What is the temperature?
Any shots of the wound area?
In my experience, salt can be used with bottom dwelling scaleless fish if you are careful in administering it. Be sure you dissolve the salt almost thoroughly and slowly add to the tank. I usually start a teaspoon per gallon. If the fish are able to tolerate so far, then the second and last set can be added in the next 12 hours. I prefer to stick to two teaspoons per gallon max or 0.2% only as a precaution since some plecos are unable to tolerate higher salinity for a period. 0.1% is sufficient though so you may not have to add the second set. Salt is usually used to keep bacteria from infecting the wounds but you must also make sure your water is well aerated (since salt depletes the oxygen level), and substrate vacuumed thoroughly as the bad bacteria also forms on the top level and plecos are prone to further infections as they graze around it.
The salt must also be pure sodium chloride. Iodine is acceptable however yellow prussiate is not. As long as your table salt does not contain yellow prussiate, then you may use it. Yellow prussiate is not toxic to humans hence the salt in question is suitable for human consumption but it can generate a toxic substance if exposed to sunlight or any light with the same spectrum. That's why as a precaution, salt containing yellow prussiate should be avoided.
Any shots of the wound area?
In my experience, salt can be used with bottom dwelling scaleless fish if you are careful in administering it. Be sure you dissolve the salt almost thoroughly and slowly add to the tank. I usually start a teaspoon per gallon. If the fish are able to tolerate so far, then the second and last set can be added in the next 12 hours. I prefer to stick to two teaspoons per gallon max or 0.2% only as a precaution since some plecos are unable to tolerate higher salinity for a period. 0.1% is sufficient though so you may not have to add the second set. Salt is usually used to keep bacteria from infecting the wounds but you must also make sure your water is well aerated (since salt depletes the oxygen level), and substrate vacuumed thoroughly as the bad bacteria also forms on the top level and plecos are prone to further infections as they graze around it.
The salt must also be pure sodium chloride. Iodine is acceptable however yellow prussiate is not. As long as your table salt does not contain yellow prussiate, then you may use it. Yellow prussiate is not toxic to humans hence the salt in question is suitable for human consumption but it can generate a toxic substance if exposed to sunlight or any light with the same spectrum. That's why as a precaution, salt containing yellow prussiate should be avoided.
