Sup fellow fish keepers..
So i have 2 aquariums.
1 is located in my living room
1 is located in my office
I only have ph, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and TDS test kit.
The tank in my office was only housing 1 king red arowana. The other tank was with a red aro but with some tank mates; pbass, rays, oscars, bichir, and CKF.
First i figured the king in the office wasnt eating much, so i decided to switch his tank with the aro in my house, so i could take a closer look of the king, feed him more and pump his body.
After a while i noticed the king gained a lot of appetites and hes becoming a lot more active than when he was alone in my office. However, now after one month, the other aro in the office is not eating as much as he used to be like when he was in my house.
Then i thought maybe because he doesnt have any tank mates, he loses his sense of competition for food.
Then a week ago, i moved my peacock bass to the office, but now the pbass are also not eating as much as they used to be in their old tank, and the aro is still not eating much.
So any ideas whats goin on here?
Tap Water quality in both my office and home is about the same :
0ppm amonia
0ppm nitrite
40ppm nitrate
Ph right out from tap 6.3-6.4
True ph 7.1-7.2
Water quality in my office tank
0 amonia
0 nitrite
40 nitrate
TDS stays at 130-ish
I use 4 filters with auto drip system, with drip rate about 3GPH, wc 75% once a month, 9x turnover rate
Tank size 285gal, with uv sterilizer, 2 fluval fx6, 1 eheim 2264, 55gal sump with 1320 gph pump
Water quality in my house
0 amonia
0 nitrite
40-60 nitrate
TDS 130-160
3 filters (2 fluval fx6, 1 eheim 2260), 6x turnover rate, 285gal tank, WC 1-2x 50% a week.
So i have 2 aquariums.
1 is located in my living room
1 is located in my office
I only have ph, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and TDS test kit.
The tank in my office was only housing 1 king red arowana. The other tank was with a red aro but with some tank mates; pbass, rays, oscars, bichir, and CKF.
First i figured the king in the office wasnt eating much, so i decided to switch his tank with the aro in my house, so i could take a closer look of the king, feed him more and pump his body.
After a while i noticed the king gained a lot of appetites and hes becoming a lot more active than when he was alone in my office. However, now after one month, the other aro in the office is not eating as much as he used to be like when he was in my house.
Then i thought maybe because he doesnt have any tank mates, he loses his sense of competition for food.
Then a week ago, i moved my peacock bass to the office, but now the pbass are also not eating as much as they used to be in their old tank, and the aro is still not eating much.
So any ideas whats goin on here?
Tap Water quality in both my office and home is about the same :
0ppm amonia
0ppm nitrite
40ppm nitrate
Ph right out from tap 6.3-6.4
True ph 7.1-7.2
Water quality in my office tank
0 amonia
0 nitrite
40 nitrate
TDS stays at 130-ish
I use 4 filters with auto drip system, with drip rate about 3GPH, wc 75% once a month, 9x turnover rate
Tank size 285gal, with uv sterilizer, 2 fluval fx6, 1 eheim 2264, 55gal sump with 1320 gph pump
Water quality in my house
0 amonia
0 nitrite
40-60 nitrate
TDS 130-160
3 filters (2 fluval fx6, 1 eheim 2260), 6x turnover rate, 285gal tank, WC 1-2x 50% a week.
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