2 dead silver arowanas this week:(?

[Drewpyamamoto]

Hey everybody, 2 of my large silver arowanas died this week and I dont know why. They both were about 15 inches and doing fine (no fighting, they got along well and ate). I had three in a 125 gallon with a fluval fx5 and the tank is well oxiganted and clean. They both died a few days apart and were floating vertical face down. All I can think is that I fed them some feeder comets, maybe they had diseases, would that kill them that quickly?

 

[CrAzYNeSs]

Hey everybody, 2 of my large silver arowanas died this week and I dont know why. They both were about 15 inches and doing fine (no fighting, they got along well and ate). I had three in a 125 gallon with a fluval fx5 and the tank is well oxiganted and clean. They both died a few days apart and were floating vertical face down. All I can think is that I fed them some feeder comets, maybe they had diseases, would that kill them that quickly?

Yeah, disease can kill from the inside. I would not feed them store bought feeders for future reference.

 

[Waterboy655]

Yeah, disease can kill from the inside. I would not feed them store bought feeders for future reference.

agreed!! I lost 3 LARGE Peacock bass to a "bad batch" of feeders! I will never feed my fish live again. lesson learned. Some people (like myself) go years with no issues. BUt it only takes 1 time!