Fish maybe dying,please help

[Excedrin102]

Hi I'm new to this forum and cichilds.Unfortunately my male Rio Olimar was attacked very bad,I removed him from the 75 gallon and temporally into my Bettas 6 gallon,Moved Betta to large flower vase.My Rio has been laying upside down on the bottom of the since then,not moving or swiming but still breathing.What can I do for him or is it too late ?.I don't know what else to do please help me help him.

[Barb Okla]

Hey, as this is weeks old, how is the fish doing now? DId U change the water in the small tank first?? IF they are attacted to bad, they wont' make it.. some do pull out, but most dont'.. as yours is already upside down, I would not hold out any hope.

let me know..

[Excedrin102]

Well he died a day later,wish I could of done something for him.Good thing his female wasn't attached to him.She is doing well surprisingly .

[Barb Okla]

It is tough to not know what to do for a fish when they get hurt.. Most times U can treat with melafix and that takes care of most scapes and missing scales to help them heal faster and keep bacterial fungus probs away.. Once they do go belly up, they will die.. I keep Melafix and Primafix on hand and an empty tank, 10 gal for emergencies.. U just never know when one gets into a battle and comes out the loser. I have some male convicts and one is trying to take out all the other males. ONE did die, IF He keeps it up, I wil have to get him out OR use a divider to make sure my strain of shredded tailed convicts survive. I only have the one male left.