banging the glass

[BaTsBR]

whats the size of your silver ??
well, my silver has 8" in a 40 gallon tank, till now have no problem with him. tankmates are 1 bp, 2 plecos (blacks with white dots).
and the RTC is't a good idea, they grow a lot and maybe can even eat your aro.
I've seen a gulper 7" to 8" eating an aro of 13" (just take a look at the bottom dwellers)

 

[FroZenFiRe]

i think the size of my aro is 10"..the RTC that i will be buying is about 4-5"
so it's a bad idea of having an RTC with my aro as an tankmate?

 

[Koji]

and sir koji..are you mr. sean pang the arowana hobbyist? j/k

Nope. He doesnt surf MFK.

 

[Koji]

oh..sir koji..why is the RTC is not a good classmate..i thought it's friendly neighborhood..i see alot of LFS here..there tank is a combination of aro's and RTC..sometimes aro & pacu & snakehead..

Trust me for I have com my aros with these you have mentioned. I got no good exprience with them after some time. The pacu is the worst for it will chew on air tubes and also pump wiring in the water which can give you a good shock.

 

[midnight]

My aro is always banging the glass..like he wants to get out of the tank..i dont know what he want and wat to do..help guys

banging or going back and forth?lol

my aro bangs the glass all the time
i mean bang
sometimes going after minnows
sometimes just freaking

and when i say bang im talking over 2 feet aro hitting it so hard it makes you jump from other side of the house

aros are jumpers in the wild,get used to it lol

my silver does something similar. hell swim along the front of the glass, and then when he reaches the end it seems as though he wants to keep going and opens his mouth and goes back and forth. then he'll turn around and do it at the other end of the tank. weird

just sounds like the aro dance
most of them do it
heres a thread for you,and frozenfire if his is doing an aro dance and not actually banging the glass
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117858

I think it has alot to due with lack of space honestly----
My old aro(30+ inch in a 125) use to do this...

My new aro would also do this when it was placed into a 125 gal (roughly 2 foot)..Took it out and placed it into my 500 gal...Have not noticed it again....

Other than that-I have no clue why a aro would do this...

30" in a 125? any pix? lol

like jcardona said..hell swim in the front of the glass and open it's mouth..i dont know what he want..i think he was counfused of his new home..but what will i do

check above link

 

[midnight]

Trust me for I have com my aros with these you have mentioned. I got no good exprience with them after some time. The pacu is the worst for it will chew on air tubes and also pump wiring in the water which can give you a good shock.

great
im moving my 2 pacus into my aro tank soon
hope i raised good lil boys and girls and they behave

 

[Koji]

great
im moving my 2 pacus into my aro tank soon
hope i raised good lil boys and girls and they behave

You need all the luck you can get They got itchy mouth which need to chew on something.

 

[jcardona1]

hmm the aro dance, thats cool!

 

[midnight]

You need all the luck you can get They got itchy mouth which need to chew on something.

ha ya their crazy,i see them nibbling on the plants all the time
not eating,just nibbling on it
i just go and carry on

hmm the aro dance, thats cool!

ya if you read the thread
i thought something was up with mine also till everyone else said its "normal" lol
not sure how big yours is but wait till its 2'+
thats a sight
water splashing,head jerking big time,biig mouth opening
man these guys sure are monsters
i think after im done with the aro and pacus i will stick to nice lil fish

 

[Bderick67]

I have 4 aros, and only one of them does the glass banging aro dance. I think it's something that some aros just do.