Wound identification

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mattybecks

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Hi guys,

My blue damsel had a few altercations with a new coral beauty I added in this week. After 2 days of relentless bullying, it looks like the angel retaliated hard. Now everyone is peaceful again.

I found a wound on the blue damsel yesterday (which a I am assuming is from the angel), and was wondering if someone could help me identify the severity of it. I know Damsels are very hardy, so probably just best to leave it be and let it heal up on its own

 
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Keep the water clean and make sure it doesn’t get infected. I’d have a qt ready to treat with an antibiotic in case it does though.

Beautiful tank!
 
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Everything was OK until the I saw the coral beauty walap him with his gill spine. The damsel backed off and then noticed this from the what I thought was a very small wound. So I think has defiantly it has got infected. Although this morning it does look a little better, not as red.

I have already tried to catch him with no success. I honestly don't think I will be able too. I have alot of caves and crevices for them to dart into. And I can't really remove the rocks/clams/oysters either as some of the clams have attached to each other, and the base of the rocks are buried in a deep sand bed that is between 10 - 12cm deep. So I don't really want to disturb anything either as that could cause me even bigger problems.

I think the only thing I can do is literally watch, hope for the best and if the fish gets weak and easy to catch, then try again.

I am hoping that it isn't too bad, and his immune system can fight it off
 
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Sorry about the fish, but at least the problem was taken care of.
 
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