Arowana with pleco in mouth

[prskiller]

Luckily I caught this in time. I was walking by my tank (lights out) and noticed my silver aro in a yawn like position. I took a double take look cuz it was weird that he never finished his yawn. I quickly turned on the lights and find he has the bristlenose pleco in jaw. My wife was laughing and I was freaking like how do I get it out. Pleco looked dead and the aro was like in between swallowing and resting. I took my net as if scooping the aro which is way to big for this 3" net and saw him drop the pleco. Lucky............I was afraid he would swallow it and choke. Bye plecos, 2 dead. I removed my syno angelicus and put him in my 75g.

Happy mothers day

 

[Frozen_Zero]

wow thats wired

 

[6 bar]

Yeah. I've kept plecos with my silver aro before and never had any problem. How big was your silver and how big was your bn? You might want to increase your feeding regimen on that silver.

 

[prskiller]

Yeah. I've kept plecos with my silver aro before and never had any problem. How big was your silver and how big was your bn? You might want to increase your feeding regimen on that silver.

SA is around 18" and bn pleco was 3.5". Should have known better

 

[snarferer]

would have been an awesome pic if you had risked your arowana's life to go grab a camera....

 

[prskiller]

That is exactly what the wife said after I got it out but a pic was far from mind.

 

[Hao]

id rather save him before he dies then a picture,you did a right choice haha

 

[smartlove_518]

thats weird that your aro attacked your pleco. i havve seen fully grown silver and asian aros live peacefully with 5-6" plecos. hard luck buddy

 

[gigas12]

Hi,when there is a big difference in size between tank mates(especially predators) these things usually happen.

 

[Sonsinator]

Good thing my aro left my pleco with only his head floating >.<