help aro not eatin
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What’s ur nitrite, nitrate and ammonia? Is ur ph always stable at 6? What were u feeding prior? Tankamtes? Size of aro and tank?
Welcome aboard
How long have you had the Arowana?
Your water hardness? From my experience you also should concern your water hardness (KH&GH), if you're using tap water, try to add anti chlorine(in case your tap water having much chlorine) and add peat moss in your filter to make it softer(since my tap water KH around 120, GH above 250).
Some pic might also help us to give some suggestions. ?
Some pic might also help us to give some suggestions. ?
20% weekly water changes isn’t enough unless it is a planted aquarium. Please test and post your water parameters here. The test results will help us further assist you.
We dont have alot of information to work with, but there are two reasons why the aro isnt eating.
1. He isnt eating because he is stressed (tank conditions are not appropriate ie. he has outgrown his current tank, you dont have proper filter and water quality is bad, he is getting sick from this)
2. IF your tank conditions are fine, and he has enough space, quality water etc. then it might be simply that he isnt hungry. Arowanas are known sometimes to do this. The longest my Aro didnt want to eat for was almost 3 weeks at one point, and he was perfectly fine. Then he gets hungry and eats normally for a while until he goes on a little fast again. From my limited experience with Arowana, it seems to me they go through phases of eating and then fasting. for varying lengths of time. In the wild they dont have set meal times, I feed only when he is hungry and asks for food.
Please note I am talking about my experience with Asian and Jardini Arowana. I dont know if Silvers do the same (we dont even know what type of arowana you have yet).
Could you please give us some more details so we can help you answer your question better?
What kind of filtration do you have?
What size is your tank?
1. He isnt eating because he is stressed (tank conditions are not appropriate ie. he has outgrown his current tank, you dont have proper filter and water quality is bad, he is getting sick from this)
2. IF your tank conditions are fine, and he has enough space, quality water etc. then it might be simply that he isnt hungry. Arowanas are known sometimes to do this. The longest my Aro didnt want to eat for was almost 3 weeks at one point, and he was perfectly fine. Then he gets hungry and eats normally for a while until he goes on a little fast again. From my limited experience with Arowana, it seems to me they go through phases of eating and then fasting. for varying lengths of time. In the wild they dont have set meal times, I feed only when he is hungry and asks for food.
Please note I am talking about my experience with Asian and Jardini Arowana. I dont know if Silvers do the same (we dont even know what type of arowana you have yet).
Could you please give us some more details so we can help you answer your question better?
What kind of filtration do you have?
What size is your tank?
Try to give us as detailed information as possible(as what they mention above), also try to get some tester kit/strips if you're keeping fishes especially if you own majestic fishes such as arowanas.
So if you have any problem, people in this forum can help you out. ?
So if you have any problem, people in this forum can help you out. ?
If tank conditions are good then he might just be on a hunger strike. My Asian aro went on a hunger strike for 2 months only eating a tiger barb during that period LOL
