Sharing of reader's personal arowana stories..

Most of the times,arowanas are good appetite,watching arowanas enjoying their favourite food. As for my arowana
name ROsie about 7 inches long,she is a bluebase Crossback from Bukit Merah,Taiping .
On Jan 3rd 08,Rosie is not eating and i assumed she don't feel like eating mealworms .On Jan 4 th,still not eating with bloodworm cube. I feel something is really weird,most of the time,Rosie very eager to eat .
So I left home to work ,outside was really cold,temperature
was like 20 degrees celcius .(winter).And when i got home from work,my Rosie was swimming upsidedown and struggling.
Rosie is in difficulty. And at that time , i don't have a clue what is wrong with the tank,is it the ph water or something else that affect the water. As i watched closely,
i finally realized the digital meter showing 55 degrees instead of 82 degrees temperature.
1)I hurriedly get a small 30 gallon tank
2)filled in the tank from Rosie cold water (same ph)to half way,so that the water gets gradually warm up in split minutes .
3)carefully used a large aquarium plastic bag to bag Rosie
and released it into the 30 gallon tank.
4)And placed 2 auto aquarium heater into the tank,make sure the heater should be 82 0r 28 celcius.
5)Patiently observing Rosie kicking back and gradually swimming back to its normal.
Learned from my mistakes;
1)During Winter,Spring aND Autumn,make sure the plugs are in
properly plug in .
2)Observed the water temperature and ph
3)any kind of not normal fish behaviour .

Well you are lucky that you realise it and your able to save ROsie in the nick of time. please be more vigilant in future.I have total lost 4 dragon in my mist of trying to rear this beautifull fish but i have learn lots about this hardy but sensitive fish .We must not take things for granted we have to find time to observe them every day to understand their behavior and their appetite.Chow.

RT

Hi Simon,

I think you diagnosed the problem at the right time , Good for Rosie…maintain 28 celcius…Take Good care ..All the Best

Hi,

Can anyone tell me something about African Arowana.

Ravi

Guys,

I have a RTG. When purhased 2month ago, i noticed my RTG was a potential Eye Drop.. I tried covering the tank, lower the tank.. nothing worked. Until i tried leaving the fish in total darkness for a month plus (night time only). The thing is that my for my tank's cover, i use glass (thick one), and on top of that i place my extension gang plug.. Since the gang plug comes with a red light for power indication, it was an attraction for my arowana.. Now, my RTG has fully recovered.. No sign of Drop Eye at all! Hope This would help you guys out there.. Cheerssss

African arowana is less attractive then the Australian arowana, the juveniles are dark grey color,u may find it in the website if you type in google search machine .i had seen one ,many years ago in the petshop .Simon

i strongly agreed to Mr.Shasindren brilliant idea of placing a 24 hour miniature lamp -lite ,on top of the aquarium where the arowana could visible see and attractt o the lite,to prevent arowana's eye from dropping out .Simon

Mr Krishnan ,

Here is the website from u-tube about african Arowana ,IT looks like a snakehead (ikan haruan ) Bye

http://www.asian-arowanas.com/arowana-videos/watch-video/CuX2ES1FCo8/jokingjester/african-arowana-bonytongue,-heterotis-niloticus-feeding.html ,to Mr.KRISHAN

hi guys,

today i take my Green Asian Arowana home from the aquarium store…

Steven: thank you very much for advicing me on every detail as i am going to stick to that very clearly…

well i think i lost my first Green Asian Arowana due to stress i believe since the tank wall cracked, by the time i moved my aro back in the new tank it was too stressed….

well i am still learning and i have read all the care tips and read all the experiences well.. now i have found an exact match to the aro i lost…

i hope to recieve support from much experienced hobbyists like you guys… thank you !

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From

Simon

Hi steven, hw r u doing…? I'm good and my Silver Arowana too is very healty.

Ok, i wanna ask u something which triggers me 2 days ago after talking to a friend of mine.

Steven, i use to change water every week and the amount of water i discharge from the tank is about 70 to 80 percent. I also remove and clean all the bio balls valcano rocks and the sponge at the filter area tho. That means a full 90 percent. Then i re-fill with tap water. After filling the water, i'll pour the anti clorine - 1 cap full, anti bacteria - 1 cap full and a hand full of blue salt.

It takes about 10 to 15 minutes for my arowana and other tank mates to get ok as usual.

Advise me if this could be carry out in the future and will it harm my silver and other tank mates.

Many thanks
Takeshi75

Simon,
Thanks for your kind words! Much appreciated.

Steven

Takeshi75,
IMHO you are lucky your arowana is still alive my friend! You are changing too much water! Only 20-25% at any one time. Never wash your bioball as they contain all the good bacteria on it! No need to do that. You should change your filter any 2 weeks or so. If you change only 20-25%, then you don't have to worry about anti-chlorine…

Steven