Need gill curl HELP!!!

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xxblwn408 said:
:ROFL: No offense taken. The problem (gill curl) started from my friends tank. I just transfered him into my tank yesterday. I have another aro on the other side of the divider and have never had a water problem. I do a 50% water change every 2 days.

The aro has very good form and color, it's a crime to see him with gill curl.

I want to fix what the previous owner has done. :D
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well i must say that is one fortunate aro :headbang2

loosk like your do everything right :thumbsup:

get pics of the gill curl so we can see how bad (or good) it is :)
 
I am kind of skeptical about doing the gill operation. I have seen on other sites that sometimes the gill does not grow back. Should I just try to net him and try to flip the gills back the correct way?
It's folded over, and looks like i can just flip it back.
 
in order for it to stay and not flip the other way or retain tension, you need to make a couple small cuts in from the edge to the plate to relieve the tension. This does not require you to remove the mambrane/gill coveer that is affected.
 
you can't do it without knocking out the fish. it's gonna keep on moving and when you cut it might move and you might poke its eye out or something. it's like running with scissors.
 
its not that bad. You are probably afraid of killing or hurting your fish, but if you follow the instructions on the tranquilizer it should be fine on that end. When you have the aro out of water remember that either you should only have it out as long as you can hold your breath, or that you should have a hose with water going into its mouth to keep it from suffocating.
 
Maybe I could go to the LFS and p/u some cichlids or something and try to tranquilize and revive them first. Then of course do what any aro owner would do. FEED them to my aro.:grinyes:
 
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