Flash Wound

[SteveInEssex]

My RTB Shark had a run in a couple of nights ago with my Gar (I assume, as he is the only thing with teeth). He has a very nasty flesh wound about 1/3 the length of his body and 0.5cm deep. It is bright red but has started to turn white around the edges. I am currently treating my tank with 'Myxazin' for a case of 'cloudy eye', I assume this is satisfactory for the flesh wound also?? I am carrying out regular water changes at present anyway due to the cycling of my tank, which I hope will help. Do fish regularly recover from major flesh wounds? Or am i fighting a loosing battle? Should I consider sectioning him off from the other fish?
It doesn't seem to have affected him in anyway, still swims around non-stop and feeds regularly.

 

[SteveInEssex]

Whopps, the title should be FLESH, not FLASH, LOL

 

[wetmanNY]

You have a lot of things going on at once: a cycling tank, an eye infection that could be bacterial, an ongoing treatment with Myxazin, a broad-spectrum bactericide (maybe not quite as broad as this? http://www.cthisspace.com/cthistoon/myxazin.html ), and also you have a lurk-and-pounce predator in with other fish.

Disentangling the situation will require another, fully-cycled tank.

 

[ewok]

sounds pretty nuts...... wetmans probably right.....

might be able to add melafix also, but not sure if that would be wise with everything else going on...........

 

[Kit Walker]

I was going to suggest melafix, but I would hold off as I am not sure about possible toxicity of Myxazin and melafix combined. For now I'd continue the Myxazin tratment until the course is complete, and then re-evaluate the flesh wound. Under ideal water conditions flesh wounds can fix themselves, but in our non-perfect world Melafix is most often needed.