Split fins, help.

[Adam Langley]

Hello all, my arowana has what I consider to be rather drastic split pectoral fins and I'm looking for advice to help heal them. This has been an ongoing problem and I'm not sure what else to try. He's in a 240 gallon with good water, 0 ammonia,nitrite. 5ppm nitrate. I've been using the pozzani nitrate removal filter for water changes. Temp=29. I'm currently trying to get him on pellets. Atm he only eats dam mealworms. I want him on pellets due to nutritional benefits. I've tried adding salt but this did nothing to help. Any advice most welcome, thanks for looking.

 

[tlindsey]

Is the Aro alone in the aquarium? Also how much water do you actually remove weekly during wc's?

 

[moe214]

Is the Aro alone in the aquarium? Also how much water do you actually remove weekly during wc's?

+1. The fin should heal on its own in time. As for getting him on pellets just starve him, he'll come around, if it goes 1-2 months then throw something in, depends in you, but they can go long periods of time without eating

 

[Adam Langley]

Thanks for the replies, I'm currently changing 200 ltr per WC. This is roughly a third every Sunday. He was on his own up until about 2 weeks ago, I put in 2 red tiger oscars and an electric blue acara in an attempt to encourage pellet eating.

 

[moe214]

Possibly the oscars messed with him, unless you know the cause. Should try silver dollars or tin foil barbs for trainer fish, less aggressive than a cichlids and can be more greedy

 

[Adam Langley]

Not sure on the cause, it's been a while since the problem arose. I know it's not the Oscars, they've only been around a couple of weeks. He takes the pellets but spits em straight back out.. thought it might be to do with high nitrates,which is why I'm using the pozzani filter. I get 40ppm out the tap. Fins don't seem to be healing.

 

[bicboihulk]

just keep offering pellets and don't feed anything else. mine spits them out too. from what i've read on a few forums it takes awhile. once he starts accepting pellets then i'll consider giving him more diverse food. the way i see it pellets are "brocoli" vs mealworms aka "bbq chicken" LOL