I think my silver is sick.

[Tizer]

Ok, I had bought medium sized but I will feed them to my Jag and get some small ones tomorrow when im buying the garlic.

 

[Miguel]

Ok, I had bought medium sized but I will feed them to my Jag and get some small ones tomorrow when im buying the garlic.

no need to buy new ones ( except if they gigantic )..just take the big legs out and observe, ok?

and wellcome to the aro lunatics!

 

[Tizer]

Ok, I think there is some smaller ones in the tub so I will feed them first and pull the legs off if they look to big.

Thanks for the welcome.

 

[ethnics]

hes only 7", i still consider that un stable, anything over a foot is almost a guarantee it'll make it to adult hood without jumping ship. miguel is right with the krickets, but i personally have never ever even fed that to my aros. it either ate, or it didnt. hopefully yours does.

 

[Tizer]

Well he ate 2 crickets this morning before I went to the fish store to try and get the garlic with no luck. I can try a different store near my work tomorrow and if that fails I guess I will need to order online.

Apart from him eating he is still hiding up behind the spray bar, its as if he is balancing in the sparaybar supports that are holding the spraybar in place. He comes out for a short swim and then goes back.
If I go over to the tank he comes out also.

Should I leave him alone for the time being or should I divide the tank and put him on his own for a while to see if his behaviour improves. There is no visible signs of him being bullied by any of the other fish but maybe he just feels threatened?

 

[Red Devil]

Well he ate 2 crickets this morning before I went to the fish store to try and get the garlic with no luck. I can try a different store near my work tomorrow and if that fails I guess I will need to order online.

Apart from him eating he is still hiding up behind the spray bar, its as if he is balancing in the sparaybar supports that are holding the spraybar in place. He comes out for a short swim and then goes back.
If I go over to the tank he comes out also.

Should I leave him alone for the time being or should I divide the tank and put him on his own for a while to see if his behaviour improves. There is no visible signs of him being bullied by any of the other fish but maybe he just feels threatened?

Well one thing is great..that he ate 2 crickets.. i would say that is really great and a very great sign that he is doing okay..

 

[Miguel]

As Liz ( aka Grandma Red Devil ) states, he is eating ..and more quantity. Good news.
Second good news is it seems comfortable with you.

Now for the hard part. Something is making it nervous. I would not take the aro out of that tank so as not to stress it again.

Your call, now, my friend.

But she is not sick.

 

[Tizer]

I wasn't planning on taking it out, i meant divide the tank with a bit of perspex or egg crate just so it had a side to itself to see how its behaviour changed.

 

[Red Devil]

As Liz ( aka Grandma Red Devil ) states, he is eating ..and more quantity. Good news.
Second good news is it seems comfortable with you.

Now for the hard part. Something is making it nervous. I would not take the aro out of that tank so as not to stress it again.

Your call, now, my friend.

But she is not sick.

"Your a riot Alice" Miguel..but you are so positively right... you know your stuff!!!

 

[Bderick67]

On no 4, he is not in the current, he is hiding up behind the spraybar away from the current. I may try dividing off the tank for a while and see if he is more settled alone. If thats the case I have some decisions to make in regards to what stays and goes.


In regards to number 5, how do you give him the garlic and how much? I have never heard of this before. Should I put some in for the crickets to eat before I then feed them to the arow?

You mat try pointing the spray bar down. Give him some areas to swim with no current at all. I know my Silver does not like strong currents.