wounded fish. please help.

[joel618]

I woke up this morning and one of my rusty Cichlids was missing a pectoral fin. He seems to be fine, just looks like Nemo. I've researched it some but can't find many clear answers. Any suggestions?

 

[BakerBoy17]

What other fish are in there?

 

[joel618]

Yellow labs and synodontis. Hewas and 3 others were newly introduced to the tank. The labs are about the same size.

 

[BakerBoy17]

Well it could be from aggression. If there were other fish in there then they could have already established their areas. Try to take him out for a week or so.

 

[joel618]

I moved the landscape around in the tank this morning and observed for several hours, aggression doesn't seem to be the problem anymore. Will he recover? Ifso can I help him along in the process?

 

[BakerBoy17]

He should. Just do pwc to keep the water clean. Cleaner water = faster healing

 

[joel618]

Cool. Should I add salt? Ifso what specific type/ brand?

 

[BakerBoy17]

I'm not sure about that in this case. Ill let someone else answer that. But it should heal and grow back if it didn't damage it all the way to the meat

 

[joel618]

Its a lil nub. Here are the best pics I can get w my droid camera.

 

[BakerBoy17]

It looks like it should heal