About one week ago, my arowana ate three rosy red minnows in one night, a few dried shrimps the next day, another minnow the next night, and a few more shrimps the day after. It stopped eating the next day and the following day after it stopped, it started swimming near the bottom of the tank. It has now been about 5 days or so since it had stopped eating and began swimming at the bottom. Will it go back to normal? I've already gotten the water tested, and everything is fine. I didn't know we were overfeeding it til i started doing some research the past few days. I'm not sure if it could be some other problem also.
Need help with possibly overfed Arowana
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Do you quarantine the live food?
It's got to be a silver based on where you live and i don't know too much about them, but how big is it?
I have an Asian Arowana which has now reached about 16 inches, typically this is the size they stop to grow so fast so I've read.
I have been having the same problem, I feed it big crickets, super worms and sticks.
I feed it every day and feed it until it stops. I've since read on here from more experienced aro keepers this is not good practice when they're getting bigger. I was advised every other day would be better. Mine eats then sits on the bottom in the same place. I think it does this to digest and poo because after a week or so there is a build up of whitish or gray stuff on top of the gravel which I can only presume is poo.
Once it's rested it tends to swim around as they should and it's very active in the evening before i feed it. Remember in the wild they live on a lot less than we feed them.
If your silver is reaching (I'm guessing here) 15 to 20 inches you may want to cut back on how much you give it and when.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=245429
See this thread for more info.
It's got to be a silver based on where you live and i don't know too much about them, but how big is it?
I have an Asian Arowana which has now reached about 16 inches, typically this is the size they stop to grow so fast so I've read.
I have been having the same problem, I feed it big crickets, super worms and sticks.
I feed it every day and feed it until it stops. I've since read on here from more experienced aro keepers this is not good practice when they're getting bigger. I was advised every other day would be better. Mine eats then sits on the bottom in the same place. I think it does this to digest and poo because after a week or so there is a build up of whitish or gray stuff on top of the gravel which I can only presume is poo.
Once it's rested it tends to swim around as they should and it's very active in the evening before i feed it. Remember in the wild they live on a lot less than we feed them.
If your silver is reaching (I'm guessing here) 15 to 20 inches you may want to cut back on how much you give it and when.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=245429
See this thread for more info.
the only safe feeders are ones that you raise yourself.. i hope thats the case since so many especially rosy reds are full of disease which in turn feeding them will or could have a impact on your healthy arow... so unless you raise your own your better off and so is he getting him on a pelleted food.. has all the nutrition he needs.. and you can always add shrimp and frozen silver sides etc..the rosy reds offer very little nutrition in comparison... . but one thing is for sure do not panic when arow stops eating for a while.. they do fast from time to time.. up to many weeks sometimes... hope your guys is doing better soon..
i have 2 aros and one of the aros prefers to swim in the mid and bottom level.it does swim on the surface from time to time but not on the top all the time. i dont see why swimming low would be much of a problem. not eating is a problem though because the aro is really small for it to fast. its not good for an aro that small to fastsk8mon;3194654; said:
YES YOUR RIGHT..6 inches is too small for him to fast.good chance he is must be constipated from too much food. How is he doing now? i hope better... add some aquariam salt to tank..according to directions.. per gallons etc.. may help ...smartlove_518;3195032; said:
smartlove_518;3195032; said:
I was concerned because my arowana used to swim near the middle to top of the tank. However, after eating those minnows and shrimps for 2-3 days, it then went to the bottom.. about an inch above the gravel, but most of the time, gliding along the top of the gravel.
i dont think it ate too much, what happens in the wild when they can catch so many fish on a good day. they just get fat and then rest and digest. if the water is fine and temps are ok then the arow will just get hungry again in next day or so. too much food and digestion will often overload the tank filter capacity.
i do see a heck of a lot of negative points about feeder fish having and carrying diseases but i dont think this is always the case that they are transfered to your fish. it is a good point to consider and look for but if the water is good and depending on the disease often nothing bad will happen.
i give my fish, a jar, the sickest fish on the farm, not a perfect practise by any means but it does prove a point. the water that the jar is in is fine. the water that the sick fish came from wasnt so good.
a lot of sick fish arent sick just from a pathogen/bug. other reasons are lack of oxygen and high ammonia etc etc. its a compound thing most of the time. bad water, crowding and excess handling.
sure things like whitespot will infect but a lot of feeder fish diseases arent so applicable here. if it has caught a fish disease, then you should be able to something else wrong other than just not eating. other than that it will likely come good, keep an eye on water quality and temperature. remember the biggest reason why things will go off their food is water Q and temps. do not start doing all manner of things trying to fix your fish if you dont know what is wrong. check your heater/temp and check water again and do small changes or this thread could turn out worse than it otherwise might. good luck.
i do see a heck of a lot of negative points about feeder fish having and carrying diseases but i dont think this is always the case that they are transfered to your fish. it is a good point to consider and look for but if the water is good and depending on the disease often nothing bad will happen.
i give my fish, a jar, the sickest fish on the farm, not a perfect practise by any means but it does prove a point. the water that the jar is in is fine. the water that the sick fish came from wasnt so good.
a lot of sick fish arent sick just from a pathogen/bug. other reasons are lack of oxygen and high ammonia etc etc. its a compound thing most of the time. bad water, crowding and excess handling.
sure things like whitespot will infect but a lot of feeder fish diseases arent so applicable here. if it has caught a fish disease, then you should be able to something else wrong other than just not eating. other than that it will likely come good, keep an eye on water quality and temperature. remember the biggest reason why things will go off their food is water Q and temps. do not start doing all manner of things trying to fix your fish if you dont know what is wrong. check your heater/temp and check water again and do small changes or this thread could turn out worse than it otherwise might. good luck.
i dont think aros in the wild swim on the top all the time too. they come to the surface to hunt for food that is it. usually in tanks we keep them well fed and tanks have lids too.so they have nothing to do other than swim on the surface. and morever my lid is black and not even transparent so they cant even see anything. so what i think is since the aros are well fed and not hungry they might not feel the need to swin on the surface at all and just stay at the bottom and relaxsk8mon;3196870; said: