Plz help open sore on my BD

[Luke1982]

I need some advice from you stingray keepers out there.
I was wondering if you guys can give me your advice on what to do or what meds are safe for me to use for her.
She got the sore from rubbing her back dorsal fin on the glass back-and-forth all the time.
And every day I look at it. It looks worse and worse.
She lives in a 300G
Theres 4 BD rays in it and my cross back.
I do 40%-50% water changes every 2-3 days. And use prime every 2nd WC.
Looking forward to your advice. Thanks in advance

 

[SandNukka15]

Keep the water clean and it should heal overtime....I wouldn't add salt yet .......also looks like you have gravel in the tank that could prolong or make the wound worse.....take the gravel out and add a safe sand or keep the tank bare

 

[Luke1982]

Keep the water clean and it should heal overtime....I wouldn't add salt yet .......also looks like you have gravel in the tank that could prolong or make the wound worse.....take the gravel out and add a safe sand or keep the tank bare

Lol I just put in one bag of gravel in the tank today hoping it might help to keep her of the glass. It's only in one corner of the tank. But I guess I'll have to take it back out. Thanks

 

[Dieselhybrid]

I think it's more likely from the substrate than the glass.

 

[Luke1982]

I think it's more likely from the substrate than the glass.

I just put the substrate in today around 2pm. She's bin in a bar bottom tank her hole life.

 

[ShadowStryder]

If you wach a ray on bare bottom lots of times their feet slip when they push off. And with the place ment of it being right where it pushes of I am thinking its wore a sore from that. Its another reason, besides natural instinct to sift, I keep substrate.
Clean water, clean water, clean water.

 

[SHARK13]

Keep the water clean and it should heal overtime....I wouldn't add salt yet .......also looks like you have gravel in the tank that could prolong or make the wound worse.....take the gravel out and add a safe sand or keep the tank bare

An open wound, why wouldn't you add salt? I would personally. It won't hurt anything at all.

That gravel looks pretty thick and sharp, I run fine gravel with no issues with my rays. But it has to be very fine and smooth.

 

[Dieselhybrid]

I just put the substrate in today around 2pm. She's bin in a bar bottom tank her hole life.

Interesting. Maybe She's been very active and it's rubbed raw. I've seen this on pups before but on substrate.

The main concern is secondary infection. Watch for redness and white fuzz. I'd say clean water and maybe some salt

 

[SandNukka15]

An open wound, why wouldn't you add salt? I would personally. It won't hurt anything at all.

That gravel looks pretty thick and sharp, I run fine gravel with no issues with my rays. But it has to be very fine and smooth.

The wound is deep....rays are sensative to salt.....personally I would wait till there was a layer healing up first before adding salt but that's just me

Nothing clean water can't solve

 

[SHARK13]

To each their own I guess. Anytime I see a ray with an open wound the only thing I add is salt. Heals up in no time at all. I just want to make sure no secondary infection starts.