injured puffer

Question
me and my boyfriend bout a puffer fish 2 days ago. we were in the process of putting my 10 gal. upstais so we stuck it in our 50 gal wich is the home of a parahana. we both thought it would be fine for over night becouse we had feeder fish in the tank also for the parahnna. but it attacked the puffer instead and now its tail is gone a pretty good chunk how can we help him to recover. he cant really swim he can just float he tries hard to swim and bairly gets anywhere. he is hiding in a statue. What can i do????

Answer
Hi Jessica
I saw your question in our question pool.  Hopefully it's not too late....

Be sure to monitor his water quality, and keep it pristine-ammonia and nitrites 0 ppm, and nitrates under 20 ppm.  Pick up some MelaFix and some PimaFix(both of those are great stuff to have on hand anyway), they're a natural herbal antibacterial remedy.  MelaFix is great for injuries to tails and fins, and PimaFix is great for some minor bacterial infections and fungus.  You can use both of them together as well.  Keep an eye on it, look for any redness, sores/ulcers, red streaks on the fins, tail, or the base areas of those.  Be sure he's eating as well.
Let me know if you have more problems, may need to go with a stronger antibiotic, but I'd hold off on that and try those other 2 first.

Christy