bring the temp to about 80F and i would not feed a baby aro raw shrimp. Start will small krill or live tubifex worms. And start you fish in a 10 gal till its strong. hope that helps. btw what kind is it silver or ausie.
Help!!! Young Arowana in dire need!!!!
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dont be mean guys cmon even thou they r pretty bad mistakes at least hes trying to sort them out so give him a bit of slack dude if the arowana pulls through i suggest you give him back to you lfs and start of with easiers fish and not a fish ht will outgrow your tank in months but good luck just raise tempt 25% water change and add some salt
Hi there
everyone has to learn, unfortunately, sometimes learning means dead fish or sick fish.
keep the tank at 28 minimum celcius, water change 30% should bring that down to 25 and go back up quickly. depends on where you are in the world, if you are in asia, water should be warm ish coming out of the taps anyways, here in new zealand, tap water is da,mn cold!
your tank is small and will be out grown by a silver easily. asian, maybe it will take some time but the filtration is seeming small! so change that
also, 2 weeks cycling isnt enough
what i did before hand, i put the filter with all the media, i hope you have biomedia, into a established tank. then i over fed those fish abit untill the filoter is cycled for one month minimum, then put it to the new tank and introduce fish. OR i swap media from different filters into the new ones. Lucky i have 8 canister filters to work with.
in your case, you need to cycle the tank, i this fish dies, then before you get another, first get a bigger tank, then put some cheap goldfish or cichlids in there, maybe a catfish that is hardy and eats alot.
get a bigger filter, and feed the crap out of hte catfish and change water every 3 to 5 days.
then after 1 month, your filter should be cycled.
get a test kit also
as a note: Sometimes when you feed an arowana and its full - it seems very sluggish and slow, like a human that consumed great amoutns of food. At times they may seem like they are sitting at the bottom or just relaxed and kinda not even swimming and just cruising slowly.
but thats providing they dont vommit food and have good filtration.
both my aros, after eating massive amoutns of food, sometimes just float at the top or drift along the bottom of the tank untill the belly digests some of the food, then it swims around lookin for more food
everyone has to learn, unfortunately, sometimes learning means dead fish or sick fish.
keep the tank at 28 minimum celcius, water change 30% should bring that down to 25 and go back up quickly. depends on where you are in the world, if you are in asia, water should be warm ish coming out of the taps anyways, here in new zealand, tap water is da,mn cold!
your tank is small and will be out grown by a silver easily. asian, maybe it will take some time but the filtration is seeming small! so change that
also, 2 weeks cycling isnt enough
what i did before hand, i put the filter with all the media, i hope you have biomedia, into a established tank. then i over fed those fish abit untill the filoter is cycled for one month minimum, then put it to the new tank and introduce fish. OR i swap media from different filters into the new ones. Lucky i have 8 canister filters to work with.
in your case, you need to cycle the tank, i this fish dies, then before you get another, first get a bigger tank, then put some cheap goldfish or cichlids in there, maybe a catfish that is hardy and eats alot.
get a bigger filter, and feed the crap out of hte catfish and change water every 3 to 5 days.
then after 1 month, your filter should be cycled.
get a test kit also
as a note: Sometimes when you feed an arowana and its full - it seems very sluggish and slow, like a human that consumed great amoutns of food. At times they may seem like they are sitting at the bottom or just relaxed and kinda not even swimming and just cruising slowly.
but thats providing they dont vommit food and have good filtration.
both my aros, after eating massive amoutns of food, sometimes just float at the top or drift along the bottom of the tank untill the belly digests some of the food, then it swims around lookin for more food
I want to thank those who commented on this post.. even those who were being jack ass...
My arow is alive and well.. i admit i was a bit hasty in putting him inside without a temperature rod.. my tank's temperature is now at 82F..
The little guy is enjoying his 55 ga home quite a lot...
I've been feeding him shrimp, but lately have changed to Feeders.. I'm planning on changing it up so that he doesnt eat feeders.. but its been hard because he only eats moving/live food... arows sticks are a waste on him.. he never touches them.. only my oscar does..
He also has two tank mates.. a 3" black oscar, a 2.5" Benga Peacock Chilid and i'm not sure if i should put a 1.5" jack dempsey inside too.. that little fish is just too small.. Oh i almost forgot.. my Silver arowana is 6".. so he's still a baby...
Attach are the pics.. Enjoy!
My Silver Arow
The Benga Peacock Chilid
Black Oscar always hides.. so no pic.. but we all know how they look like..
Thinking about putting him inside.. but a bit too small i think..
And finally.. the tank..
My arow is alive and well.. i admit i was a bit hasty in putting him inside without a temperature rod.. my tank's temperature is now at 82F..
The little guy is enjoying his 55 ga home quite a lot...
I've been feeding him shrimp, but lately have changed to Feeders.. I'm planning on changing it up so that he doesnt eat feeders.. but its been hard because he only eats moving/live food... arows sticks are a waste on him.. he never touches them.. only my oscar does..
He also has two tank mates.. a 3" black oscar, a 2.5" Benga Peacock Chilid and i'm not sure if i should put a 1.5" jack dempsey inside too.. that little fish is just too small.. Oh i almost forgot.. my Silver arowana is 6".. so he's still a baby...
Attach are the pics.. Enjoy!
My Silver Arow
The Benga Peacock Chilid
Black Oscar always hides.. so no pic.. but we all know how they look like..
Thinking about putting him inside.. but a bit too small i think..
And finally.. the tank..
hi there
i really do suggest to remove those other fish
you will find that silver aro is one of the fastest growing arowanas...
it will grow huge in less than 6 months.
your tank is somewhat too small, ok for the next few months, but from personal experience, i have had a silver aro in a small tank..... it got spine curve.
i really do suggest to remove those other fish
you will find that silver aro is one of the fastest growing arowanas...
it will grow huge in less than 6 months.
your tank is somewhat too small, ok for the next few months, but from personal experience, i have had a silver aro in a small tank..... it got spine curve.
I'm in the process of getting a 100 gallon... if all goes well.. i might have a new tank/ set up..
The two cichild are fine as of now. but ya.. i was a bit worry that they may get eaten.. Thanks for the tip..
If i do get the 100 gallon.. i'm thinking of getting a Black arow too.. but dang little buggers are pricy..
The two cichild are fine as of now. but ya.. i was a bit worry that they may get eaten.. Thanks for the tip..
If i do get the 100 gallon.. i'm thinking of getting a Black arow too.. but dang little buggers are pricy..
aidenb;2368428; said:
The bigger the better yes i've heard of that before.. in an ideal world, i would like a 1,000 gallon tank... (My Uncle has one), but lets face it... some of us have to work and go to school.. at the moment.. i'm going to grad school and need to save up money.... so 100 gallon will have to do....
