arowana operation

[aro7]

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

 

[aro7]

n while im at it i guess i should fix the dorsal and anal fin too!

 

[Marowana420]

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]

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

 

[EEYY]

Is it on the tail?

 

[aro7]

ye, i was only planning to fix the dorsal, caudal and anal fins...

 

[EEYY]

ye, i was only planning to fix the dorsal, caudal and anal fins...

Something like this kind of photo explanation?

Coming from one of the arowana books.

 

[DaiDee]

Something like this kind of photo explanation?

Coming from one of the arowana books.

The thing I worry about is, I've seen people cut off most of the tail but it still grows back all crooked.

 

[aro7]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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!!

 

[oshiet]

Try 15 minutes tops, but the quicker the better.

 

[kevincao]

10 minute operation that's cool, nice video, thanks for sharing!