Injured arrowana, missing an eye

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Hey everyone, unfortunately my arrowana suffered an injury last night. He’s in a grow out tank, and he is a baby. He is missing an eye, looks like it got picked out by a tank mate, and his fins are extremely damaged. I put him in a quarantine bucket in the tank to separate him from the rest, and I dosed the entire tank with salt and melafix. Is there anything else I can do?89C27F3C-333F-42D4-8149-AFCEB8D190A7.jpeg
 
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gking0529 said:
Hey everyone, unfortunately my arrowana suffered an injury last night. He’s in a grow out tank, and he is a baby. He is missing an eye, looks like it got picked out by a tank mate, and his fins are extremely damaged. I put him in a quarantine bucket in the tank to separate him from the rest, and I dosed the entire tank with salt and melafix. Is there anything else I can do?View attachment 1493421
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You already treated the main aquarium. Suggest treatment injured fish in a separate aquarium or a tote.
What is in the aquarium besides the Arowana?
 
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He is in a separate tub in my 45g. I have him in a basket floating in the water until I get a quarantine tank. Other tank mates were juvenile silver dollars and about a 5 month old EBA. He is now separated from his tank mates. Any idea who the bully could be? I’m healing him with melafix and salt atm and doing a water change every 2 days until he eats, and once he starts to eat I’ll slowly introduce him back in the tank
 
Put him in a quarantine tank with filter and preferably an airstone. Recommended dose of salt & melafix (don't dose too heavy on either, go with recommended dose. Both are irritants). Temp around 80 oF. Water change 25% daily and redose accordingly. He should heal up fine. On the bright side, he's going to be a tough little one-eyed bastard if he pulls through, and you'll always have a story to tell... it'll give him a lot of character.
 
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What does EBA stand for? The arowana lost both its barbels too… ouch
 
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