[nycvr6]

My little cariba took a nice size chunk out of the thinnest part of bigger cariba right before the tail. I have them seperated for now until i get other fish in there (adding 2 terns tomorrow) to stop the fighting. Is there anything i should do to help aid him back to health. I already added a bunch of salt to the tank and some stress coat. Anything else i can do? Here is pics of the fish i am real worried about him:

Sorry about the pic quality the water is a little cloudy. I appreciate any help.

 

[Raptor]

Maybe some melafix. But salt should do it. turn the temp up a little.

 

[RhomZilla]

Ouch!! Thats some mean bite!!! Melfix will help with the healing. Good Luck..

And this shows a good example what can happen with only 2 Ps in a tank.. no matter the size difference

 

[nycvr6]

Maybe some melafix. But salt should do it. turn the temp up a little.

Thanks. Is this something i should worry about?

 

[Grosse Gurke]

I think he will be fine. Piranhas have some amazing healing powers. If I were you I would document the progress of the healing....should be quite interesting.

 

[Xenon]

Yeah that is a killer bite, try to take pictures in the various stages of healing!

 

[Croz]

man thats a bite and a half. take lots of pictures

 

[Mo78]

It's a nasty bite but the P should heal without any probs.. just for the mean while keep him away from the other and keep the water conditions good.. stress coat and salt will do the trick.

My red's have sustained some nasty bites a lot like that and have recovered fully so dont sweat it d00d it'll be all good soon again :smile:

Mo78

 

[Honda99_300ex]

wow

 

[Death in #'s]

i always hear everybody saying never have 2 p's,3 is better and everybody see's now why we have been saying that
hope he gets better good luck

 

[nycvr6]

Thanks everyone, i just added some Melafix to the tank. Hopefully when i add the new fish on thursday the fighting will stop.

 

[RhomZilla]

Keep us posted in the condition of the P. Plus adding in your new editions WILL help ease down tensions. Godd Luck!!

 

[nycvr6]

Keep us posted in the condition of the P. Plus adding in your new editions WILL help ease down tensions. Godd Luck!!

Will do. Thanks!

 

[thePACK]

two words..HOLY sh*t...

 

[Glowin_Navi]

daaaaaaayum

 

[rong666]

bummer, and i belly ache about fin nips.

 

[nycvr6]

DAMN! haha that looks fake. I would be real scared if my P was missing a chunk in the belly area, now i dont feel so bad. haha

 

[LouiCypher]

That bites the a**. I wouldn't worry though... he'll be fine.

 

[nycvr6]

Update:
The little cariba killed the bigger one while i was at work today. The big one must have had his tail close to the seperator and the little one owned him, and ate about 1/4 of him. I came home and he was almost dead. Sure enough a hour later he was gone. RIP Juggernaut. I am going today to pick up 2 terns, hopefully everyone will get along, the terns will be a bit bigger than the cariba.

 

[Judazzz]

Sorry to hear that mate, that sucks :sad:
Hope you'll have more luck with your new fish!