I think my silver is dieing, I need fast help

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
doesn't look good it looks real thin too. Does it ram its body against the glass? I had a 26" die he just started flipping out one day and ramming the glass tops eventually he killed himself Good luck
 
Like I suggested in your previous thread on this, you need to isolate the aro from the other tank mates in order for it to have achance to recover.
 
I agree with Bderick67. The aro is fine with the lights off, he can't be in that bad of shape.

Open a blind or two (if you can) and use room lighting to see what's going in tank. If you lighting isn't a single strip light, try lighting up the one side of the tank and see how it reacts to the lit side. This at least give it the opportunity to stay in the dark and you can check out what's going on with the others. If the room is as dark as in the video all the time that's a tough transition after two weeks. Take you time and don't rush it. I don't think he needs to be put down, you just need to be patient with this and give it a chance to adjust. He may also have hurt himself during the first freak out.
 
I'd say your fish is suffering the after effects of sensory deprivation. Lock yourself in a room without light for 2 weeks and see what happens.
You have to remember that Arowanas are sight hunters active in the daylight, not at night.

You say with the lights off the Aro "acts normal", but I don't see where you address whether or not this fish is eating. My Arowanas don't eat in the dark. So is yours eating or not?

As a possible 1st step towards bringing your fish back to some modicum of normalcy, try some very low moonlighting effect. Either LED or even a short string of blue Xmas lights.

But BD is abolutely correct in recommending isolation, because those Motoros will gnaw on him as soon as he hits the bottom of the tank. so far it's just been the tail and fins but one of these times it's going to be more and you'll awake to a half eaten Aro.
 
i agree with isolation and a gradual reintrodution to light...if another tank isn't an option use a divider to keep the rays away. and in the future maybe have a dim "night lite" for the fish...it is never "pitch black" in the wild so your tank should match.imo
 
You guys are getting hung up on the lights, which it is not the issue. The aro has injured itself, it needs to be by itself in a dim well aerated tank. I would add a table spoon of salt per 5 gallon of water. With temp at about 82-84 dgrees. It will either heal or die.
 
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