Giga die at National Zoo

[ceeej31]

that sucks that they died but I doubt it was a lack of oxegen ... I am pretty sure paimas can breath atmospheric air ... wonder what they feed them ? do they have people that check them daily ? cause you would think that they would have notice them not acting right and would have started some sort of treatment ? just my opinion

im pretty sure they do have people checking on them daily, but often fish will hide an illness so well that when it is finally discovered that the fish is sick, it is often too late to help it
im pretty bummed about this, i went to the national zoo a few years ago and Amazonia was my favorite exhibit by far

 

[MadRussian79]

YUCK!!!



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Not sure I agree with this thou, your thoughts?

Hard to judge. In nature stagnant water tends to bread poor oxygen levels, disease and organic pollution. In the home aquarium filter failure or negligence would have the same effect.

Feel horrible for the pimas.

 

[FSM]

they didnt say the length of these fish, but they say they normally grow to 6-7 feet long. It they were 17 years old, shouldn't they have been considerably longer than 7 feet? maybe they were stunted and that was part of the problem. Where is zoodiver with his input?

The max sizes seem to be exaggerated a lot, and growth slows down as they get larger.

 

[xPe_MONeYx]

they said arowanas and stingrays died from low O2, not the arapaimas.

 

[Victor-Falko]

i saw those

 

[gomezladdams]

Thats so sad,I wanted to go see them this spring