I have a new Anthias dispar that has an injury to its left pectoral fin. I didn't notice the injury and was in the process of doing a Paraguard dip. Never saw a fish in distress but this was certainly the case. As soon as the anthias got in the dip it was darting around and jumping up to get out of the solution. I put it in the QT and then noticed the injury. The actual fin itself look uninjured. The damage is at the base of the fin, sort of like at a person's arm pit. Its red and inflamed, like there is a cut there. The fish will use the fin just a bit, the rest of the time, its just swimming around using all of its other fins. The fish itself is alert, active, and hungry. And is even harassing the other dispar in the tank (so has enough energy to try and act like the big fish).
So what type of treatment do people think is needed here? I dont think its infected but if its a cut, it will likely lead to that. So far I have added Seachem's Stress Guard since it says thats supposed to be an antiseptic and will help with fish cuts etc. I wanted to treat with API general cure since its a QT tank and i want to treat all the fish with something at the same time, but I dunno if thats appropriate for this one fish. Any help is appreciated.
So what type of treatment do people think is needed here? I dont think its infected but if its a cut, it will likely lead to that. So far I have added Seachem's Stress Guard since it says thats supposed to be an antiseptic and will help with fish cuts etc. I wanted to treat with API general cure since its a QT tank and i want to treat all the fish with something at the same time, but I dunno if thats appropriate for this one fish. Any help is appreciated.