It looks like you have a bacterial bloom. You really need to actually test your water, instead of saying "it's fine." It most certainly is not "fine."
Arowana damage. Help?
- Thread starter charles-n-charge
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Laticauda;4835035; said:
I do test it. I test it at home and also have it tested over at my lfs. I tested it today and everything was perfect. Plus I do weekly changes on it. The reason it's to bad looking is
1) the wall behind the tank is that color
2) cheap light
3) I'm using my phone camera and it's not too great
The water is really air quality if you saw it in person and everything is fine, ammonia, nitrates, nitrites, ph, etc.
There also isn't an algea problem, there's a 5" place and a moss ball in the tank to take care of that and it's far from any windows
The barbel is injured and will fall of itself, there is no need to trim it. With the night off you new catfish becomes active, since the aro cannot see the other tankmates this likely spooks him. Or possible even movement from outside the tank can be spooking him. Try adding a night light or leaving the room lights on, this often helps.
In the future try posting you actual water params instead of just typing that they are fine. This gives more info and validates that you know what "fine" actually is.
Quick healing comes with pristine water, try to keep your nitrate levels under 10ppm.
In the future try posting you actual water params instead of just typing that they are fine. This gives more info and validates that you know what "fine" actually is.
Quick healing comes with pristine water, try to keep your nitrate levels under 10ppm.
Bderick67;4835460; said:
Thanks. Sorry for not clarifying that at first. I've warmed the water up to 83f and have added aquarium salt as instucted on the container for healing injuries. Will this help?
Bderick67;4835505; said:
Will I have to worry about it healing bent at all though? Or anything else abnormal
i have used salt, it helps out some. best thing is clean water. the night light helps out alot. my aros freak out when it is totally dark. night light and they are 10x calmer in the night.
charles-n-charge;4835524; said:
it may grow back fine, shorter then the other one, but fine. then again it may not grow at all. i had one aro eat half its barble and it never grew it back, i have an aro now that lost both barbles in an aro vs aro beat down(my luck with mixing aros) and it is growing both back fast.
Bderick67;4835542; said:
Well what is the best way to make it grow back completely normal as if it was never broken?
