Arowana Swimming Vertically or at angle and looks overly slimey

[xxronisxx]

Hello,

I have a 1.5 year old silver Arowana who seems to be in some trouble. He's not swimming actively like he usually does, he's kind of just hanging in one spot on a 45 degree angle or straight up and down, head up. His fins themselves look good but coming off of them is what seems to be some slight slime and his body looks a little slimey as well. He hadn't eaten prior to me coming home and finding him like this for about 4 days. I did a half tank change 3 days ago because the water was cloudier than usual. My normal cycle is 25% every week and 50% once a month. All water tests came back good, temperature is good. All other fish appear to be ok and behaving normally although the cichlids are grouping and usually they are chasing.

Other fish in the tank:

Large African Clown Knife 12"+
Balloon Green Terror 4"
Severum 5"
Jack Dempsey 5"
Red Parrot 5"
Green Texas 3"
Blue Achara 3"
Algae Eater 6"

I feed Krill daily and mix in some bloodworm and mysis shrimp. There's rarely any extra food in the tank as they all scavenge pretty well. I did change to a larger Krill than what they were being fed.

120gal tank with Eheim Professional 4+

The only action i've taken so far is to change the white filter pad on the filter because I hadn't in about 2-3 months and am hoping that helps in some way. I've read about adding salt and other things but I don't want to do too much as I know I could do more harm. Any thoughts or should I expect to see him not make it in the next day or two....

Please help I'd hate to lose him as even with a drop eye he's really the showcase of the tank and the main reason I purchased a larger tank (Poor guy was in a 35 for first year of his life)

EDIT: The severum appears to have the same slimeyness on his fins but is acting fine.

 

[xxronisxx]

Other pictures. Looks like some fuzz on his head. Scales look weird

 

[xxronisxx]

Thank you all 17 of you for not answering. He passed. I appreciate you offering zero help. The Arowana disease thread did not cite what I was looking at and the regular fish disease thread was too broad. Thank you again for all your help /sarcasm.

 

[millerkid519]

Well I just seen this and my first things I have to say you need
-do more water changes.
-he was stunted badly from being in a 35
-you should have tried something salt, prazi pro are a good go to

 

[millerkid519]

There are many good threads on this site you just have to look

 

[mikee870]

I am sorry for your loss. I do understand how you feel about keeping your beloved pet. I lost my favorite Bichir once and I can't bear burying her. So I still keep her on the freezer for more than a year now.

 

[Kittiee Katt]

I am sorry for your loss. I do understand how you feel about keeping your beloved pet. I lost my favorite Bichir once and I can't bear burying her. So I still keep her on the freezer for more than a year now.

I couldn't bury my geo, so I had him cremated and I'm looking for a nice urn to put him in, then I'll resin coat it and put him back in his tank. Just an idea.

OP, sorry for your loss. Its hard losing a fish you love especially when you've exhausted all options to try and help them and still can't save them.

Although (I'm not trying to be mean here) maybe use this as a learning experience and try to prevent it from happening again, maybe up your water changes, lessen your stock, whatever - the less nitrate the better. Keep reading and learning about the fish you keep, there's always something to learn and usually (not always, though) learning the hard way is avoidable if you take the time to learn the easy way.. Admittedly though, a lot of us are lazy and end up learning the hard way, which is sucky but if you're serious about keeping your fish it will be like a slap in the face and you'll start to take it more seriously.

My condolences for your loss and I wish you the best of luck in your future fish keeping ventures.


Post Script: sorry about the long ath post...