hey everybody i bought an silver arowana about 3" or 4" in size a week ago. He's in his own 45 gallon tank for now(untill he grows lil' bigger). so i was just wondering that can i do a complete water change once in a month like i use to do in my flowerhorn tank. i heard they are super-sensitive towards drastic change in water condition. im seeking for some advice for someone who has or had silver arowana!!
Can I do a complete water change of my arowana tank???!!
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I would never do more than a 70% W/C unless I was dealing with something like water contamination. Just my 2 cents.
If your water parameters are ok, I think a 25 - 35% weekly water change should be enough, Its more stressful if you do a 1005 water change.
bro.. what water are you using? ground water (bore) or metro water? what filters are you running on it? i would suggest a poop clean everyday and top up.. this will probably do like a 5% to 10% WC everyday.. i've done it for my aros when they were about the same size..
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I don't see why more than 70% water change would hurt.. The good stuff is all in the filter, not in the tank..
Personally, I drain most of the water until there is just enough water for the arowana to swim around (almost 80% of water removed)
*P.S.: I would recommend that you change the water at least once every 2 weeks, preferably once a week.. Once a month seems like a very long time unless you don't feed a lot and you have a really good filtration system..
Personally, I drain most of the water until there is just enough water for the arowana to swim around (almost 80% of water removed)
*P.S.: I would recommend that you change the water at least once every 2 weeks, preferably once a week.. Once a month seems like a very long time unless you don't feed a lot and you have a really good filtration system..
my biggest problem is filter itself. I was using an external hang-on filter but it had too much flow rate and arowana couldn't swim against it. So now im using an internal filter.