Armatus

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Got my replacement last night. It was is rough shape again and I thought I was going to loose it. I gave it a 50/50.The Armatus was breathing really really heavy and literally popping it's head out of the water when it was in the bag but I think he was running short on air. He then proceeded to stand kind of tail down which I didn't like and had opaque eyes. It's really wierd, has anyone ever seen things comming out of a fishes gills? They looked like a mass of skinny little intestines so I scooped out the Armatus and removed as much as I could. It was now 1:00am and I had to crash. I reluctantly turned off the light and crossed my fingers.Well I went down into my fish/spider room this morning and he is still alive and now swimming straight and no more foggy eyes.I think this one will make it. He came really close though. For those who just bought some of the small ones like mine, are they skittish in your tank and how long did it take for him to adjust? I have no lighting on the tank and I'm keeping the whole room dim for now. Here is a quick pic .It's not that good , I just didn't want to freak it out with all kinds of pics. Thanks,
Mike

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Mine was crazy skittish. So bad I ended up pulling out the divider that was in there cause it kept smashing into it. It's now holding its own with the other payara in the tank. Grown almost 2 inches allready.
 
Good luck with this one! Yeah mines was skittish for a couple months as it got used to the tank. Now he comes to the top when i open the lid cause he knos hes getting fed. dont worry, this one WILL make it;)
 
jelly;1111213; said:
Congrats, good to see you got another. Has it eaten anything yet?
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I don't know if it's eaten yet as I only had 3 female guppies in there with him and there is lots of floating plants.He does look a bit more filled out he was very skinny. I will be adding 25 or so tomorrow.It's funny,the guppies are left overs from my ATF when he was like 4''. I basically threw all the guppies into a big rubbermaid container 40 gallons I think with some live floating plants for air in the water and they were breeding like flies. So now I have lots of guppies all from an experiment that went well.
 
DB junkie;1111400; said:
Mine was crazy skittish. So bad I ended up pulling out the divider that was in there cause it kept smashing into it. It's now holding its own with the other payara in the tank. Grown almost 2 inches allready.
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" Grown almost 2 inches allready " How long have you had it? I understand that they grow very fast.
 
mike C;1112673; said:
" Grown almost 2 inches allready " How long have you had it? I understand that they grow very fast.
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had it for about 6 weeks.
 
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