Do i treat or wait

[Dreamscapesaquatics]

Looks like my bristletooth tang has acquired a nick. My question is should I treat immediately or wait and see if it heals on its own. Suggestions?

 

[Uncle99]

I’d do absolutely nothing for that at all.
I had a neon dottyback with a huge bite mark, took 6 weeks, can’t see it at all.
Keep everything running normally, changes add stress.

 

[Dreamscapesaquatics]

Thank you! This was my initial course of action but there are people here much more experienced than myself and I am always open to learn somthing new.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks like my bristletooth tang has acquired a nick. My question is should I treat immediately or wait and see if it heals on its own. Suggestions?

Kerp an eye on it but do acquire either seachem kanaplex or Maracyn 2 on hand should it develop bacterial issues
Saltwater fish have the ability to heal quickly and on their own

 

[Bucs20fan]

+1 do nothing unless it gets worse or a behavior change.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Watch it for signs of secondary bacterial infection: increase in size, spreading to new locations, increased redness of deepening of the lesion.

Jay