Lyretail angel help please

[Eric23]

I got a red sea reefer 350 for Christmas and transferred all my livestock over last night. My female lyretail angel wedged herself in-between some rocks and I had a hard time getting him out and these marks might be from that but I'm not sure. In all honesty I let my old tank go to crap and the walls were covered in film algae so I really hadn't gotten a good look at her recently. The pics are crappy it's so hard because she doesn't stop moving. She's eating and seems ok for the time being and no other fish are showing any signs of problems. What do you guys think ? Marks are only on the one side.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Does look like scale damage. Could be from the rocks. Keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't become infected.

 

[Humblefish]

It should heal up fine on its own, although soaking the fish food with Selcon/Zoecon to help boost the immune system would be a good idea.

If you wanted to be more proactive, you could give him a MB bath to help heal the wounds: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/methylene-blue.257467/

Or an acriflavine bath to ward off possible infection: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/acriflavine.282887/

 

[melypr1985]

I agree with crab and humble here. That's most likely damage. Keep a close eye on it and watch for it spreading and/or changing color (even just a bit pink)