Disaster in waiting?

[iwiied]

woke up this morning and the jardini now has torn find and som loss scale , so he's moved to another tank, thanks for your inputs. he's gonna be in his growout tank probably until he reach 10-12 inch

 

[smartlove_518]

woke up this morning and the jardini now has torn find and som loss scale , so he's moved to another tank, thanks for your inputs. he's gonna be in his growout tank probably until he reach 10-12 inch

and then your silver aro might end up having torn fins and lost scales...i wouldnt trust a jardini ever..

 

[Gshock]

thats all good advice to slim down a big silver, but terrible advice if you want the jar to live-
if you must to keep them together, Id keep feeding the silver the way you have been, until the jardini is big enough to get beat up and not swallowed- and he still will probably get eaten

LOL Im more worried about the silver getting beaten up than the jar getting eaten. The jar's big enough not to get eaten and at the same time fight back.

 

[Bderick67]

I really don't think your aro is "fat" or "overfed". The pics could be creating an illusion, but it looks as if anything the aro is short bodied. The distance between the pelvic and anal fins is very short and the body height to length ratio looks rather high.

Can you provide any more pics? How long is your aro?

It doesn't appear to be, but is your tank a bowfront?

 

[nishant_datta]

woke up this morning and the jardini now has torn find and som loss scale , so he's moved to another tank, thanks for your inputs. he's gonna be in his growout tank probably until he reach 10-12 inch

thats exactly what i was gonna say... if its not eaten immediately then only the first night is critical... after that things are ok.

the size difference was too great to even try. lucky the jar lived to be moved to another tank. good luck with both your aros. I keep my silver and jar separate. Best possible solution to your problem too.

 

[Hao]

keep jardini in there too keep it peaceful thats how i got my jars peaceful

 

[iwiied]

i'll take some more pix , he's a big eater and i'm big on feeding him. his body is really thick. i've had him for a year and he was about 7 inch when i got him. so maybe a year and a couple months old. I bought a pair and the other silver is now only 1/2 or 1/3 the size of him.

I really don't think your aro is "fat" or "overfed". The pics could be creating an illusion, but it looks as if anything the aro is short bodied. The distance between the pelvic and anal fins is very short and the body height to length ratio looks rather high.

Can you provide any more pics? How long is your aro?

It doesn't appear to be, but is your tank a bowfront?

 

[iwiied]

couple more pix, what do you guys think , go on a diet or keep feeding him?

 

[superleggera123]

IMO that is the best looking silver
NO DE!!

 

[Bderick67]

I think you aro is a short bodied. Look at even the scales seem more overlapped

Mine at 24" for reference