arowana operation

aro7

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Hi guys,

I was looking to put my aro under the knife, but wanted to find out a bit more information before doing so...you see, my arowana's caudal fin looks very wavy...when i say wavy its bc his fin has been torn b4 and it grew back crooked?

if i slit the caudal fins, should i cut it so that they are straight lines, meaning break the bones...or how should i do this? can this be fixed? im not great at explaining, but once u see the photo hope you can understand better as to what i mean...

thanks
 

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Marowana420

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you're a brave man doing that to ur GH. when i watched sam doing the op. he didnt cut thru the bone. dont know if it is the correct way, but thats what he did.
 

aro7

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im not gonna do it...dee is...so that way i have someone to blame if anything happens...j/k
 

aro7

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hmmm interesting, thanks for the post EEYY. So according to the book, and what related to my aorwana, i would hafta chop off the tail up untill where the bones are straight as in example A?
 

oshiet

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That's correct. Did the op on my aro twice because it didn't grow back properly the first time just be splitting the fins.
 

aro7

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i got the aro when it was around 11-12" and its fins were already like that...not sure if it was operated on before or not.
 

aro7

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anyone have any clue as to how long i can leave the arowana out of the water for...

obviously as least amount of time as possible, but roughly a time limit would be nice so i can be sure to monitor and make sure i dont keep him out of the water too long...
 

EEYY

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anyone have any clue as to how long i can leave the arowana out of the water for...

obviously as least amount of time as possible, but roughly a time limit would be nice so i can be sure to monitor and make sure i dont keep him out of the water too long...


This short video clip has anal fin / tail / drop-eye operations at the same time. Lets' see if this would help you out a bit.

As you saw, they got the arowana "sleeping" first!!


 
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