why is my silver arowanas tail like this?

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mods please just delete this thread. my phone is being problematic and magicly deleted my two good pictures of the tail and now I have taken 50 more pictures and there all blurry. I am very frustrated
 
calm down! just snap some pics when you can and upload them when you have a chance!

It could be a case of fin rot but i doubt it unless the water quality was that bad, but i dont think you would have bought it if this is the case. If the silver was with other tank mates it could have been bullied and the fins suffered. Fins do take some time to heal so if your water parameters are good it should heal rather quickly. (about a month or two depending)
 
Thats a broken tail. Sorry to say it but it will not recover.. if it was broken before the base you could cut it off and it will grow back but that looks to be broken at the base. Shouldnt hinder the aro too much
 
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