HELP NEEDED!!! Arowana Eye

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ECW said:
Ouch. It definitely looks like an injury. Which is promising in the fact it may not develop into drop eye. What you can do is make sure your water is pristine with daily water changes. Add salt if you’d like and hope for the best. I think it’s promising for a full recovery if you stay on it like you have. Arowanas get crazy sometimes. Lucky he didn’t kill himself. I’ve seen it before...They can be suicidal.
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thanks for the insight.

I have tried using Melafix. Not sure if it will work. It’s a seven day course.

post that I can try salt. Or do you suggest I stop the melafix and go with salt?
 
ECW said:
Ouch. It definitely looks like an injury. Which is promising in the fact it may not develop into drop eye. What you can do is make sure your water is pristine with daily water changes. Add salt if you’d like and hope for the best. I think it’s promising for a full recovery if you stay on it like you have. Arowanas get crazy sometimes. Lucky he didn’t kill himself. I’ve seen it before...They can be suicidal.
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I am trying out Melafix for the wound. Post that will put in salt.
 
Avisek Dasgupta said:
Here’s an update.

it’s gotten worse and clearly looks like an injury now.View attachment 1397590
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I doubt that to be an injury, as there are no other tell tale marks around the eye.

Any test parameters of water??

Even when big filters are connected to tanks, there can be instances when they crash or fail, for reasons we cannot fathom.
 
If the fish just kind of bashed into the glass there might not be noticeable damage to surrounding area. All it takes is a small scratch to the cornea for an infection to occur.

If it were water issues why no problems or change in behavior with other fish in the tank?
 
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islandguy11 said:
If the fish just kind of bashed into the glass there might not be noticeable damage to surrounding area. All it takes is a small scratch to the cornea for an infection to occur.

If it were water issues why no problems or change in behavior with other fish in the tank?
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Very interesting perspective.
I keep thinking it is most likely an injury rather than water parameters issues.
 
Avisek Dasgupta said:
Very interesting perspective.
I keep thinking it is most likely an injury rather than water parameters issues.
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Well I could be wrong, and in any case you should have a test kit -- as headbanger_jib alludes that should be the first thing we check when any health issues appear.

And while Plecos are a lot tougher when it comes to not ideal water parameters than Arowanas, you'd think the Flagtail would show some signs or change of behavior if you had water issues (but still check them).

But the reason I don't think it's drop eye is that it's not the normal eye just tilted down, it's clearly swollen around the eye, likely caused by injury and/or infection.

Insofar as best treatment (Melafix and/or salt) I'm sorry I'll have to leave that to others more medically inclined -- it just might be a matter of patience and time for it to heal, so I personally wouldn't medicate too long or too much, mostly aim to keep water clean as possible.
 
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I would test the water immediately, as the bulge behind the eye has grown quite fast.

In my past experiences, when tanks have high nitrates, eyes of fish are affected first.
 
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Avisek Dasgupta said:
Is it possible that only one is affected due to bad water quality?
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Yes that is possible
One of my azuls lost one of its eye, when one of my earlier filters had crashed
 
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