milky ball growing on aro head

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bicboihulk

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so i can't find any info on this disease. my aro hasn't eaten in about 2 months. i thought it was just normal behaviour but now im seeing signs of disease. my aro is about 18" and not active. always in a corner. he has signs of hith. but the worse part is the single white ball growing on his head. as he swims its seeming milky. i've changed the water 50% last week and 50% again today but i dont know what kind of meds i should use. he has no tankmates other then a couple bn plecos in a planted tank.
 
bicboihulk said:
so i can't find any info on this disease. my aro hasn't eaten in about 2 months. i thought it was just normal behaviour but now im seeing signs of disease. my aro is about 18" and not active. always in a corner. he has signs of hith. but the worse part is the single white ball growing on his head. as he swims its seeming milky. i've changed the water 50% last week and 50% again today but i dont know what kind of meds i should use. he has no tankmates other then a couple bn plecos in a planted tank.
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Sorry to hear this. Post a pic if possible.
 
Is suggest kepening the water clean. Adding a broad spectrum abx. Salt 1 tsp per g. Remove any carbon. Hope it gets better.
 
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I'm not sure if you can find them where you live, but depending on where you are you might be able to find them on Amazon or Ebay, check out out Ocean Free's line of special Arowana meds:

OF Arowana-Medication small.jpg

Imho OF knows Arowana better than most other medical product suppliers -- simply because of the fact that their main company, Qian Hu, is one of Singapore's oldest Arowana farms around since the 1970's, and unlike other co's they have easy access to plenty of Aros to test and then orientate their products.

I honestly don't know which of this line would be best for your Aro's condition, so I would highly advise to drop them a line (best via Facebook message, you'll get a pretty quick response: https://www.facebook.com/QianHuAccessories/ -- and they're quite helpful).

For the record I have absolutely no relationship with OF/Qian Hu except as a consumer; and one thing to mention is that their Aro meds aren't super cheap, esp. if you're treating a larger tank.

All of that said, if your Aro really has HITH (which I personally cannot tell from your pix -- how about it's feces, are they white and stringy?), that's quite serious and needs to be acted against asap -- most popular is using something like Metronidazole (best fed orally via soaking in food but if your fish isn't eating you can still dose by adding directly to water, just less effective).

However, @RD has a great post about HITH and treatment via epsom salts, highly recommended reading: https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/treating-hexamita-aka-spironucleus.339362/

It's in the Flowerhorn section but info would still be applicable to any fish I'd reckon.

But hopefully RD will chime in himself, he knows WAY more about this stuff.

Best of luck and hope your Aro recovers soon!
 
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