Injured discus, help

[Drewwoodside]

I spooked my discus this morning and two of them banged into and around the sand.

They lost a few scales and scraped their bodies.

I was thinking of treating this with Melafix. However the Melafix directions say not to do Wcs while treating.

Anyone know a better way to treat discus with scrapes or is it okay to maybe just do spot siphoning if very little water is swapped?

Thanks for any info

[Drewwoodside]

Should I use salt? If so I can use any kind that's non iodized right? Even table?

[Dogvet06]

They should heal fine with just daily water changes alone. No medication needed.


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[Elliots]

Do nothing different but watch the injuries closely to make sure there are no complications.

[Drewwoodside]

Also, I was treating a touch of fin rot on a discus who previously jumped out.. Melafix? If so is it okay to do spot siphoning? Thanks

[lipadj46]

Melafix is crap, clean water and they will heal right up no problem. If you want to add some salt that is fine.

[100fuegos]

Clean water is all they need. Listen to the guys above.

[Drewwoodside]

Thanks for the input everyone. Glad to hear Wcs should do the trick. Theyre usually pretty key, I'll get started!

[Eddie]

They should heal fine with just daily water changes alone. No medication needed.


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+1

[steelbreeze1]

I spooked my fish 2 weeks ago and one of the discus scraped his forehead good. I did nothing accept water changes. Today I couldn't tell which fish had hurt himself. Discus are just tough that way.

[krislewis3]

ditto.....

[ROOK45]

I agree with everyone else. There's no better meds than good clean water