T-gar... Opinions needed.....
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The fish pictured definitely appears to have a spinal injury.. In a very odd place. I do not think I've ever seen this occur that far back on a fish.
csx4236;1213015; said:
Hard to say without knowing more about the fishes condition...Specifically if the caudal, dorsal and anal fins have function.
this is definitely unusually far back for this type of injury, but (unfortunately) i have had this happen recently with a smaller longnose gar. again, unfortunately it did not retain use of the dorsal/caudal/anal fins, and will have to be euthanized.
if this is the case with the t-gar (compare the posterior fins movements with your normal t-gars), then euthanizing it is really the only humane option as the fish will eventually cause more damage to itself by swimming/feeding/if its startled.
sorry to see this with the fish, hopefully it has control over the fins so some recovery may be possible--
--solomon
if this is the case with the t-gar (compare the posterior fins movements with your normal t-gars), then euthanizing it is really the only humane option as the fish will eventually cause more damage to itself by swimming/feeding/if its startled.
sorry to see this with the fish, hopefully it has control over the fins so some recovery may be possible--
--solomon
There is little movement to the rear of the break. But there is some, so I have decided to attempt and keep him around. He actualy seems worse today and I am considering trying to either divide the tank, or carefully move him to a home of his own for a few weeks. I dunno, but will keep everyone updated!
Thanks,
Chris
Thanks,
Chris
BOTR;1218108; said:
again, really sorry to hear about your gar
as for the post-break movement, don't be fooled by just vibrations/percussive movements from the front part of the fish causing the back to move. the back fins should be able to move in a fluid motion separate from the front...with a broken back the movement will be somewhat jerky or erratic. the other problem is that further movement will often times cause the gar even more injury.
i have kept gars around in the hopes that they will recover, the majority of cases they got worse and had to unfortunately be put down.
i am not saying this is definitely the case with yours, just something to be aware of and look out for. i had to put down one of my longnoses today that i had been growing out for several months...it had broken its back at the posterior part of the body and i gave it the weekend (even some food) to see if it could get better, but it just got worse and had no control of posterior fins.
keep us posted, and we're pulling for the gar to come through!--
--solomon
E_americanus;1218578; said:again, really sorry to hear about your gar
as for the post-break movement, don't be fooled by just vibrations/percussive movements from the front part of the fish causing the back to move. the back fins should be able to move in a fluid motion separate from the front...with a broken back the movement will be somewhat jerky or erratic. the other problem is that further movement will often times cause the gar even more injury.
i have kept gars around in the hopes that they will recover, the majority of cases they got worse and had to unfortunately be put down.
i am not saying this is definitely the case with yours, just something to be aware of and look out for. i had to put down one of my longnoses today that i had been growing out for several months...it had broken its back at the posterior part of the body and i gave it the weekend (even some food) to see if it could get better, but it just got worse and had no control of posterior fins.
keep us posted, and we're pulling for the gar to come through!--
--solomon
that sux solomon...sorry to hear that.
good luck w/ the T-gar too...must be very tough.