New one eyed armatus!!!

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Such a cool Armatus. So happy you saved him! I was thinking a positive thing about the eye missing was thinking that he wont spook himself out as much. My opinion I would get him on silver sides and krill.
 
amazontank said:
Such a cool Armatus. So happy you saved him! I was thinking a positive thing about the eye missing was thinking that he wont spook himself out as much. My opinion I would get him on silver sides and krill.
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Thanks!! He doesn't have any fin rot i just thought that all armatus have the white banding in the tail he's ok. He struck at least 3 pieces of krill but isn't taking them consistently. Im not a fan of silversides due to the thiamine and the preservatives and stuff. My goal is massivore eventually (just take a look at djaalixs armatus) but he won't even look at krill most of the time... How big is your armatus?


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Quick update: I was water changing yesterday and I wasnt paying too much attention and I was siphoning a corner he was in and instead of running from the siphon he shot up it and panicked. I got him out in like .5 seconds i was so nervous i was thinking WTF the whole time!! The whole time keeping fish never had a fish do that. He has some missing scales and a split pectoral fin. All i can say is WTF. I added extra salt and he should be fine i think. I just hate when your prize fish gets even a little hurt. Also an interesting thing he does often inthe lower current areas is go in a head down position tail up. Really weird. Ill get some pics up soon.


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Well now that most of the fish are healed up i was going to sell them all ad get a ray, but my armatus knocked over the divider in the middle of the night and got to the other side. No one was injured or anything in the morning. The more I think about it i think ill give it one last go. If you don't take risks you will never know. Any ways he is no longer the king anymore my crenicichla Venezuela is pushing around and away from his pile of rocks and pipes so thats a good sign i guess. Fed him a couple goldfish to help keep him full and lower aggression. All fish in the tank except the Florida gar are off live. Sorry for the blurry phone pics also need to clean the glass too.


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Well as expected the crenicichla was harassing the armatus too much nipping him around the face so divider is back up pm me if you wanna buy/trade any of my other fish lol im going to dedicate almost everything to this guy probably going to get a ray or something of that sort. once every one is fully 100% healed ill post a FS thread soon too.


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