stupid me
 

For some reason i figured it would be a ok idea to put a mini carpet nem in with my frogfish. on friday night i came home and found my frogfish on the floor still breathing so i quickly put it back in my fishtank and he started swimming again but i notice his tail and side was all white and peeling and i new right away what happend. anyway hes been acting normal and the peeling white on his side is gone but his tail is mangled. and im not really sure what to do. just wondering if there is any sort of medication i can treat it with... i for sure know its probably goging to get some sort of fungis or infection because its a frogfish.... so should i put him out now(clove oil and alcohol) or try and treat it?

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I would try to treat....the damage *may* just be from the carpet surfing, it's worth a shot

I would treat it...by leaving it alone. Soak his food in Selcon and Garlic, and hope for the best. That's my cure-all. :)

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They look like tough little buggers, the tail should heal up fine.

A pet store in Winnipeg had a shark that a large piece of Rock fell on his tail, and broke the bones, leaving a mangeled tail looked aweful, but the little guy kept moving around and eating well, tail never healed, but the fish lived.

alright, i bought some kent Zoe vitamins, minerals and ammino acid.. i wish i would have got that selcon stuff instead.

thanks everyone.

a quick dip of his injured tail part in diluted iodine solution might help him fight off infection.

how diluted?... im thinkin it might be a bit to much stress for it right now.

if i remember correctly i dipped my mandarin dragonet's damaged tailfin into half the lugol recommended strength for coral dipping. i dipped tailend into solution net and all and it never struggle at all.

I wouldnt add the stress of dipping. Feed him well and hope.

Scott