Emergency : arowana staying vertically

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Dragonfly_M3

Dragonfly_M3

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Guyz,
Today morning when I checked on the aro it was fine. But now when I checked in the afternoon it’s staying vertical in the tank. Here are some pics, plz tell the problem and solution to it.

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Would lower the water level so the fish can stay upright. Reduce stress and dim lights. Keep the water super clean. Suspect injury. Not much else to recommend.
 
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NoobAquarist said:
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Thx Adrian though kno4te (and RD) are way better medicine men than myself -- but agreed with what what kno4te says, it's quite possibly an injury and/or problem with its swim bladder (esp. if it's been eating which OP doesn't mention about).

While they do kind of promote their own products (from sister companies Qian Hu/Ocean Free), there's some good info about Arowana diseases, injuries and treatments here:

Under Swim Bladder Disease it describes exactly what OP's fish is doing, and their treatment advice is very similar to kno4te's (plus they mention about adding Epsom Salt, but I personally cannot say that's warranted or not in this situation). I'd also make sure your tank is well oxygenated E_polypterus, good luck and hope he pulls through.
 
Thank you all for your replies , but the he didn’t make it :(. I think it would have been due to unclean water. I was too busy In the past two weeks.

Thanks again .
 
Sorry for the loss. I just went through this same thing 3 days ago. My fish shows these exact same symptoms and by the next morning it passed.
 
jaws7777 said:
Sorry for the loss. I just went through this same thing 3 days ago. My fish shows these exact same symptoms and by the next morning it passed.
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Sad to hear you both lost your fish -- I wonder if there were any commonalities? Were both of your fish eating OK beforehand (and if so, what?) or not?
 
islandguy11 said:
Sad to hear you both lost your fish -- I wonder if there were any commonalities? Were both of your fish eating OK beforehand (and if so, what?) or not?
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Mine was fine. Eating NLS algaemax and thera A. To add I also have another fish with similar food requirements that has no issues.
 
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