Can someone PLEASE help me figure out whats up with my Silver Arowana?
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Like tlindsey posted. It’s bacteria in a bottle. Helps to seed ur media so it can cycle urtank a little faster.
Depends on the temperature, sometimes if the water temp got out of the range of what it is suitable for the fish, the fish could become less active. If the water is fine but the fish still does that, stronger water flow could help the fish become more active as the fish would swim against the flow. It helps them to be stronger also its good for the water to flow through their gills. And having a stronger water flow you can just simply install a in tank filter. Other than the water flow, air pump can also help a fish to become more active as their are more oxygen in the water.
okay im so confused right now! so i did another water change this morning and it didnt seem to do much, ive been away today and i just got home now my entire tank is flipped upside down! the silver aro is being bore active but is drooping when he swims, my electric blue acara cichlids are sitting at the tank bottom, and my clown loach is swimming at the top of the wall someone please tell me they know the problem!! 
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The fact that you don't know what cycling is and you have an arowana concerns me. Arowanas get up to 3 feet. What are your long-term plans for it? Arowanas at this size grow about 2 inches per month. You need to keep them well fed, have fairly strong waterflow, and transfer it to a bigger tank shortly. It will require a 240 gallon at least when grown.
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Clown loaches are schooling fish. Just for clown loaches you need a 90 gallon tank. As for the clown loach at the top, that is an indicator of low oxygen levels. If you drop your water level and have stronger flow that will help. Arowanas are able to breathe air when O2 levels are low, but none of the other fish in there can. Always leave about 2 inches of space between the lid and water level.
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This is actually really sad because we have alot of replies but no one here is really stressing the severity of the situation nor is the op getting how to fix the situation as too many suggestions when there is only one thing to worry about right now.
YOUR FISH ARE CURRENTLY DYING THROUGH UNFIT LIVING CONDITION BY THE MEANS OF TOXIC WATER.
You need to act immediately!!
Step 1. Change as much water as you can. This mean very large water changes daily. But it's super important that you maintain stable temperature during this process. You need to change alot of water regularly to remove ammonia and or nitrites to close to 0 as possible. Yours aquarium is not cycled, this means you have no beneficial bacteria which is what converts ammonia to nitrites to nitrates.
Nitrates are safest form although still toxic at higher levels and each fish has a different degree of sensitivity to nitrates. This is why we change water weekly or more in our aquarium.
Don't forget to use a quality water dechlorination product like seachem prime. You must add this to the tank to ensure your removing chlorine and heavy metals.
Step 2. Now that the water is suitable for life you need to quickly cycle the aquarium to ensure ammonia and nitrite are being converted properly and not have to rely on removing them through water changes each day.
The fastest way to do this is to ask a store or fellow hobbiest to provided with seeded media from an established aquarium. Add this to your filter and you can essentially instantly cycle the aquarium.
I would also highly suggest that you stop feeding for a few days or more untill things get sorted out to avoid adding additional waste which will only cause spike of ammonia in the aquarium risking your fish.
Also a good idea to add a bottled product that will provide additional bacteria. ATM colony is one of these that works. Dr Tim's is another. https://www.amazon.ca/DrTims-Aquatics-Nitrifying-Bacteria-Cycling/dp/B002DVTFGE
Adding this will definitely help to establish a proper bacteria colony to deal with the bioload of the aquarium.
If you can quickly get on this you should start to see improvement in your fish pretty fast. Like almost immediately. The key is stop feeding and get the water free from ammonia and nitrite a which are deadly to fish.
Start changing large volumes of water each day 8f not twice a day till you see you fish improving. Get some seeded media combined with a nitrifying bacteria in a bottle product right away and add this to the tank and follow directions carefully.
I would keep lights off during this time to reduce stress.
YOUR FISH ARE CURRENTLY DYING THROUGH UNFIT LIVING CONDITION BY THE MEANS OF TOXIC WATER.
You need to act immediately!!
Step 1. Change as much water as you can. This mean very large water changes daily. But it's super important that you maintain stable temperature during this process. You need to change alot of water regularly to remove ammonia and or nitrites to close to 0 as possible. Yours aquarium is not cycled, this means you have no beneficial bacteria which is what converts ammonia to nitrites to nitrates.
Nitrates are safest form although still toxic at higher levels and each fish has a different degree of sensitivity to nitrates. This is why we change water weekly or more in our aquarium.
Don't forget to use a quality water dechlorination product like seachem prime. You must add this to the tank to ensure your removing chlorine and heavy metals.
Step 2. Now that the water is suitable for life you need to quickly cycle the aquarium to ensure ammonia and nitrite are being converted properly and not have to rely on removing them through water changes each day.
The fastest way to do this is to ask a store or fellow hobbiest to provided with seeded media from an established aquarium. Add this to your filter and you can essentially instantly cycle the aquarium.
I would also highly suggest that you stop feeding for a few days or more untill things get sorted out to avoid adding additional waste which will only cause spike of ammonia in the aquarium risking your fish.
Also a good idea to add a bottled product that will provide additional bacteria. ATM colony is one of these that works. Dr Tim's is another. https://www.amazon.ca/DrTims-Aquatics-Nitrifying-Bacteria-Cycling/dp/B002DVTFGE
Adding this will definitely help to establish a proper bacteria colony to deal with the bioload of the aquarium.
If you can quickly get on this you should start to see improvement in your fish pretty fast. Like almost immediately. The key is stop feeding and get the water free from ammonia and nitrite a which are deadly to fish.
Start changing large volumes of water each day 8f not twice a day till you see you fish improving. Get some seeded media combined with a nitrifying bacteria in a bottle product right away and add this to the tank and follow directions carefully.
I would keep lights off during this time to reduce stress.
