Arowana damage. Help?
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charles-n-charge;4835549; said:
You really have no control over that. unless you just want to keep cutting them off if they grow back not to your satisfaction. Better to provide your aro with the proper environment to grow out in and prevent this in the first place.
How much more stress do you really want to subject your aro too?charles-n-charge;4835777; said:
Bderick67;4835905; said:
True. I'll just let nature take its course and see what happens. I removed all structure from the tank, did a 60% water change, added salt, warmed it to 84f, and have every bit of the top covered with 5" between the lid and water to prevent it from doing more damage if it decides to do little jumps again. Is there anything else I can do besides this or will this be enough to help
all the best..I also went to the store today and bought him a cheap nightlight so that the darkness won't stress him anymore. It's still very dim in the tank but you can clearly see everything in it. It's almost like moonlight
I had similar issues with my silver aro. He was getting skitty when I turned off the lights, coming to the top of the surface and flicking his tail and splashing.
From close observation it seemed that he was getting a bit spooked by the fish swimming below him so would make big splashes as if almost to scare them away and show them something big is lurking up there so they keep away. However, by no means am I professional so this is purely what I have come up with. (along with many other theories
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Night light will definitely help but the method i chose was to slowly dim the lighting in the room trying to mimic a sunrise and sunset effect. In the morning natural light enters the room giving them light then a few hours later I turn the pink light on in my tank which is quite dim then after a another hour i turn the full tank light on. In the evening i do basically the same steps in reverse. Turning off brightest to lowest. So i turn the tank main light off first whist having the room light still on. Followed by the pink light in the tank so just room light is on providing light then finally turning that off.
That method is is a bit of a pain but even for a human if the sun just suddenly disappeared from the sky an it was night i think we would panic so i just think of how my fish feel lol. But this will do for now until my DIY project begins on new tank and ill definitely be putting light timers to individual lights to create this whole effect automatically.
I must admit when reading your post my first thought was water params. but if you are sure they are fine then must not be that
Have you recently done any changes in the tank? I find after big water changes my aro gets a little jumpy but 15mins after he is fine. Which as far as i know is all usual behaviour. Just my 2 cents, hope it helps.
From close observation it seemed that he was getting a bit spooked by the fish swimming below him so would make big splashes as if almost to scare them away and show them something big is lurking up there so they keep away. However, by no means am I professional so this is purely what I have come up with. (along with many other theories
) Night light will definitely help but the method i chose was to slowly dim the lighting in the room trying to mimic a sunrise and sunset effect. In the morning natural light enters the room giving them light then a few hours later I turn the pink light on in my tank which is quite dim then after a another hour i turn the full tank light on. In the evening i do basically the same steps in reverse. Turning off brightest to lowest. So i turn the tank main light off first whist having the room light still on. Followed by the pink light in the tank so just room light is on providing light then finally turning that off.
That method is is a bit of a pain but even for a human if the sun just suddenly disappeared from the sky an it was night i think we would panic so i just think of how my fish feel lol. But this will do for now until my DIY project begins on new tank and ill definitely be putting light timers to individual lights to create this whole effect automatically.
I must admit when reading your post my first thought was water params. but if you are sure they are fine then must not be that
Have you recently done any changes in the tank? I find after big water changes my aro gets a little jumpy but 15mins after he is fine. Which as far as i know is all usual behaviour. Just my 2 cents, hope it helps.probably wouldnt have damaged itself if the tank wasnt way to small when spooked only has a couple of inches before slaming into wall.
