my old arowana (died when being transported to new house)
was always a bit of a problem child for me. he was always sick. he would starve for months on end worrying me sick. he was also very skittish at the slightest of sound or movement. one day he jumped straight into the overhead filter and i was scared to death! he was head first jumping about. almost gave me a heart attack. it was ironic that he died when he wasn't under my care. he was 3 years old but never grew much due to his sickness. only under 2 feet. my biggest mistakes were tankmates (RTC, GAR, tiger shovelnose, clown knives - probably scared the **** outta him
). the weird thing is that all his tankmates would thrive, outgrow him and be transfered to the pond. i guess luck was never on his side...