Tough loss, 2 dead monster armatus

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Most have you recalled the issue that I had about a month ago with an injured armatus.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?438091-Moving-sick-armatus-yay-or-nay

I did moved the injured armatus and he was killed due to malfunction heater. I am still kicking my own ass for this one..

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He was 16"

Immediately after I moved him out, the larger one started to act weird. He refused food (he usually eat 3-4 whole smelts or a whole tilapia fillet per day)

He also started to swim towards the top of the tank where his dorsal would be out of water. Mostly staying in one corner and not move for a whole day.

I did what I could, leave the light on and etc.

Finally one day, I came home and found him on the floor. He apparently jumped through the glass top. He never try to jump in the past 2 years. I didn't even weight the glass top before.

He was a solid 18"

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I think I am done with armatus for now, if I do get back in, I am only going to get one and be done with it.

Stan
 
Lesson learned:

NEVER SEPARATE a shoal of armatus...I think the separation is what did the second one.
 
this is pretty common. u have kept them to a good size...

my last ones died at about 14" for no reason too

seems they just dont do good in captivity. my first one lasted the longest... but i had him on live foods for a long time
 
These two were only on live until they were about 4-5", they've been on massivore, smelt, tilapia, shrimp and crawlers (smaller one) since then.
 
Dang! I'm so sorry Stan!
 
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