Update on my RTG (It's not good!)

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Sorry about your lost........... That's a nice looking RTG. My RTG puke once in a while also. When did you start feeding it before the move? And how many SW did it take?

Mine haven't been eating as much since i increase the current flow. Don't know if strong current is affecting it's appetite.
 
DDragon, i fed it about 2 weeks before the move. It had definitely been picking at pellets as well, probably about 7 to 8 weeks into starving it.
I fed it about 8 to 10 worms on the first feed, and missed a day then repeated. After a week of doing that i fed it as much as it wanted. It started to pig out though, it was eating SW i fed it, some pellets that I'd put in the tank while feeding it SW, and it also picked up a few pieces of MS i'd thrown in for my Dats.
I also think the 10 weeks had more to do with its death than just the removal guys shifting furniture and shocking it.
Regarding eating less, It's obvious they wouldn't eat nearly as much as they get in a tank were they in the wild. They really slow down at the 15 inch mark. Sometimes mine went weeks without showing any interest in food, hence i wanted it on stick as a main because it's easier and cleaner for my tank. My tanks real clean now LOL!

East_bay. I offered it aro sticks every day of the 10 weeks mate. I didn't neglect to feed it, i wanted it on sticks. I didn't think it would take 10 weeks though, 5 or 6 yes.
Thing is once it got to 6 weeks i felt like no turning back because i knew if i were to try again to get it on sticks i would have to go at least 6 weeks and beyond. Its stressful for the owner as well as the fish, so i just kept going. But with the house move looming i wanted it to be strong for the move. 2 weeks before i gave it worms. There were a few sticks in the tank and it took them as well as the worms i was giving it.
I got it on sticks but ultimately i lost the fish. I am going to buy another RTG some time in the future, and it will be on sticks at an early age.

I was talking with my wife last night and she suggested i try different fish.
I'm adamant to get another RTG. I'm really not happy that i killed it, and i need to rectify the mistakes i made with it by owning another.
 
Thanks for clarifying CC.... it seem you took great precaution with preparing it for the move. I'm still not convince that the 10 weeks of starvation killed it. You feed it 2 weeks prior. That's should be plenty of time for it to gets it strength back. Could it be indigestion?

I'm pondering about this cause some of the SW i gave to my RGT it will not take. It just chew it and spit it out and other SW it eats it right away. I aways select the live active SW. In some instance i would try giving it a nearly dead one and it would chew it and spit it out.

Once in awhile i will see a regurgitate SW with slim coat and still in SW shape. I'm concern now with the quality of the SW and the aro digestive system.
 
I been told different stories by different suppliers.
One guy told me his show piece X back died suddenly and he got a friend at
Chulalongkorn hospital to open it up, he said the contents of its stomach was nothing but white, cream, slime and it smelled foul. His fish only ate SW and he said that's what killed it. He owns an aro shop and will not feed any of his fish SW now.
But other shops have contradicted this so i don't really know.

When mine barfed is was like a blob of transparent jelly, no worm bit or anything.
Only the last time it regurgitated food did it have something in it i recognized, pellets.
I'll tell you something else in 4 years i never, ever saw that fish poop. Not once!
 
Sorry for your loss.
 
Thanks Brian, we live and learn. Learning with Asian aros is expensive though.
 
Well... if it doesn't effect you and your not sad at all then its time for an Upgrade to a Gold Head Arowana =D
 
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