Open wound on pearl gourami, help would be much obliged

[HybridHerp]

Alright, so this is something new for me. I've had this one particular female pearl gourami for about 7 or 8 months now, and ever since I got her there was a little scratch in her side. I figured it would heal over time and for the longest time it simply did nothing, so I figured it was a scar. Well, over the past few days I have noticed that the open area has been getting larger and it now appears as if the wound is infected or that the scales around it are rotting away. The poor girl still swims and acts fine, but I need some suggestions on what I should do to help.
On hand, I have eurthromyicin (spelling fail but should be close enough I guess) and some melafix, along with some aquarium salt. I'm able to try and get anything else that might be recommended for me to have.

 

[Stateofficer1984]

One teaspoon of salt per gallon, and turn the heat up to 80!!!

 

[Stateofficer1984]

One teaspoon of salt per gallon, and turn the heat up to 80!!!

If that dont help, up the amount to 2 teaspoons per gallon, and bump the heat a little more!!! When uping the amount of salt, dont forget the one teaspoon you put in the first time, all you need to do is add another..

 

[HybridHerp]

I'll try adding more salt, I already add salt into my tank anyways. And due to it being summer my temp is at 82, I kinda don't want to set it any higher than that only because I also have live plants and they are already giving me a hard time about the temperature being so warm XD

 

[Stateofficer1984]

I'll try adding more salt, I already add salt into my tank anyways. And due to it being summer my temp is at 82, I kinda don't want to set it any higher than that only because I also have live plants and they are already giving me a hard time about the temperature being so warm XD

Take your plants out before you add salt

 

[Unreal Aquatics]

Remove the plants, add more salt plus melafix treatments for 7 days followed by a 25% water change, then 1 more serving of salt and presto.. The wound should be sufficiently healed, don't forget to remove the activated carbon in your filter when adding melafix, if you can remove it that is.. Don't up your heat anymore than it is


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[HybridHerp]

Yah, its a planted tank, so taking out the plants isn't an option. Too many plants plus root systems that probably comprise most of the substrate make that an impossibility.


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[Unreal Aquatics]

In your case maybe put less salt while increasing the melafix


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