HELP! My Red committed suicide

kachua · 23-03-2016, 03:40 PM

My red committed suicide this morning.

Manage to save it but it lower fin is broken.

is it possible to grow back?

do I need to cut it?

Lex · 23-03-2016, 04:12 PM

judging from the pic, quite hard to say..

streetsmart73 · 23-03-2016, 04:14 PM

Bro, with good water management and parameters, nothing is impossible.

Btw, how did it manage to jump?

kachua · 23-03-2016, 04:21 PM

sad to say.

i actually bought the red yesterday and place it into the tank.

this morning before going to toilet, saw it swimming happily.

after toilet came to have a look again but cant seem to find it.

look around and saw it behind the cabinet.

quick hand quick leg put back into the tank but fish was upright.

after some sayang red started breathing but fin was damaged.

soooo sad

lewis liew · 23-03-2016, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by kachua

sad to say.

i actually bought the red yesterday and place it into the tank.

this morning before going to toilet, saw it swimming happily.

after toilet came to have a look again but cant seem to find it.

look around and saw it behind the cabinet.

quick hand quick leg put back into the tank but fish was upright.

after some sayang red started breathing but fin was damaged.

soooo sad

Sorry to hear that.. it is highly recommended that the arowana tank is to have top covered 24x7...

**Dave57** · 23-03-2016, 04:52 PM

you might want to cut off the remaining anal fin. the fin should grow back.

always keep your fish tank covered, especially for young and new arowana which are extremely jumpy.

did you overdosed on water conditioner?

kachua · 23-03-2016, 05:24 PM

bro,

by cutting of the remaining anal fin, will the fish swim unbalance?

streetsmart73 · 23-03-2016, 05:32 PM

Bro, allow the young aro acclimatise itself to the new environment and yourself.

You can decide what to do next when the young fish is less stressful.

**Dave57** · 23-03-2016, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by kachua

bro,

by cutting of the remaining anal fin, will the fish swim unbalance?

its going to take more effort for the fish to swim, but not unbalanced.

the injured fin is already affecting its swim now.

kachua · 24-03-2016, 08:37 AM

bro

you are saying to cutting way the whole anal fin or just the part where it is now hanging?

23-03-2016, 03:40 PM	#1
kachua New Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 9	HELP! My Red committed suicide My red committed suicide this morning. Manage to save it but it lower fin is broken. is it possible to grow back? do I need to cut it? Last edited by Dave57; 23-03-2016 at 04:54 PM.

23-03-2016, 04:52 PM	#6
Dave57 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 3,624	you might want to cut off the remaining anal fin. the fin should grow back. always keep your fish tank covered, especially for young and new arowana which are extremely jumpy. did you overdosed on water conditioner? __________________ Last edited by Dave57; 23-03-2016 at 04:54 PM.

23-03-2016, 04:12 PM	#2
Lex Dragon Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 790	judging from the pic, quite hard to say..

23-03-2016, 04:14 PM	#3
streetsmart73 Hi there !!! 123 Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 3,895	Bro, with good water management and parameters, nothing is impossible. Btw, how did it manage to jump?

23-03-2016, 04:21 PM	#4
kachua New Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 9	sad to say. i actually bought the red yesterday and place it into the tank. this morning before going to toilet, saw it swimming happily. after toilet came to have a look again but cant seem to find it. look around and saw it behind the cabinet. quick hand quick leg put back into the tank but fish was upright. after some sayang red started breathing but fin was damaged. soooo sad

23-03-2016, 05:24 PM	#7
kachua New Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 9	bro, by cutting of the remaining anal fin, will the fish swim unbalance?

23-03-2016, 05:32 PM	#8
streetsmart73 Hi there !!! 123 Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 3,895	Bro, allow the young aro acclimatise itself to the new environment and yourself. You can decide what to do next when the young fish is less stressful.

24-03-2016, 08:37 AM	#10
kachua New Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 9	bro you are saying to cutting way the whole anal fin or just the part where it is now hanging?

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