I know you guys probably won't be able to help me much because I don't have a lot of information or pics, but my aro is in serious trouble. The last couple of days I noticed it wasn't so ecstatic about eating the freeze-dried krill as usual, but otherwise, seemed fine. Today, I noticed it was kinda hiding out by the filter and wouldnt come out unless I turned the lights off, but it still isnt moving around like usual. Someone is picking on it, but IDK who. His pec fins are starting to tear a little and its losing scales. I didnt notice anything at all till a few days ago. About 5 days ago, I put the red oscar and 4-lined pim back in the tank (were being treated for ich), but I never noticed anything when they were in there before. The only other fish that hasnt been in there w/ the aro for a while is the lima shovlenose. I never notice any aggression towards the aro or any other fish by anyone, so it has to be happening when nobody's watching and the lights are off. Who do you think is the culprit? I can't see it being either of the catfish (esp. the pim), but I guess it's possible. I'm going to put the oscar in the 20 for right now and I put a bunch of NovAqua in the water. I don't think it would pick on the aro, but it's the most logical option. What else should I do? If the 20g didnt have such small cichlids, I would throw them in the 125 and put the aro alone in the 20. I don't really have any room to set up the 55 right now, either.
I'm thinking I may need to get rid of the aro until I have a 10x4x3 tank established and get a larger aro, maybe even a jar that will hold its own.
I'm thinking I may need to get rid of the aro until I have a 10x4x3 tank established and get a larger aro, maybe even a jar that will hold its own.
