Aro having bent spine

[Hobbit6003]

Originally Posted by Aqua-fanactic

But Frederic of All Pets will only be in town on the 24th Jun, a bit late so need fellow brothers to help.

Hi Aqua-fanatic,

The bent back of the aro, is usually due to a muscular spasm of the muscles.

Such a phenomena is often due to a temporary neuro-muscular dysfunction, resulting from some form of a shock.

This could have been brought about by some form of physical shock/fright, or it could have been the water quality that's at fault. Have you check your water parameters?

Don't worry too much, as this is not uncommon with the aros, and I've seen a few of these. Most of the time, they'd recover all by themselves after a few weeks or so.

Cheers,

Kenny

[Aqua-fanactic]

Great to hear this!! My water parameter is ok, so I should remove the tankmate to further reduce stress? My main concern is the diet. It does not want to eat.

[Hobbit6003]

Nah, if the water parameters are alright, I think you just need to keep things at status quo.

Just make sure that the tank hygiene is well maintained, and be patient.

Don't worry about its appetite, as it'll improve as its condition improves. Be patient.

Cheers,

Kenny

Originally Posted by Hobbit6003

Hi Aqua-fanatic,

The bent back of the aro, is usually due to a muscular spasm of the muscles.

Such a phenomena is often due to a temporary neuro-muscular dysfunction, resulting from some form of a shock.

This could have been brought about by some form of physical shock/fright, or it could have been the water quality that's at fault. Have you check your water parameters?

Don't worry too much, as this is not uncommon with the aros, and I've seen a few of these. Most of the time, they'd recover all by themselves after a few weeks or so.

Cheers,

Kenny

Agreed... have heard a few cases like this and the aro recover by itself after some times...

[Aqua-fanactic]

Originally Posted by AroLuohan

Agreed... have heard a few cases like this and the aro recover by itself after some times...

Thanks guys, does comfort me a bit. This aro has been going thro' a lot of rough patch. First is the little blisters in the gill cover and head, then is the bent spine, I wonder what is next? Just hope that it will put thro this rough patch.

Will try to stress the fish less, regular water change and add sufficient salt to lessen the aro system. Thanks again.

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Originally Posted by Aqua-fanactic

Thanks guys, does comfort me a bit. This aro has been going thro' a lot of rough patch. First is the little blisters in the gill cover and head, then is the bent spine, I wonder what is next? Just hope that it will put thro this rough patch.

Will try to stress the fish less, regular water change and add sufficient salt to lessen the aro system. Thanks again.

Hi Bro Hobbit, this muscular spasm is common even for bigger aros?

Yesterday my fish were all ok but this morning, my parents heard a sound and then saw my RTG the tail portion of the back seem to be slightly above water.

You can see it is really straining itself when I force it to dive lower into the tank. I initially suspected there is some hard knock against the motor pump but no external injuries leh.... When it swims the tail portion is like curving upwards not to the extreme lah but noticeable..

Oh forgot to mention it is in a comm tank. It hasn't eaten today, usually it whacks and snatches food from the more aggressive aros. Need help man, I am really worried. Any bro with advice? Water condition is fine since the other 2 aros are perfectly healthy.....

Originally Posted by Hobbit6003

Hi Aqua-fanatic,

The bent back of the aro, is usually due to a muscular spasm of the muscles.

Such a phenomena is often due to a temporary neuro-muscular dysfunction, resulting from some form of a shock.

This could have been brought about by some form of physical shock/fright, or it could have been the water quality that's at fault. Have you check your water parameters?

Don't worry too much, as this is not uncommon with the aros, and I've seen a few of these. Most of the time, they'd recover all by themselves after a few weeks or so.

Cheers,

Kenny

[Aqua-fanactic]

Just a quick update of my observation.

When I return from work, it seems the aro is slightly less curved and it can now swim to the bottom and chase discus. But in the morning when I woke up, the aro seems to curved back to its original state. And the same thing repeats itself again. Really wonder if it will really recover.

Last night, it took one bite of MP but split it out shortly. Perhaps this is the first step for it to start eating. I have tried to contact Panda (my aro is a Singa SR) but it seems ........

Looks like the aro is not so stress now, perhaps I can take a pic tonight and share with the bros here.

Originally Posted by Aqua-fanactic

Just a quick update of my observation.

When I return from work, it seems the aro is slightly less curved and it can now swim to the bottom and chase discus. But in the morning when I woke up, the aro seems to curved back to its original state. And the same thing repeats itself again. Really wonder if it will really recover.

Last night, it took one bite of MP but split it out shortly. Perhaps this is the first step for it to start eating. I have tried to contact Panda (my aro is a Singa SR) but it seems ........

Looks like the aro is not so stress now, perhaps I can take a pic tonight and share with the bros here.

Bet it muz be a painful thing for the aro..juz like humans having a stiff neck. Wud advise u to maintain ur good water parameters...honestly i wud rather take out any tankmates if spare tanks are available. This wud reduce stress