new to arrowana, need help =)

[andyc228]

u gonna feed it those feeders ? try get it on pellets

 

[nchung08]

what exactly does cycling does anyways? what kind of hints would it give me before it would die from not cycling?

the store i bought this arowana allows u up to 5 days to make any exchanges or refund if your not happy with the fish.. i guess ill return it in a few days after i see if anything goes wrong

the tank is probably the size you told, i didnt have a tape measure nor do i have one now. its an estimated size that i did real quick..

ill try to get some pellets after he finish his goldfishes, i bought them a couple days before i got the arowana and put half of them in a lil container when i got the aro

 

[geeimatree]

you need to research the nitrogen cycle
the overall cycle is complex, but what you need to know is a very simple concept...

as someone stated before - the fish urinates and that is ammonia, which is then converted to nitrites, and then converted to nitrates

there are bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrites and then nitrites to nitrates
they need time to grow when a tank is first established and thats why there is a fluctuation of ammonia, and then nitrites, and then nitrates in the tank when cycling

ammonia is toxic to the fish and when the ammonia fluctuates, the fish will die...
nitrites are even more toxic to the fish and even the smallest measurable amount of nitrites can kill a fish
nitrates are less toxic, and can be tolerated up to 20 ppm, you can get rid of nitrates by regular water changes

you also said that you have time to see if you can see any problems that occur to the fish - you really cant take any chances... the fluctuation could occur when you are gone for a while and you'll find your arowana dead in the tank when you get back

this is something you can google and easily find information on... please try harder on your research...

 

[geeimatree]

i dont want to kill any arowana,

look im not trying to be mean, but if you really dont want to kill any arowana, you would return this arowana and hold off for a bit so that you can do your research and get the tank properly cycled

you can either do this, or learn the consequences of keeping a fish, especially a baby fish, in an uncycled tank the hard way

 

[nchung08]

you got me there, im gonan give them a call tomorrow and ask if that specific person who sold me the arowana is working tomorrow. they dont have any receipt or what so ever, i bargained the fish down too.

 

[jay17]

Very sad, adding an arowana to an uncycled tank. I would be surprised if it is able to last 10 days


BTW that's not a 180s tank looks too be in the 110-120 range 60" x 18" x 24"

but when i got my first aro (never heard of mfk before), i also bought my first tank.. added water, salt, some anti chlorine and anti stress, let the plastic bag containing my aro float for half an hour and let him swim free after that.. and after a 5 months, my jar is still alive.. very healthy, monster appetite and as mean as hell.. my point is, though there are guidlines in safely putting your aro in it's new tank, "violating" it doenst mean the aro will die after a few days let alone months.. maybe i was just lucky but i surely believe that even if you were wrong in putting the aro in an uncycled tank, it still has a chance of having a healthy and long life given you properly take care of your aro.. jsut my two cents..

 

[nchung08]

but when i got my first aro (never heard of mfk before), i also bought my first tank.. added water, salt, some anti chlorine and anti stress, let the plastic bag containing my aro float for half an hour and let him swim free after that.. and after a 5 months, my jar is still alive.. very healthy, monster appetite and as mean as hell.. my point is, though there are guidlines in safely putting your aro in it's new tank, "violating" it doenst mean the aro will die after a few days let alone months.. maybe i was just lucky but i surely believe that even if you were wrong in putting the aro in an uncycled tank, it still has a chance of having a healthy and long life given you properly take care of your aro.. jsut my two cents..

i did everything you did. this is how my mom and i would do for our fishes before, it was a monster koi and it never gave up on us.. thats why im not aware of this cycling thing

 

[jay17]

i did everything you did. this is how my mom and i would do for our fishes before, it was a monster koi and it never gave up on us.. thats why im not aware of this cycling thing

me too.. i thought that if it worked for our fh, goldfish and koi, it would also work for my aro.. and it did..

 

[kosarosal]

Theres nothing wrong trying dude... but for sure, they know what they are saying. Maybe your lucky enough that your baby aro survived in an uncycled water, but how about next time? Dude theres nothing wrong trying. Try to use a dumped water on your next maintenance and and adding some "fish guard" liquids you'll find by researching and try to observe how the fish responds...then decide which way you'll gonna use.

 

[jay17]

Theres nothing wrong trying dude... but for sure, they know what they are saying. Maybe your lucky enough that your baby aro survived in an uncycled water, but how about next time? Dude theres nothing wrong trying. Try to use a dumped water on your next maintenance and and adding some "fish guard" liquids you'll find by researching and try to observe how the fish responds...then decide which way you'll gonna use.

my point is, though following the cycled tank rule is the golden rule (emphasis on that), your aro will not surely die if you put him immediately in an uncycled tank.. but it never hurts if you follow the rules and it surely have it's advantages..