Three days ago, I accidentally vacuumed up my male A. borellii while doing a water change. I figured it was just a clump of java moss or subwassertang when I felt a jerk, but imagine my surprise when my poor fish went down the tube into the bucket.
He's missing a bunch of scales from one side of the top of his head (though his eye appears fine), and there's a bit of damage to the membranes of one pectoral and the rear of his dorsal fin. Many of the spiny rays in his dorsal (approx. the front 2/3) appear bent or snapped, giving his dorsal fin a kind of 'rolled' look. I wasn't able to get a good picture with my phone.
What, if anything, should I be doing for treatment? He seems in good spirits, and except for the missing scales, is colored up better than he was before the accident.
Final note: the gravel vac in question was in preparation to treat my tank for ich, as a couple of white dots had appeared on my head and tail light tetras. At the moment, I have my heater dialed up to 30C, and I'm feeding NLS small fish pellets that I've impregnated with metronidazole. I was using Kordon's Ich-Attack, but I ran out of that.
He's missing a bunch of scales from one side of the top of his head (though his eye appears fine), and there's a bit of damage to the membranes of one pectoral and the rear of his dorsal fin. Many of the spiny rays in his dorsal (approx. the front 2/3) appear bent or snapped, giving his dorsal fin a kind of 'rolled' look. I wasn't able to get a good picture with my phone.
What, if anything, should I be doing for treatment? He seems in good spirits, and except for the missing scales, is colored up better than he was before the accident.
Final note: the gravel vac in question was in preparation to treat my tank for ich, as a couple of white dots had appeared on my head and tail light tetras. At the moment, I have my heater dialed up to 30C, and I'm feeding NLS small fish pellets that I've impregnated with metronidazole. I was using Kordon's Ich-Attack, but I ran out of that.