Arowana Gill Curl Surgery (Massage Method)

[King-eL]

Well I bought Kenta's aros that have both it's gill curled and did a surgery on both the curled gills. I didn't do the traditional method of cutting the gills except the gill membrane as it look messed up. Then I did the massage method ON the gill plate by slowly massaging the curled gill plate back the way it was before. It may take time but it's a lot better than cutting the gill plate as gill plate don't grow back. I later used a fine sand paper to gently sand the edge of the gill plate even so when the gill membrane starts to grow it won't be messed up. I have done this method since 2004 and works out fine. Takes about 2-4 months for full recovery including the gill membrane which takes a long time to fully grow back to normal.

Here are some pics of the surgery.

Before


After the surgery
Upper view




Right side



Left side



Will update again in 2-4 months when the gill membrane fully grows back.

[snow]

Very cool method, thanks for sharing. The fish is probably like wtf are you doing? lol

[King-eL]

Very cool method, thanks for sharing. The fish is probably like wtf are you doing? lol

Fish was sedated when I did the surgery.

[target]

Nice work. I always find it impressive when people do surgery on their fish. A guy who posts on Simply Discus dropped a glass top into a tank and cut the tail on one of his discus. He stitched it back together. Put 3 stitches in it's tail and when it healed you couldn't even see where the cut had been.

[King-eL]

Nice work. I always find it impressive when people do surgery on their fish. A guy who posts on Simply Discus dropped a glass top into a tank and cut the tail on one of his discus. He stitched it back together. Put 3 stitches in it's tail and when it healed you couldn't even see where the cut had been.

Lol! That's a good. Fish do have an amazing regeneration capabilities.

Word of advise to whoever wants to do it. Do not do a surgery on fish unless you know what your doing.

[Mferko]

fish dont have to use any energy to produce heat to regulate their body temperatures, this leaves lots for healing and growth :P

[eternity302]

Wow! You are king el!!!

[King-eL]

Wow! You are king el!!!

They also call me the MAD SCIENTIST.

[MananaP]

They also call me the MAD SCIENTIST.

No your not!

[King-eL]

No your not!

Lol! When can I visit your place? I wanna do experment on your turtle so it will become the ninja turtle and start walking and carrying weapons.

How big is the FRT now? Getting 4 more this end of the month.