Injured arrowana, missing an eye

[gking0529]

Hey everyone, unfortunately my arrowana suffered an injury last night. He’s in a grow out tank, and he is a baby. He is missing an eye, looks like it got picked out by a tank mate, and his fins are extremely damaged. I put him in a quarantine bucket in the tank to separate him from the rest, and I dosed the entire tank with salt and melafix. Is there anything else I can do?

 

[tlindsey]

Hey everyone, unfortunately my arrowana suffered an injury last night. He’s in a grow out tank, and he is a baby. He is missing an eye, looks like it got picked out by a tank mate, and his fins are extremely damaged. I put him in a quarantine bucket in the tank to separate him from the rest, and I dosed the entire tank with salt and melafix. Is there anything else I can do?View attachment 1493421

Welcome aboard

You already treated the main aquarium. Suggest treatment injured fish in a separate aquarium or a tote.
What is in the aquarium besides the Arowana?

 

[tlindsey]

Hopefully Arowana recovers but you'll have to separate from prior tankmates.

 

[gking0529]

He is in a separate tub in my 45g. I have him in a basket floating in the water until I get a quarantine tank. Other tank mates were juvenile silver dollars and about a 5 month old EBA. He is now separated from his tank mates. Any idea who the bully could be? I’m healing him with melafix and salt atm and doing a water change every 2 days until he eats, and once he starts to eat I’ll slowly introduce him back in the tank

 

[gking0529]

He also seems to be swimming at the top instead of sitting at the bottom, which is why I have hope.

 

[tlindsey]

He also seems to be swimming at the top instead of sitting at the bottom, which is why I have hope.

Yes that's good.

 

[tlindsey]

EBA

Probably the culprit.

 

[Bassmaster360]

Put him in a quarantine tank with filter and preferably an airstone. Recommended dose of salt & melafix (don't dose too heavy on either, go with recommended dose. Both are irritants). Temp around 80 oF. Water change 25% daily and redose accordingly. He should heal up fine. On the bright side, he's going to be a tough little one-eyed bastard if he pulls through, and you'll always have a story to tell... it'll give him a lot of character.

 

[Caveden]

What does EBA stand for? The arowana lost both its barbels too… ouch

 

[Fallen_Leaves16]

What does EBA stand for? The arowana lost both its barbels too… ouch

EBA often stands for Electric Blue Acara.