I am really worried about my 15 inch arowana and I'm thinking maybe someone with a little more arowana experience may be able to help me out. He has begun to swim in tight circles every once in a while, speeding up every rotation...and after a few rotations he just flips out. He is in a 150 gallon (temporary, don't worry). I tested the water and found that my nitrate levels were pretty high (about 35 ppm). I did a 25% water change yesterday and another 25% change today, but my nitrate levels are still at 25 ppm and he is still doing it. Can someone please tell me what might be wrong?? Should I do more water changes?? Maybe add salt?? HELP!!
Help! my arowana is acting strange
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MsMassPoly;2238877; said:
Yes, he is still eating at least. He is in with three black ghost knife fish that he never comes into contact with and a small leopard pleco. I've had him since he was only 2 inches long and he has never acted like this before. What will the salt do?? How much should I add??
Red tail catking;2238916; said:
Its a pretty bare tank...just a plastic skull, some rocks, and gravel. The tank is filtered with a Cascade 1200 canister filter that I actually just added last weekend (possible cause?), and a Penguin Bio-wheel 350 hang on tank filter. I make sure to always keep the ph at 6.5.
You might want to raise your pH a little, you try to get your pH as close to neutral as you can. But I really doubt the filter would make any diffrence.
I've noticed a couple times he has sucked some air in from above the surface of the water. I'm thinking maybe its just the bad water quality?? It is a little cloudy. I've done a total of 50% water change in the past two days...will it hurt to do another 25% tomorrow to get my nitrate levels below 20??