Whts The Deal With These Large Black's Dropping Off???

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Seem like you caught him in early stage. Raise temp to 86F-88F, and add salt (3g/L). It's best if you have a quarantine tank for him, drop the water level as low as possible, just barely cover its back (water level 1-2" above its back). It will help the arowana not using its strength try to keep it float. Good luck! I lost 4 arowana the past 3-4 months (2 are black, 1 leichardti) :( It seems like black or leichardti are more sensitive than their cousin, silver or jardini.
 
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Heat and salt also stimulate better eating habbits and digestion

jlnguyen74;4702192; said:
Seem like you caught him in early stage. Raise temp to 86F-88F, and add salt (3g/L). It's best if you have a quarantine tank for him, drop the water level as low as possible, just barely cover its back (water level 1-2" above its back). It will help the arowana not using its strength try to keep it float. Good luck! I lost 4 arowana the past 3-4 months (2 are black, 1 leichardti) :( It seems like black or leichardti are more sensitive than their cousin, silver or jardini.
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hbluehunter;4702158; said:
Man i was looking at Black aro threads and don't wanna see this one.. My 30" Big Black stopped eating like 2 weeks ago and won't touch anything i drop in the tank.. I hope my big black isn't the next on the list to go..:cry: Hope yours get's better before you have to put him down..
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WOW ANOTHER!!

jlnguyen74;4702192; said:
Seem like you caught him in early stage. Raise temp to 86F-88F, and add salt (3g/L). It's best if you have a quarantine tank for him, drop the water level as low as possible, just barely cover its back (water level 1-2" above its back). It will help the arowana not using its strength try to keep it float. Good luck! I lost 4 arowana the past 3-4 months (2 are black, 1 leichardti) :( It seems like black or leichardti are more sensitive than their cousin, silver or jardini.
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I thought so too, but i lost my big silver recently too.
 
I lost 4 blacks in 2 months. ( talking 2 footers here )

They never stopped eating with gusto ( although many many aro's go on hunger strike )

One was beaten up by my RTG, so that does not count.

The other 3, I am not sure what happened. At first I thought they had been beaten (or at least harassed to death ) by a Xback, but they had no outward signs of agression.

They died one after the other in the space of one week. ( I did not notice any awkward swimming signs )

Params all right. Xback in awesome condition ( as well as the other fish )

Reading the above stuff made me wonder....
 
i never knew. i thought they were hardy fish. Something is not right about all this. I blame several deaths that i have had Armatus, and my black on my tig. once the lights go out he is on the prowl. I have decided to not shut the lights off, until i can move some fish around so he dont kill everything. (i dont know for sure it was him though)

Like what was said above, i noticed no damage to his body at all.
 
I wonder how JohnPTC and A Importz fish are? they both have mobs of adult or close to adult sized blacks- maybe one of them could shed some light on the subject
 
AllisterCrowley;4705813; said:
I wonder how JohnPTC and A Importz fish are? they both have mobs of adult or close to adult sized blacks- maybe one of them could shed some light on the subject
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sorry nothing to add............ i have 15 adult blacks in the big tank but so far so good.

sorry for your losses :(
 
well mine is still alive (barely)

its been about 2 months since he has eaten anything, so i took him out and force fed him 2 earthworms

i should have tried this weeks ago :screwy:

we will see wht happens, but he might not make it through the night from the stress...
 
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