Should I put my gourami in a seperate tank?

[Nabbig2]

My gold opaline gourami had a nipped pectoral fin, and I treated the tank with melafix, and I hope it will fully recover. I haven't seen him eat much lately though, and I'm worried the tankmates are getting to the food before he is, or if he is even interested in eating.

I have an empty 10g, and a heater and a sponge filter available. Should I move him there, until he recovers? Also, I think that having it bare bottom would be okay. What else can I do to help him recover? Thanks.

 

[Lupin]

Isolate it, feed it various foods you can provide and do plenty of water changes until fins heal. Provide some floating plants for refuge.

 

[cr8on]

Good quality water and the fins should heal in no time.

 

[Mystix212]

A nipped fin doesnt require you to go beserk with fixing it. If you correctly maintain the tank and give him proper foods, then it should grow back naturall in under a week.