Arrow jumped out, ripped fin - Please advise.

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Whynot91

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Hi All,

So a bit of sad news, my arowana jumped out of the tank cuz he got spooked. Luckily i was standing right there so my friend was able to put him back in. However he has a little cut on his lower fin, i think its called anal fin.

I have highlighted the rip in the picture, its inside the red circle.

My question is, how will start to heal? Do i have to cut the part that is hanging or will it just fall off? What kind of time frame do you think it will heal in. He is about 10", rip is about 3/4th of an inch. Should i do anything or just let nature take its course?

P.S. this is not my fish but i just wanted to show where the rip was.

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he should heal up just fine. i remember there was a guy that had the same problem, but it was on the tail and he cut the whole fin off so it would grow back evenly. but in your case your aro should be fine.
 
yea man mine just jumped recently and half of that lower fin is ripped off. right now i just turned up the heat and added some salt. hell be fine physically. I may need to cut evenly later on down the road but ill wait for the stress on the fish will be to high atm.
 
Turn the heat up add some salt keep your lighting low for a few days he will be fine it will heal in a few months you won't notice it
 
Keasarge;4562996; said:
Turn the heat up add some salt keep your lighting low for a few days he will be fine it will heal in a few months you won't notice it
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x2,

Also keep up with water changes. It took 5 months for my aro to fully heal when it got half it's tail ripped off by another fish.
For the first 2 weeks i pumped up the temp and added salt to avoid any sort of infection.
 
Whynot91;4562670; said:
Hi All,

So a bit of sad news, my arowana jumped out of the tank cuz he got spooked. Luckily i was standing right there so my friend was able to put him back in. However he has a little cut on his lower fin, i think its called anal fin.

I have highlighted the rip in the picture, its inside the red circle.

My question is, how will start to heal? Do i have to cut the part that is hanging or will it just fall off? What kind of time frame do you think it will heal in. He is about 10", rip is about 3/4th of an inch. Should i do anything or just let nature take its course?

P.S. this is not my fish but i just wanted to show where the rip was.
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Darth Scohin;4562964; said:
Um....that "rip" is just a paintshop pencil mark....
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wow... :duh:
 
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