Does this Silver Arowana look sick?
- Thread starter Nemesis
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Nemesis529;2994534; said:
Get that thing out of your tank and into your friends tank if its established., if its only 4" he probably wont chase anything in your tank..and feed him something other than flake food, try frozen beefheart or float a cube of frozen bloodworms twice a day, not every 2 days...turn the lights off and make sure the tank temp is 80-82, and leave it alone...just my 2 pennies and options that work for me.....
white spots are ick. your aro is probably going to die. letting the water cycle with your friends filter for a couple days with no fish is probably the worst thing you could have done. the beneficial bacteria that lives on the media needs constant supply of ammonia and nitrites to survive. having it in a tank with no bio load you probably starved it all to death. you should take the aro back to the lfs immediatly and hope they have a cycled tank for it and it pulls through. if it does and they still have it in a month if your tank is still up and running, and you plan to get something alot bigger than a 125 in a year get the fish again. otherwise give it up, and just keep what you have and get the 125 for them.
This morning I tested the ammonia and it was .25. I did a 15% water change, added stress coat and nutrafin cycle. After that the ammonia is back down to 0, along with the nitrates and nitrite. The arrowana seems happier now and is swimming normally across the top of the tank. I also fed it frozen blood worms, which it ate and loved. The ph is still 6.0. I am going to try the crushed coral later. Is there any way of getting rid of the white bubble spots? They arent really noticeable unless you look very close.
Nemesis529;2996105; said:
man, your fish has ICH...someone already told you this, how many people need to tell you what your fish has before it dies??? Im not tryin to sound like a PITA, but I cant stand when people ask for an opinion and then toss the advice aside....If you have fish in that tank and you have 0 nitrates theres something wrong or your not testing right. keep feeding that aro and treat for ICH! sorry i had to rant, no offense...
buddy, return that aro asap. not a starter fish. maybe if you had a larger tank, or if you had a tank that was at least cycled you might keep it. it will take over a month to cycle your tank, and by then that little aro will be dead. you are in over your head!
