your arowana is not getting its proper nutrition, you've been keeping him on fedder fish without supplimenting pellets or other freeze dried foods? live food should only be used as a "treat" with your fish and not as the basis of its diet. if you manage to get your arowana back to normal, remove the feeders and keep them elsewhere(a large bucket etc), then try and feed him pellets, flakes frozen or freeze dried foods. with a varied diet he will get all of the nutients he need to live a long healthy life. i suggest you remove the feeders asap, do a 10gallon water change, add more arertion/water flow and clean your filter. make the water as prestine as possible if you want you aro to recover.
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ill mis him.sorry to hear, but with arowana's there delicate when they are young, best to have some experience or information about them before hand. Well live and learn next time, you will raise a bigger healthier fish, good luck.
First sign something is wrong, they will stop eating. Once they start swimming funny it's usually too late.
First sign something is wrong, they will stop eating. Once they start swimming funny it's usually too late.
hes had no signs so o well he was not bad price i know that sounds bad but......... he was only about 20. but i am getting a larger one now for 35 and its 10 inches.
You might want to think of a larger tank before you spend your money on another fish, I know you want to replace him ASAP but do some reading first, ask some questions on here. I'm 37 and I have to because i don't know.
I think you'll have better luck with an Arowana when you're set up to keep one, tank, filter system, meters, heaters, meds and most importantly the knowledge how to use it all properly. It's tough to loose fish, big or small because most of the time we know it's down to our poor managment of the fishes envoronment, but learn from it, don't just rush out and buy another to replace the one you lost until you're ready.
Sorry for your loss and I hope this helps.
I think you'll have better luck with an Arowana when you're set up to keep one, tank, filter system, meters, heaters, meds and most importantly the knowledge how to use it all properly. It's tough to loose fish, big or small because most of the time we know it's down to our poor managment of the fishes envoronment, but learn from it, don't just rush out and buy another to replace the one you lost until you're ready.
Sorry for your loss and I hope this helps.
well i have a 55 and in a month or two i am getting a 125 for my bio cube its set up w/ canister filter and norm filter undergravel the whole sheabang.
sorry to hear... but next time make sure your RO unit still has a clean membrane or else your just adding pure ammonia to your tank..... its happened to be before and i lost 1/2 of my stock cause of it...
dam , sorry to here you lost him mate , after reading later posts than mine ,i think that maybe the reason you lost him was an ammonia spike from adding the new filter ,a arow at that size it very delicate , you should have much more luck with a larger specimen ,BUT before you buy him make shure you test your water for ammonia and nitrite and make shure they are ZERO if unsure pop a sample into the local shop and get them to test it. also have some sort of plan for when he gets bigger ,as you probably know a 125gal is not going to last for life, so make sure you can either supply larger tank when he grows or have someone who is willing to take him off you , rehousing large arowana is not that easy , also ask to see new one eating in shop ,make sure it looks perfect, and not thin no missing barbells or scales ,silvers are easy to come by and you can afford to be picky ,this will also give you the best chance of success with it , find out what the shop has been feeding it ,and do try to get it on arowana pellets then just feed feeders as treats very occasionally , personally i never feed feeders but that choice is down to each individual , also if you haven't bought your 125 yet ,have a think about it and maybe get a custom tank built by local tank builder (sometimes can even work out cheaper than a shop tank often not much more expensive) don't worry about height but get the widest tank you can afford / fit in your room , i.e a 3ft wide 3ft long x 18" high would be much better than a 6ft long by 12 inches wide by 3ft high ,obviously the more floor space the better though , good luck with what ever you decide on
well he sold third day lfs had him i know cause my best friend works up there at the lfs and told me. but i will get one after i get my 125 and its running for about a month to get ph and whatnot at good state but once he grows dont know if this is good idea but at a local farm supply shop they have a 1165 gal. polypropalene? but poly stock tank its like a hard plastic its about 15 feet across and about 2 1/2 feet deep but i would make the barrel filter on it one or two or three if i have to but i get a whole room for fish and reptiles and also a WHOLE basement so.... but its mostly gunna be for my burmese pythons when larger.
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