Arowana Chillin Out at the Bottom

[ndkang]

Hey guys,

I have had my 150g tank for about 2 weeks now. 1 asian arowana, 2 stingrays, 1 catfish, 2 tiger dats. My arowana is about 10inch long. When I first purchased him 2 weeks ago he was swimming at the top and now he is always cruising around the bottom. Is this normal? Another thing is that I never see him eat either, is it possible he is hunting at night?

Mind you, I live in Vietnam and almost everyone feeds arowanas live food here so its really difficult to get him to eat pellets especially at 10inches. I feed them feeder fish, worms, crickets and shrimp.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Dai

 

[Gshock]

Theres something wrong if it's on the bottom. Probably stressed especially if it hasnt eaten yet.

 

[West1]

Is your tank cycled? Did you buy the set up, put new water in and toss the fish in?

 

[peewee]

definitely not chillin

 

[Helangkawi]

looks like maybe we have the same problem except for seeing the aro swam on the top before bought it



i noticed when i turned on the light during nigh time, it is going aggressive, before i turn on the light, it just swam very calm on the top, and after i turned on the light, it like to swam at the bottom..looks like it trying to catch a fish, but also not...so right now i am really worried whether it eating or not...now i just counted how many feeder fishes inside there, and later i will recount it back to check is the fishes is got eaten or not


maybe u can have a look on the lighting environment too

 

[Gshock]

You shouldnt even have your lights on when you first get an aro.

 

[Hao]

your aro sounds like its stress,so try to keep lights off and check your water params

 

[McFall]

your aro sounds like its stress,so try to keep lights off and check your water params

 

[AQUAMONSTER]

when u have the lights off at night do u have any light in the room. Aros dont like it pitch black they get jumpy. I had a black light for the night for my silver aro. My friend didnt and his banged the lid and swam on the bottom for a few days

 

[Hao]

when u have the lights off at night do u have any light in the room. Aros dont like it pitch black they get jumpy. I had a black light for the night for my silver aro. My friend didnt and his banged the lid and swam on the bottom for a few days

what does aro getting jumpy have to do with aro laying at the bottom?