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Last night my fahaka ripped his skin, I really do no what on cos the decor is minimal, so he's like ripped his skin now he has a loose flap ov skin, he doent seem affected in any way still swimming fine etc and it did not bleed, but it looks terrible and I wanna know if it will heal plase? And if there's anyway I can help it to heal,
Thanks

Keep the water pristine, treat with Melafix and it should heal fine. Do a water change treat tank, I generally like to wait a couple of days before treating again with Melafix, I might do a small water change in between and then the following day retreat with Mealfix again.

Just a reminder to make sure you've got extra oxygen (airstone) going into that tank when using either Melafix or Pimafix, as it tends to make it difficult for the puffer to get enough oxygen.
Good luck with your Fahaka healing his wound.

Do a close inspection of all your decor. My fahaka made a huge movement yesterday (scared the dog--he ran out of the room!) & splashed all over me, even with the top on the tank. To tear the thick spine-covered skin, there has to be something very sharp in there to slice that open. How big is the fish & how big is the tank?

Can you post a FTS & one of the fish's damage?

just a thought if its a bad rip i wonder if it would be possible to use super glue to stick it down they sometimes use it in A and E

Super-glue isn't the answer for avulsed skin on a puffer. Their skin isn't very vascular and the flap will have too much die off, good source of infection. Melafix and pristine water is the key, also like Pufferpunk is alluding to, find the source of the injury so it doesn't happen again.

How is he doing??