Just got a healthy baby african aro

[fishloverblake]

i bought the sponge filter, some nice small fine gravel, and all the food.
im doing 50% water changes every other day. is there any thing else i can do to keep him healthy?

 

[cichlaguapote]

is there any thing else i can do to keep him healthy?

pray, pray, pray..

 

[Crustman]

Try some frozen bloodworms. You can get frozen baby brine and adult brine shrimp. Go to a local pond and collect mosquito wigglers or midges. Get a fine net. Do all this quickly. The death clock is ticking. You can stop it!

 

[Crustman]

Don't do all the water changes unless you are sure that the replacement water is fully treated. Your tank ionic balance will fluctuate if you change water all the time. I hope it was well cycled. Sponge or rotifer filters take awhile to build up organisms.

 

[fishloverblake]

im feeding him frozen baby brine shrimp, and frozen blood worms.

 

[BOTR]

I might reccomend that you crush up some Hikari floating sticks. Mine fed on them from about 5" all the way to 20" +. Selling this fish was probably my biggest regret. Gret fish with great personality.

 

[fishloverblake]

you mean hikari arowana floating pellets? cuz i also feed him crushed tetra cichlid flake, crushed tetra color flake, and crushed hikari cichlid gold pellets.

 

[BOTR]

Yep, the arowana pellets. As mine got bigger, like around 10" or so, he would grind them down all on his own.

 

[fishloverblake]

nice, so u guys, does it sound like he has a chance?

 

[BOTR]

Not to be insulting.... Just being honest.

I would say probably not. This is just based purely on what I have read in this thread. It would seem that you may not be a very exp. keeper. I may be way off base here, but this is a very tough fish to raise. If you can get it past 7" or so, then you're mostly in the clear. I wish you the best, but again this is a fish that takes some dedication and exp. to keep it alive at this size.

Any chance of some photos?

Thanks,
Chris