New fish: African Arowana

[Nova 8]

Sorry about your loss, you have no idea at all why it died, not even an incurring. They are cool fish and I think they are worth a second try, really under rated in the Aro keeper community IMO.

 

[ewurm]

Sorry man. That sucks. Try again.

 

[Miguel]

Never ever will I try...this stupid deaths, unexplainable...why did it not die in the LFS?

 

[T1KARMANN]

i would also like to try but they seam hard to take care of

do you think it being active all the time was a bad thing and it was looking for food or badly stressed

 

[Loubard]

Sorry to hear it died on you. I actually asked an importer to get one for me at 10" so I am hopefully going to try one soon.

 

[neoprodigy]

sorry levi... try again... i heard they are tough to keep till its over 7" you need good water plus alot of food... my friend did well with live black worms..

 

[TheMightyOscar]

well, scratch that idea. I woke up today and he's dead.

damn...sorry to hear that man..

 

[ewurm]

Happened to my Angelfish too. SUFD

Sudden Unexpected Fish Death.

Worse than SIDS.

 

[WyldFya]

Sorry for your loss. Such a cool fish.

 

[softturtle]

Sorry to hear that bro. Are they really filter feeders? I was thinkin to myself on how to feed them and those "continuous hatch 'n feeder" brine shrimp things came to mind. You would probably need like 4 or 5 of them, but it might work.

continuous hatch 'n feeder

BOTR has or had an african aro that was eating tetra color bits. When I seen his african, it was around a foot long. So he was doing something right, maybe he will chime in.