Wound on black ghost knife, how to treat?

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ashu

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My black ghost knife, abt 8-9 inch long, stopped eating since yesterday, today I found a severe open wound at anal area, plz tell me how to treat him, he is may fav. fish.
 
Hi, normally wounds should heal up so just extra water changes. Any idea on cause though? ie could it be a bacterial sore?
 
Hi, normally wounds should heal up so just extra water changes. Any idea on cause though? ie could it be a bacterial sore?
Yesterday I gave him a salt bath now he good to great extent, started eating, redness disappeared. I had a pvc pipe as his cave, now he has out grown the pipe in width, i think it might be rash from that, tomorrow I will put a pipe with bigger dia.
 
Out of interest - what salt level and duration did you use in the bath? Was interested vs fish type.
It was rock salt 50 gm in 4-5 ltrs of water for 3 min.
And did a 100% water change.
 
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