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just found this The Black Arowana fish (Osteoglossum ferreirai) comes from South America in the Rio Negro basin. They grow up to around 40 inches / 100 com, though they seldom reach this length in captivity. The Black Arowana fish eat live fish, large insects, spiders, Tubifex worms, and may...

since arowana's tend to prefer slightly acidic, and blacks are more sensitive to begin with. you think that maybe just the ph itself is too high for him and he is gettin alkalosis? i had a silver in there since i started that tank but they are more hardy, he came from a 7.0 store. so maybe...

correct. every 10 minutes i would take 2 cups.

personally i thought 70 minutes was good as well. and since he was great at first i was thinking ph shock didn't have anything to do with it. but since i'm stumped and these guys agreed it wasn't long enough i am now having doubts. recently i bought a freshwater barracuda from the same place...

it is enough room for him to move around comfortably right now, but in no way is this their perm tank, just a starter. next up will be 250. yeah i guess this is the only thing that makes sense. damn it, i'm so pissed at myself!!!! :angry: what do you mean fresh water stats? other than...

but store was 6.3, mine is 7.2. and both the store and my tank have o ammonia and nitrites

hmmmm but if he had ph shock wouldn't it have set in right away? he was fine for a couple of days, even ate.

well i put some quick cure in there, see if that helps. i grilled the store before i bought him. i made them test all the water in front of me. the only thing was there ph was a 6.3ish. so when i brought him home i took 70 minutes to acclimate him to my ph. they SAID he wass there for 4...

nope he hasn't done any rubbing or flicking. breathing also seems normal. just the stiffness, discoloration and extra slime. and no large patches like u described. i can't find any pictures of the discus plague to be 100% positive. i did forget to mention he is clamping all his fins...

hi guys, i recently just bought a "blue" arowana, or adult black. about 12". had him for about a week now. first few days he was doing fine,he even ate twice. then he became inactive, just stayed in the same spot. after 2 days of not moving much i started noticing a discoloration on his...

thanks CFC. i actually had some success last night with some silver sides. i took a clear plastic tube and speared the silver side. then when the lights were off i came in for the opposite side of the tank and put it in front of him, he pounced on it. ate 2. which i did soak in vitamins...

thanks for the tip, something along those lines will work on the arowana. the TSN is a little more tricky. when i have brought other fish off of feeders in the past my first step would be dead feeders. ya know to try and get them away from the hunt but still have the same food. the arowana...

thank you, i am aware of the feeders being the problem, like i said in my post, did u read it? i was hopin for someone who has gone thru what i said in my post. thanks for the article, i have read plenty, again lookin for someone with first hand experience.

oh and ph is 7.0

hi guys i need your help in gettin rid of the lateral line disease in my tiger shovel nose. at first i wasn't sure if it was just sensory pits but now its hittin the lateral line pretty good so i'm sure its it. i have had him only a few weeks, he is about 5 inches. i house him in a 75 gallon...