Injury or Illness??

[fishblahblah]

I noticed last night that my sajica has an injury or something on his side. It is mostly white and the scales in the area are sticking up or missing. I added a new resin trunk ornament to the tank recently but had to sand it on every edge and opening once I received it (ordered online) because it has sharp edges all over. Once I put it in the tank I noticed a couple fish had scrapes on their sides so I took it out, sanded again, and put it back. After a few times of doing this and this injury(?) on the sajica, I finally removed it completely today. He’s acting normally and his other side looks normal. During a water change today I noticed a barb and the port acara flashing. Related?The first pic is the normal side. Is this an injury or something else?

 

[kno4te]

Looks like an injury and roughed up scales. Would keep the water clean and monitor.

 

[Rocksor]

Remove the resin trunk and do a large water change (50% +) just in case the trunk added something; hence flashing by the other fish. I would put the resin trunk in a bucket and flush with old tank water for 2-3 weeks while doing water changes. Make sure the old tank water does not have debris when flushing the resin trunk. Leave the trunk soaking in between flushing.

 

[fishblahblah]

Great. Thanks for the replies. I removed the trunk and did a large water change. I’ll keep an eye on him.