Help! my Jardini is not swimming right

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kelogz08

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Hello everyone.

I am new to the forum and i am desperate for help.

I have a year old Jardini arowana who got an Ich on its anal fin about 2 weeks ago. I was able to treat it with Amoxcicillin and 50% water change everyday and it is completely gone. During the treatment period, the fish is not eating at all. It used to eat Hikari carnisticks and since it is not eating, i decided to feed it with raw shrimp that i bought frozen from the supermarket. Then few days after it started swimming funny and it stopped eating again. I thought it was going to die but it is still alive until this day. PLease see the youtube link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2drcFWnEQA&feature=youtu.be

I really appreciate your help

thanks in advance
 
dunno mate but ich should have been treated with salt and raising the temp, an antibiotic seems a bit extreme, maybe you dosed it wrong and have caused him problems.. ive not heard of people using anoxcicillin on fish, thats not saying people dont tho...
 
It looks like he has a broken his back. Mostly he hit himself to the top or rammed into the one of the sides of the glass.
Feeding it prawns wont cause this.
 
I have seen forum using the antibiotics. I followed their instruction to have 500mg per 20 gallons. I dunno about the broke back because it has not been jumpy since i got the fish. I never fed it with live fish so it doesnt even know how to move fast and abrupt. But i will definitely consider your suggestions

thanks guys for replying
 
i see. it is just weird because if it were to hit a hard surface like the hood or the glass, wouldn't it show damage on the fish as well? the body, scales, the head are still intact and flawless. My jardini is only 7 inches long
 
it could have just tried to swim too fast and took too sharp of a turn or something, it doesnt have to be from jumping
 
Its back may heal, fish can survive if it is... dont look broken to me though?

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