Need help! Something bit my arowana!!!
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Poor little guy. Keep it warm and use some broad spectrum antibiotics. Hopefully fungus don't get on him (white cottony stuff).
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If it is acting fine, and swimming along, i would say it was a clean cut and it may heal, given the right circumstances.
Cooler water and salt. And eventually antibiotic though i do not use it. And extra clean water.
Chances are it won't make it. But you should decide now whether you want it to fight that battle, and do your best to keep her, if she survives or spare her that and kill it.
I, in your position, would keep her and gige her a tighting chance.
Cooler water and salt. And eventually antibiotic though i do not use it. And extra clean water.
Chances are it won't make it. But you should decide now whether you want it to fight that battle, and do your best to keep her, if she survives or spare her that and kill it.
I, in your position, would keep her and gige her a tighting chance.
It could definitely survive the injury, with special care. Use the salt, antibiotics until the wound is healed (the skin closes over the wound), warmer temps, and lots of careful water changes. I suggest a quarantine tank.
I've always raised temps for healing of all kinds, but I admit, I am a little behind the latest research! 
I think he will be fine, I have seen fish live with much worse wounds then this...
It looks a bit deep buts its very common for breeders to cut the arrows tail but I think the gar has taken a bit too much off.
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bs8j9bJRZU[/YT]
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq6m0jnuzQY[/YT]
Here one of 1000s of videos of it crazy people I could never trust myself.
Theres a lot of videos on after cutting the tail to get the growth back without infections etc I would look into these, these guys know what they are doing and the tails always grow back (most the time) so giving your little guy the same environment as they give there fish would be the best option imo.
It had to be the gar but no other fish in that tank could cause this, Every fish is different in regards to your larger gar not harming fish. I had a mangrove jack that lived with oscars up to 2ft. My friend has a little 4 inch one that would try to fight a full grown pacu.
It looks a bit deep buts its very common for breeders to cut the arrows tail but I think the gar has taken a bit too much off.
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bs8j9bJRZU[/YT]
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq6m0jnuzQY[/YT]
Here one of 1000s of videos of it crazy people I could never trust myself.
Theres a lot of videos on after cutting the tail to get the growth back without infections etc I would look into these, these guys know what they are doing and the tails always grow back (most the time) so giving your little guy the same environment as they give there fish would be the best option imo.
It had to be the gar but no other fish in that tank could cause this, Every fish is different in regards to your larger gar not harming fish. I had a mangrove jack that lived with oscars up to 2ft. My friend has a little 4 inch one that would try to fight a full grown pacu.
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