Help! Injured cichlid!!

[Aquarium Girl]

My little girl has a nasty abrasion down one side. I'm unsure as to the cause - perhaps from the lava rock?

I'm about to move her to my QT tank but still quite a newb so unsure of whether to medicate/use salt/etc. The abrasion is bleeding slightly this morning. I don't have any mercurochrome but have read that Betadine can be used? The only medication I have on hand is Wardley Promethyasul which is a broad spectrum that contains malachite green. I have used it to successfully treat fungal infections in my goldfish but unsure if I should use it here?

She didn't eat last night. I adde Easy Life Fluid Filter Medium to the main tank last night and she seems a little perkier today.

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[Ross Aquatics]

What other fish do you have with it that are aggressive enough to hurt and also there is a very good chance it could be from the rock or from being chased and hitting the rock . And how long has it been like that

 

[Aquarium Girl]

She's now in QT and not looking good - swimming in her side

She was in a 55 gal with other Africans and was one of my first and never been a target for my tank boss. In fact, she normally hangs out peacefully with a group of 3 other peacocks.

It definitely looks like an abrasion from rocks.

I have just moved her to QT and not sure what else I can do for my poor girl.

Going to check if my LFS is open today - I'm in Australia and today is a public holiday.

 

[Aquarium Girl]

Oh, and she was fine yesterday when I left for work and that was how I found her when I got home last night.

 

[Aquarium Girl]

Ok well all my LFS are closed for the holiday. Any suggestions? I don't have aquarium salt but I do have sea salt. Would this help? She's not looking good

Her fins are looking pretty tattered too. I'm leaning toward using the Promethyasul which is a broadspectrum anti bacterial and anti fungal.

 

[Aquarium Girl]

Well she's gone

Held off on medicating but she got cottony growth on the wound and by then it was too little too late.

RIP little fishie.

 

[Cichlid ism]

Sorry for the loss.

 

[Tandanus]

Sorry about your peacock girl

 

[Aquarium Girl]

Thanks guys. It's amazing how attached you become to these little guys.

 

[Tandanus]

It's hard not to. They have such intelligence that not many people are aware of. Some neighbours of mine can't believe it when I tell them how they guard their eggs, fan water over them and protect their young from predators when they've hatched. All the best