Help with Arowana

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blkdrgn

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Long story short. 270g tank and the fish is about 12" and had it for a several months. Was doing 25% water change every week or two weeks. Looked like it was having fin rot on the tail. Treated it with Melafix and left the cover open a couple inches. Fish jumped out for no longer than 5 minutes. Pretty much looked dead but came back to life. Now white fungus over gills and eye area. It's been about 1 1/2 weeks treating with Melafix and Pimafix and did a 50% water change. Fish is starting to eat pellets but it can hardly see. Pretty sure it's blind in one eye. Do I still treat it with medicine or just water changes? What's the recommended thing to do with a fish this bad?

This is the good eye

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This is the bad eye

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Holy crap! Keep the water as pristine as possible. Add salt. That really sucks.. At least it still eats. With some TLC it should make a speedy recovery.
 
Thanks. Good thing I already have salt. Is this per week or daily? Should I stop the medicine or just use it along with the salt? I hope it get's better, it was way worse a couple weeks ago.
 
blkdrgn said:
Good thing I already have salt. Is this per week or daily?
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Whoa, neither. Dose the full tank 1 tablespoon/5 gallons. Then as far as upkeep, only add salt to the water that is put into the tank during a water change to replace the water removed. The salt will remain in the water until the salt is removed via wcs, so just keep the water in the tank at 1 tablespoon/5 gallons salt during healing. If you do a 50g water change, just dose the correct amount of salt in the 50g that you put back in.
 
ok well his right eye looks a goner from the last pic, but if he is eating that is possitive sign. at this point its important not to stress him in anyway and as stated keep his water super clean. maybe doing 10-15% every 3-4days for a few weeks may help, be very gentle readding fresh waater and allowe it to reach temp before adding! last thing you want is for it to go into shock or it will probs roll. waterchanges are estential at this stage tho dont think by what i just said it is best to leave it cos that is not the case. salt is a good idea. as is raising the temp slightly mid to high 80's that would help!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Underworld-...7KI0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1327982058&sr=8-3 add some of this to your filtration too...
 
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