcount on my fishes and noticed one was missing over the last couple hours from when I last checked everyone. I have heavy surface plant cover and I hoped no one had jumped out. They are normally pretty skittish. I also have two plant fences to help keep plants out of the filter outflow. I parted through the plants and found him struggling stuck in the fence bracket that attaches to the tank glass. I pulled that back to free him and he shot out like a rocket. Poor baby. He looks like he's lost some scales. About a half inch on each side and a little piece sticking up on top of his head... Gosh I feel so bad for him. I dosed a good dose of Stress Coat hoping it might help...he's swimming w his gang and he's eating. Do they feel pain? I'm a nervous fish mom.... Anything else I can get for him? Thanks...

 

[CWL7211]

I hope he recovers
Maybe since you already dosed the tank with stress coat, you can just keep your water pristine and monitor for infection. And if you see other fish nipping at him you could quarantine him

 

[cherylanne]

Hi all, I want to update.... My scissortail rasbora is doing great. He's all healed up now, and truthfully, I can't tell which member of the school he is... He has no marks on him at all...

I kept the water nice and warm, changed it every day 25% for four days, and dosed Stress Coat (for the Aloe Vera) in addition to first Priming the new water. He never missed a beat, was never picked on and did not need to be hospitalized. I had wanted to get pics of him from when he was all barked up, but could never get a good view..