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> Black arowana with bent spine
bartzenegger
post Jan 12 2010, 04:57 PM
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Hi.
Well I have a black aro that just yesterday has his spin bending upward
as people around the states we were hit with this cold spell
it was below 0.
2days of this and my aro bend up.
Is this permanent.
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bluelinerules
post Jan 13 2010, 09:23 PM
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I had a cat fish that had that problem. It got better but never the same.sad.gif
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post Jan 13 2010, 11:54 PM
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Is his/her spine actually bent upwards in a L shape? When arowanas get scared or cold, they point the majority of their body down. When i had my arowanas they would do this when people accidentally bumped against the tank.



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post Jan 14 2010, 09:56 AM
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well its still bent about 30 degrees i think its perm. its much warmer now
water temp is 80 but it was 70 maybe even lower before i checked temp


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bartzenegger
post Jan 16 2010, 04:38 PM
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Well temp came up and he is 100 percent normal
I got lucky So they can recover. He must of just been
bending up from muscle tension


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post Jan 17 2010, 01:43 PM
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Glad to hear he's better smile.gif


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post Jan 19 2010, 07:28 PM
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thx guys, its the darndest thing . but all good!!


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