Emergency!

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fishon91

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So I just got home from school and as I walked up to my tank, I noticed my Fl. Gar had my baby TSN in its mouth! :( I quickly reacted and grabbed the net and tapped the Gar on the top of the head and he let go of him. The gar had a really tight grip around the tail of the TSN but luckily he let go. The shovelnose is alive, fortunately, and is swimming around the tank a bit. I think I got there just in time to save him. Had I walked in a few minutes later, it might have been to late... Anyways, I'm still really worried about my baby TSN. He is alive and just seems a bit shaken up an spooked, but there was an injury inflicted. The gar managed to take a part of the lower half of his tail fin and right after the fin you can see a small open cut from the Gar's teeth. It's a very small wound but I'm still worried. What can I possibly do to ensure a safe recovery? Is there a chance he will survive? I know catfish tend to be pretty hearty and strong fish, and he looks pretty calm considering what just happened. He's not breathing hard or showing any other symptoms other than just hiding behind some driftwood. Please guide me as to what I should do to make sure my TSN makes it out ok. Thanks in advance.
If you guys need to see some pics of the wound, I'll try and get some if that will make any assistance easier.
 
Yeah definetly try and get some pics up, and you should get some advice on any meds that may need to be dosed. For now, I would remove the TSN, and put him in another tank if avaliable. That way, you can treat the catfish only, and if the tank is big enough, you could maybe even grow him out a bit, to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Joe.
 
Dissolve table salt (no yellow prussiate added) with a dosage of a teaspoon per gallon. It should be sufficient enough to keep bacteria from latching on the wounds and possibly infecting them.

Keep water well aerated as well since salt can deplete oxygen levels.
 
Thanks everyone for the advice! I appreciate it. As for where they are, the Gar is in his tank and I went ahead and pulled the TSN out of that tank and placed him in a smaller backup tank to isolate him from the other fish. I went and got the salt and will now start the treatment on him. I really hope he recovers and his wounds heal. He was healthy and I managed to get to him quick enough to prevent any serious injuries so hopefully he will get better.
 
Make sure you add live bacteria to the isolation tank right away.
 
The back up tank was already running and all the water levels have been checked. There was a bit of ammonia but I immediately did a water change and used some Prime so it should be good. That small tank had already been used to hold a few small fish in so it's not all new water. It's been running.
 
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