arowana beat up now dieing

dudefish82

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my baby silver arowana got beat up by my oscar i removed the oscar and put him in the pond with the tsn because i do not have anywhere else to put him my arowana now by himself but he is all beat up fins are torn lots of his scales are missing i dont want him to die i increase aeration what else can i do to help

 

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Oh no sorry to hear that dude
If it was me , plenty of oxygen (which you've done by sounds of things) melafix or and aquarium salt he'll heal up pretty quick using these melafix is like magic if plenty of oxygen involved , good luck mate hope he recovers

 

dudefish82

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also there are wounds in his body

 

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He'll heal, you may want to give him so sort of light medicine to keep his wounds cleaning. In my experience, plenty of oxygen and good makes my fish heal

 

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How small is this baby? If it is under 7-8 inches, it is very vulnerable. They are tough as adults but babies not so much. Keep the tank dark and add non iodized salt. Raise the temp to about 82.

 

dudefish82

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unfortunately he is 5 inches and is in the bottom turining upside down he has really deep wounds in his body i dont want him to die i added salt extra aeration and melafix hope this helps

 

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dudefish82 said:

unfortunately he is 5 inches and is in the bottom turining upside down he has really deep wounds in his body i dont want him to die i added salt extra aeration and melafix hope this helps

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As other people said, these Little Guys heal up quick I'm sure now with the aeration and melafix, he'll be good

 

dudefish82

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but his upside down

 

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Doesn't look good. How long did you let the Oscar beat on him before deciding to move it? They should really be kept by themselves when this small.

 

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Yea when they loose stability it's normally to late +1 for growing them out alone until they reach around 10", as said by someone else they are very fragile before they put a bit of size on


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