The reason for the rotten mouth of the silver arowana
1. Poor water quality
One of the common reasons for the rotten mouth of silver arowana is poor water quality. If the breeder does not change the water and clean the fish tank
on time The excrement, food residues, etc., cause the water quality to deteriorate rapidly, resulting in the growth of bacteria in the water, and the silver arowana survives in such an environment with poor water quality, it is very easy to be infected by bacteria, resulting in mouth ulceration. Happening.
2. Impact injury
Silver Arowana will have a rotten mouth. It may also be caused by fighting with a partner or hitting the fish tank by itself, because the Silver Arowana has a strong sense of occupation. If the activity space is too small or there are other fish groups in the fish tank, the silver arowana is very likely to have this behavior of hitting the fish tank.
Arowana’s rotten mouth treatment
First of all, When the breeder finds that the mouth of the arowana is festering, it is necessary to immediately separate it and replace the water quality in the original fish tank. If there is a filter material in the fish tank, it also needs to be cleaned to prevent the bacterial infection of the sick fish. to other healthy fish.
Secondly, if the mouth of the arowana is ulcerated due to the long water quality and bacterial infection, the breeder should first adjust the water temperature of the fish tank to 30°C, and keep the water temperature constant to speed up the recovery of the mouth of the arowana. . If the mouth ulcers are more serious, the breeder also needs to add some antibiotics to the water for treatment.
If the mouth of the arowana was injured and festered because of the impact, the breeder should not only increase the water temperature and add antibiotics to the water, but also apply anti-inflammatory drugs to the injured arowana to avoid infection of the wound. condition, and then keep the water clean, so that the mouth of the arowana can gradually heal.
In addition, breeders must not sterilize the fish tank because the rotten mouth of the silver arowana is caused by bacterial infection, because doing so will destroy the nitrification system in the tank and cause harm to the silver arowana. Says it does more harm than good.
