silver aro gill curl?

[evil_elmo]

he is alot happier today, swimming about but still not eating. also did a 30% water change today

here are some pic after the operation

bits we cut off

 

[Bderick67]

R U frickin nuts? why did you cut your aro's gills? That did not look like gill curl, just ordinary arowana gill flaps.

 

[DeLgAdO]

even if that was gill curl IT WAS MINOR! all you had to do was up your water changes like i said!

poor fish

 

[adamstv]

**** dude it wasnt time to operate I HOPE that from some streak of luck this turns our good... but chances are no, you took a lot off and he is worse of now.... do you know how gill curl kills....?

exposed gill rakes get infected since the gill plates arent covering it

and loss of O2 becuase once again the gill plates arent covering it.....

so end result 0 percent of the gill plate is left he has no gill protection

 

[HiGhTiMeZ]

wtf did u just do??

OH GREAT....

 

[DeLgAdO]

**** dude it wasnt time to operate I HOPE that from some streak of luck this turns our good... but chances are no, you took a lot off and he is worse of now.... do you know how gill curl kills....?

exposed gill rakes get infected since the gill plates arent covering it

and loss of O2 becuase once again the gill plates arent covering it.....

so end result 0 percent of the gill plate is left he has no gill protection

by looking at the first pic id say its not too bad

but dont you EVER do that again Mr! lol

edit: ok the other side is BAD!

 

[evil_elmo]

if i didnt cut them he wouldnt come out and wouldnt swim around

now he is swimming about and look 100% less stressed than before

i still think i did the right thing....guess time will tell

 

[AHoskins]

by looking at the first pic id say its not too bad

the second is just at a different angle so it just looks worse.

but dont you EVER do that again Mr! lol

I'd say it is that bad. The first pic is of the left side and the second pic is of the right side. It appears the right side is completely exposed.

 

[AHoskins]

if i didnt cut them he wouldnt come out and wouldnt swim around

now he is swimming about and look 100% less stressed than before

i still think i did the right thing....guess time will tell

If what adamstv says is true then he is probably moving alot more to get extra O2.

 

[StiffMeister]

did you even anaesthesize the fish?