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Chasing fish around an aquarium can cause them to rub against rocks or collide with the glass walls of the aquarium, making physical injuries likely. Even when netted it’s easy for the aquarium fish’s scales to be detached and fin membranes torn. Use the right net to corral aquarium fish, i.e., a fine net when chasing smaller fish, and a larger one for bigger fish. Drive aquarium fish into a plastic container if possible, and remove the fish using that container rather than a net.Wild-caught fish may become damaged during capture and shipping. Torn fins and missing scales usually grow back without problems, and if the fish is otherwise feeding and behaving normally, such a fish can be bought with confidence. Such is not the case with fish exhibiting damaged jaws or eyes, and these are best passed over in favor of undamaged fish.
Small tears in the aquarium fish’s fins often reveal the presence of fin-nippers, pufferfish, tiger barbs and black widow tetras being amongst the most notorious. Once the nipping fish is removed from the community, fish with damaged fins normally recover quickly.
Some Common Diseases That Can Affect Your Young Arowana ...
Owning an arowana takes a lot of responsibility, from feeding to helping them keep their balance to taking care of them and treating them when they are sick. No matter how we take care of our fish, it remains possible for them to become sick one time of another, just like us. Other than that, it’s very easy to keep an arowana healthy at home.
Also known as cone scales, warped scales affect young arowanas more easily than adults. This condition is caused by immediate temperature change in the aquarium water and poor quality of water. This disease will start with just few scales warping with congested roots. If this is not attended immediately, the scales tend to bend and swell. When the scales raise, this will minimize the capability of the fish to protect itself from pathogen invasions. The scales will drop off and expose a certain area of its body increasing the susceptibility of bacterial attack. Then this will lead to ulceration and eventually causes death.