New Arowana. Need some help.

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Rachel.Cody

Rachel.Cody

Jack Dempsey
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Nov 2, 2014
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I bought this guy to try and save him. I haven't gotten a good picture yet but I will try to get one. His scales are beat up looking, little bit of fin rot and he's missing an eye. I guess you could say I like to buy fish I feel bad for as I purchased an eyeless gold clown knife. What's the best thing to treat these wounds with. It looks like he has a little bit of his gill missing on his beat up side. Will this grow back? Should I put some Epsom salt in? He's in a hospital/ghost shrimp tank right now. If he eats the ghost shrimp I don't really care lol. What's the dosage for treating with salt? He's just in a 5 gal at the moment until he's healthy enough to go in my 75 gal. Any help is appreciated. Thank you


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1tablespoon per five gallons and keep the water very clean.
 
Keep the level constant, replace what you remove with water changes.
 
fish squish said:
Man he looks rough. Baby aros in general are pretty fragile. Hope he pulls through.
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Yea something roughed him up pretty good. My LFS owner told me when they're little you have to really baby them. He told me to drop my water level down a good bit so if the aro needs to find food at the bottom he can. He's eating bloodworms and freeze dried krill. He hasn't eaten for me yet but I watched him eat at the store. I'm just trying to get him back to health really. Once he doubles in size they are hairy hardy from what I've read.


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Yup once he gets about 8 inches he'll be pretty solid. The 3-6" is when they usually die. Seems like you're doing well so far, let us know if he eats.
 
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