Please help my Jardini arowana, white growths on it's body

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Definitely looks like ammonia burn and it is solely a water quality issue. Since you washed out your entire filtration system which I strongly suggest to never do that again, it is safe to say you have killed off your much needed biological bacteria. Hopefully, you have not done the same with your substrate in your tank and still have some good biological bacteria left to replenish your system fairly quick. You will most likely experience a mini cycle at best which will mean more ammonia and nitrites too come so I would be using "prime" to bind it to a non toxic state and continue with 25% water changes daily(add prime with each water change) and add salt to help with gill function until your system is stable.
 
greenterra;4659745; said:
Definitely looks like ammonia burn and it is solely a water quality issue. Since you washed out your entire filtration system which I strongly suggest to never do that again, it is safe to say you have killed off your much needed biological bacteria. Hopefully, you have not done the same with your substrate in your tank and still have some good biological bacteria left to replenish your system fairly quick. You will most likely experience a mini cycle at best which will mean more ammonia and nitrites too come so I would be using "prime" to bind it to a non toxic state and continue with 25% water changes daily(add prime with each water change) and add salt to help with gill function until your system is stable.
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How much salt should I be adding?
 
Many use 1 Tablespoon per 5 Gallons. I personally never use more than 1 Tablespoon per 10 gallons. Salt will help with nitrite poisoning but frequent water changes and prime will be your best bet.
 
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The jardini just stays in a corner and keeps swimming into the wall. He's making the sore on his mouth worse. When he does get out of the corner he swims almost on his side :\ And he's been jumping. Hopefully this is just an adjustment period to the change in pH...
 
greenterra;4659745; said:
Definitely looks like ammonia burn and it is solely a water quality issue. Since you washed out your entire filtration system which I strongly suggest to never do that again, it is safe to say you have killed off your much needed biological bacteria. Hopefully, you have not done the same with your substrate in your tank and still have some good biological bacteria left to replenish your system fairly quick. You will most likely experience a mini cycle at best which will mean more ammonia and nitrites too come so I would be using "prime" to bind it to a non toxic state and continue with 25% water changes daily(add prime with each water change) and add salt to help with gill function until your system is stable.
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You took the words right out of my mouth. Exactly what I was going to say.

I too use 1 tablespoon/5 gallons of water. Change 25% of the water each day, but keep adding the salt. Hopefully the jar will pull through.
 
greenterra;4660223; said:
Yes. It will chemically bind both ammonia and nitrite rendering them harmless until your biological bacteria can consume it. In your case, you have depleted the BB so you will have to do frequent water changes to remove it until your system is back on track.
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Juxtaroberto;4660226; said:
Yup. Wonderful product. I can't believe I ever used anything else.
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http://aquabaz.tripod.com/amquel.htm

My LFS gave this to me to use. Do you think this will do?
 
jmw590;4660244; said:
http://aquabaz.tripod.com/amquel.htm

My LFS gave this to me to use. Do you think this will do?
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Yes, AmQuel will work for removing ammonia and nitrites. The reason I prefer prime is because it does a few more things AND is more concentrated. You need to use more Amquel, and it's a little more expensive, too.
 
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