jardini arowana problem, help!

[Alex8947]

my larger tank is fine but the current was to strong for him in there, the other tank was an old tank that had been established but never had any fish in there hes doing better and swimming fine but hes still kinda weak

 

[Bderick67]

Really? The 55g was established but didn't have a filter.

Good luck with your fish,

 

[Alex8947]

it originally had an ehiem canister but some how the motor melted? but it was cycled. i changed out half of the water before putting him in to be safe the ammonia in the larger tank was a little high at .5ppm

 

[scriving]

it originally had an ehiem canister but some how the motor melted? but it was cycled. i changed out half of the water before putting him in to be safe the ammonia in the larger tank was a little high at .5ppm

most of you BB is in the filter so once their is nothing for you BB to grow on your tank is not cycled anymore just FYI.

 

[Alex8947]

i thought so but i really had no other place for him he was just getting thrown around, i just hope he recovers from what ever it is

 

[Alex8947]

what i have noticed is that his stomach looks a little bloated

 

[Gshock]

i don't think it's going to die, but if it does, lesson learnt for next time.

Don't feed cooked Shrimp to your fish !

The nutrional value is decreased when cooked and neccessary enzymes for digestion are stripped away !

If your going to feed shrimp, make sure it is as fresh as possible with no additives. Freeze them for 24-48hours to remove parasites. Don't buy the peeled shrimp unless you are 100% sure they are fresh and additve free. The ones from the supermarkets always have additves, don't use them.

This is most probable reason why your fish is the way it is.

You can add some epson salt to the tank to help with it's digestion.

If your water paramenters are good, then the fish should ok.

Feeding cooked shrimp is perfectly fine, although it does lack in nutrients, its fine. If the fish was poisoned by additives, it would not be coughing up air bubbles, from that we know is a gas bladder problem, not to mention the flipping and unbalanced swimming.

Anyways, not a smart idea to move your half dead aro into an uncycled tank with half a tank full of old water. If the big tank had too much current, you should have just taken out the power head or something, no reason to be moving a sick aro unnecessarily. If its a gas bladder problem, which it seems to be in this case, then in almost all cases, its already beyond saving.

 

[Alex8947]

well the flipping stopped but he doesn't seem as agile kinda slugish

 

[rhodes_96]

Feeding cooked shrimp is perfectly fine, although it does lack in nutrients, its fine.

I disagree, I have seen what cooked shrimp/prawns can do to fish. Normally it's not so quick to take effect, and most times it takes several feedings for the problem to become apparent. But in fish who are living in an already stressed environment, with high possibilty t of their immune system under attack, it does not take much for a small issue to become a more critical one.

I have to agree with on the water conditions. How times people say my water conditions are good, yet they don't know how or have the equipement to test for it to be true.

 

[arodini]

If your going to feed shrimp, make sure it is as fresh as possible with no additives. Freeze them for 24-48hours to remove parasites. Don't buy the peeled shrimp unless you are 100% sure they are fresh and additve free. The ones from the supermarkets always have additves, don't use them.

if not from the supermarkets, then where do you buy the shrimps from in Aus? in the US, that's where we get them from, at least i do.

OP, sorry for the off-the-topic note above. hope your jar doing better...