Paroon shark rescue!

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Jhncf

Jhncf

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I posted a status a while ago about a friend of mine who had a 12-14" paroon shark, pangasius sanitwongsei I believe, in a 36" tank. I finally gave in and rescued it today, it's now in my 260 and loving the space. It has a really bad wound on its nose that has turned into a red growth, hopefully this will heal up now that it doesn't have to smash against the glass constantly.. Anyway, how fast do these fish grow? I know it would of course outgrow my tank but it spent its whole life in the 36" tank and hasn't grown at all since I first seen it around 18 months ago so will it still grow?
 
Jhncf said:
I posted a status a while ago about a friend of mine who had a 12-14" paroon shark, pangasius sanitwongsei I believe, in a 36" tank. I finally gave in and rescued it today, it's now in my 260 and loving the space. It has a really bad wound on its nose that has turned into a red growth, hopefully this will heal up now that it doesn't have to smash against the glass constantly.. Anyway, how fast do these fish grow? I know it would of course outgrow my tank but it spent its whole life in the 36" tank and hasn't grown at all since I first seen it around 18 months ago so will it still grow?
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If I recall the post correctly, I believe the situation it was in would have permanently stunted it. It's unlikely it will grow much more.

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Jhncf said:
I posted a status a while ago about a friend of mine who had a 12-14" paroon shark, pangasius sanitwongsei I believe, in a 36" tank. I finally gave in and rescued it today, it's now in my 260 and loving the space. It has a really bad wound on its nose that has turned into a red growth, hopefully this will heal up now that it doesn't have to smash against the glass constantly.. Anyway, how fast do these fish grow? I know it would of course outgrow my tank but it spent its whole life in the 36" tank and hasn't grown at all since I first seen it around 18 months ago so will it still grow?
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Stunted or not, it's in a way better situation now, well done


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Some bad news, have just got home from work and it has turned pure white and its eyes are clouded over, any ideas? Every other fish is perfectly healthy, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 30. He doesn't look good!
 
I'd do a water change anyhow despite the parameter readings.Something in the water has to be causing the problem,the cloudy eyes are a dead giveaway.
 
My rtc got cloudy eyes when he was in bad water quality, cause the tank was cycling.
If his eyes are cloudy do large water changes every other day until the cloud eye starts to go away.
 
I just don't understand why every other fish is in perfect health, the paroons whole body has turned white and it has scrapes up its side so it must have spooked and hit decor during the first night, could this have caused the problems?
 
Jhncf said:
I just don't understand why every other fish is in perfect health, the paroons whole body has turned white and it has scrapes up its side so it must have spooked and hit decor during the first night, could this have caused the problems?
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Perhaps going thru shock from going from terrible water quality to a good one...
 
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