Urgently need advice on Tail Biting

[booker_sim]

Dear fellow members,

My uncle's Super Red started biting its tail since last week and the condition is getting worst and worst. I really need your help in helping me to solve this problem.

1. What cause arowana to bite tail?
2. How to cure the habit of biting tail?
3. How to prevent arowana for biting tail?
4. What is the medicine that you will recommand in curing this?

Your advice is highly appreciated and thousand thanks in advance.

[Hendri]

1. panic behavihour... don't know exactly the cause
2. put some tank mates or put in the pond
3. cannot prevent.. when it happens it will happens
4. no medicine , only do some environment change to reduce it.. try switch off the lamp..

[booker_sim]

Hi Hendri,

thanks a lot . Will do that accordingly.

[robinng]

try 2 do wc n add salt,maybe it cos by poor water conditions...

[weeyang19]

1. panic behavihour... don't know exactly the cause
2. put some tank mates or put in the pond
3. cannot prevent.. when it happens it will happens
4. no medicine , only do some environment change to reduce it.. try switch off the lamp..

Agree with chief saying,.... try add more tank mates

[amber]

some say its caused when the arowana has been spooked... some say caused by DE... not sure how true though... :what:

you can try adding pre-quarantined feeder fishes... tonnes of them... to distract it...

this worked for my friend... :wekk: