BICHIR KILLED SILVER AROWANA

[Ozip]

I did a water change on Friday, about 20-25 percent. Added 1/4 tsp of SAFE. Everything seemed fine, the aro and bichir were eating frozen bloodworms and swimming around living their best life. My temperature is 84 degrees and water paremeters are good. I have no idea why the aro just suddenly died. I always check on them before I leave to work at 530, today was no different. When I got home I felt a little sick so I went to bed and forgot to turn on their lights to give them 8 he’s of light. When I go to turn on the lights the baby bichir was enjoying a tasty meal . It seemed like it just happened not more than an hour before I checked on them. They were about to eat too!

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Sorry about your loss. Your temps seems on the higher end. Is this a new aquarium? Usually you want some Nitrates aka the good bacteria in your aquarium.

 

[tlindsey]

I wouldn’t be able to tell you. I wish that’s what happened and not that the bichir killed him because tomorrow I’m getting an albino juvenile aro.

Please either seperate the aquarium or place new Aro in its own aquarium until it gets some size and girth on it. What other foods are you offering besides frozen bloodworms?

 

[squint]

Hard to tell from a picture but your ammonia might not be zero and somewhat high pH would make it more toxic.

 

[AAVPredatory]

Sorry about your loss. Your temps seems on the higher end. Is this a new aquarium? Usually you want some Nitrates aka the good bacteria in your aquarium.

Yes, it’s a new tank. For juvenile aros 82-84 is okay and when they’re older I should lower it. Yes tank is fully cycled. Nitrates are at 0 ppm, as far as what my test kit says.

 

[AAVPredatory]

Please either seperate the aquarium or place new Aro in its own aquarium until it gets some size and girth on it. What other foods are you offering besides frozen bloodworms?

I only had the fish for about two weeks. They were eating frozen bloodworms only. I’m getting more food tomorrow. I’m trying nls floating pellets.

 

[AAVPredatory]

Hard to tell from a picture but your ammonia might not be zero and somewhat high pH would make it more toxic.

Ammonia was around 0ppm-0.25ppm. I already did a water change so I was waiting for my next water change on Friday. I also have a bare bottom tank and scoop out uneaten food right away. Also if my aro died but My bichir seems to be doing perfectly fine, shouldn’t all my water paremeters be okay?

 

[Ozip]

Ammonia was around 0ppm-0.25ppm. I already did a water change so I was waiting for my next water change on Friday. I also have a bare bottom tank and scoop out uneaten food right away. Also if my aro died but My bichir seems to be doing perfectly fine, shouldn’t all my water paremeters be okay?

bichir can live in very bad water conditions. The aro would be long gone before the bichir would start to be effected. I have heard stories of bichir coming out of pretty much mud water. what do you have to give the water oxygen? Bichir can breathe air so he would be fine.

 

[AAVPredatory]

bichir can live in very bad water conditions. The aro would be long gone before the bichir would start to be effected. I have heard stories of bichir coming out of pretty much mud water. what do you have to give the water oxygen? Bichir can breathe air so he would be fine.

Two overflows. It seems to be oxygenating the water fine. What do you think

 

[theorangebatman]

i think your aro died before the bichir made it a meal. like tlindsey said, aro's are quite fragile at that size.

 

[APenniesWorth]

Sorry about the aro