My pet is hurt

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Be careful about fish medicine. Some things can nuke the good bacteria in your tank. If you choose to use an antibacterial then I would suggest that you should use a seporate tank which is away from the tank (with filter) where you normally keep the little fellow. I would also throw some fish food (a few flakes) into the tank which does not contain a fish just to provide some ammonia to the bacteria.

I have kept fish and the thing I hate is getting the nitrogen cycle to work well. I have had trouble in the past with ammonia and nitrite spikes. I just hope that you do not kill off your useful bacteria and force yourself to go back to square one.

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It's a pet "fighting" fish? (is that the same as a red devil?) Are they bred to fight? If so, your little pal will be fine because if it actually is bred to do that, it's hardy and will heal quickly. If not, then a vet may be able to help you. Possibly a vet that handles exotic and rare pets but they can be expensive. A friend spent quiet a bit for her pet rat. His bottom teeth used to grow up and out the top of his snout...really messy...but the vet cured this little sweetie. He recently died of old age...by rat standards anyway. Best wishes. I know how you feel. I've been through one dog and three cats. The dog dug his way out of my yard because he wasn't neutered and was going mad with reproductive desire. He came back with the mange and had to be put down, the first cat died from diebetes, the second from old age, and the last "supposedly" I guess died behind a wall in my basement. She kept on going back there and finally never came out. She was 18 years old so I'm assuming she died back there. This "still" upsets me after a whole year because I had no closure...just awful!
A lot of us (autistic spectrum folks) can communicate with animals. Get close to fishy and see what you pick up. I was able to communicate with my dog and only two of the cats. The cat who went behind the wall was a mystery to me...very independent thinker...I couldn't get in her head!

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Is it one of those? I had one when I was about 12 (we mistakenly called it a Betta). I didn't know how to take care of fish, though, and he got some kind of yucky skin disease.

I hope your fish is better soon.

He seems to be heaps better. He's eating well now, he looks to be swimming well and healing fairly fast. The injury is kinda white still, there is a pinkness forming and I can see some new scale growth on the edges of it. When he scraped his head it healed like that, first pink, then back to his normal red.

My friend has many tanks, and keeps a lot of fish. I asked him, and he said

I hope your fish will be OK I have a lizard that diden't ate on a month and that made me really worried