modernhamlet
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Teacup rays reach 14" in diameter.
Neither fish belongs in the tank you are providing. Everyone here has told you so. Please take our advice and find a new home for them very, very soon.
Arowana Problem
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Neither fish belongs in the tank you are providing. Everyone here has told you so. Please take our advice and find a new home for them very, very soon.
they are 4inch disc 6inch tail
Teacup rays reach 14" in diameter with an ehem 2224 external filter upto 250l which is overfiltered
SamUK
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dude your wrong.
people are trying to tell you nicely and you arent listening.
those fish all need a bigger aquarium.
keeping them in anything smaller will stunt there growth and thats jus the start of the problems.
people are trying to tell you nicely and you arent listening.
those fish all need a bigger aquarium.
keeping them in anything smaller will stunt there growth and thats jus the start of the problems.
Cheese Specialist
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Filtration does not matter. There is no room.
If you were kept in a small cage, would the fact there's a window in it matter? You are going to need more than a big filter when those fis grow.
Obviously you are not going to take anyone's advice but please take that crap down from your site. You may mislead others stupid enough to believe you.
If you were kept in a small cage, would the fact there's a window in it matter? You are going to need more than a big filter when those fis grow.
Obviously you are not going to take anyone's advice but please take that crap down from your site. You may mislead others stupid enough to believe you.
demonmagus
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wow, there was just 5 people on this topic, btw what you are doing is CRUEL, sorry, but its true
Your arowana is starting to develop a condition known as droopy eye, a common ailment in sliver arowana's. It is mainly caused by poor diet, silver arowana's are cheifly insectovors and when fed on standard aquarium foods for predatory fish fatty deposits form in the head behind the eyes and start to push them outword. The secondary cause is having active bottom dwelling tankmates in a tank with a small surface area, the constant movement below the arowana attracts its attention and forces it to constantly look down, a bare bottomed tank also has this effect as the arowana catches glimpse's of its own reflection.
There is no reliable cure for this condition but it can be halted before it gets worse (unless steps are taken the eyes can distend to almost horizontal out of the socket). The fish should be placed into a pond or tank with the sides blacked out which is placed at floor level so that the only view is upwards, there should be no tankmates to attract the arowana's attention and only foods which float and are low in fat like arowana sticks and live crickets or locusts should be fed.
There is no reliable cure for this condition but it can be halted before it gets worse (unless steps are taken the eyes can distend to almost horizontal out of the socket). The fish should be placed into a pond or tank with the sides blacked out which is placed at floor level so that the only view is upwards, there should be no tankmates to attract the arowana's attention and only foods which float and are low in fat like arowana sticks and live crickets or locusts should be fed.
Tokis-Phoenix
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Even if you are not intending to keep this fish, you should try to do the responsable thing and attend to the fish's basic needs like giving it enough room, arowanas are very active and strong fish and it will not be happy in a 3ft tank whatever you do to it, the fact that it appears to have health problems is already an indication that the enviroment is not good for this fish.
Big fish= Big tanks. If your tanks are overstocked or do not have enough length/width/height in the tanks for the fish you are keeping, you should avoid keeping the fish in the first place. I am not judging you, i am just trying to explain why your current actions are wrong.
Anyways, you seem to be making an effort to try and understand your arowana, but of all fish, you must understand these fish should be treated very well if not only because they are very rare in the wild now days and are in limited supply.
Anyhoo...
Do the lumps have any texture to them like they are cottony or slimey or red and inflamed/sore looking etc? How large are the lumps and how long have they been around and what and how much do you feed the arrowana? Where are the lumps on the fish's body and are there any other symtoms, behavioral or physical, that the fish is displaying like torn fins, lack of activity or interest in food, gasping at the surface etc?
Even if you are intending to sell the arowana, it will be worth little if it is in poor health.
Big fish= Big tanks. If your tanks are overstocked or do not have enough length/width/height in the tanks for the fish you are keeping, you should avoid keeping the fish in the first place. I am not judging you, i am just trying to explain why your current actions are wrong.
Anyways, you seem to be making an effort to try and understand your arowana, but of all fish, you must understand these fish should be treated very well if not only because they are very rare in the wild now days and are in limited supply.
Anyhoo...
Do the lumps have any texture to them like they are cottony or slimey or red and inflamed/sore looking etc? How large are the lumps and how long have they been around and what and how much do you feed the arrowana? Where are the lumps on the fish's body and are there any other symtoms, behavioral or physical, that the fish is displaying like torn fins, lack of activity or interest in food, gasping at the surface etc?
Even if you are intending to sell the arowana, it will be worth little if it is in poor health.
it is in perfect health always active and feeding on prawns worms bloodworms pellets
SamUK
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ok even if it was in perfect health its still not right where you keep it!!
youd be perfectly healthy locked in a caravan for the rest of your life.
would you like it tho?
youd be perfectly healthy locked in a caravan for the rest of your life.
would you like it tho?
Tokis-Phoenix
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Yah but you said at the beginning of this thread "hi why does my arowanas eye slant down and why does he have white lumps in his tail fin", which to me at least, was an indication you were concerned about issues with your arowanas health? And now you say it is in perfect health and has never had any issues
? .....
Cheese Specialist
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You are something else.
Do you think you'll be able to sell a fish with drop eye on? Do you think you'll make your oh so important profit? Then what'll you do with a monster sized fish?
Do you care that the fish is comfortable and healthy rather than just alive? Stupid question.
You said you plan to sell this fish when it's bigger for profit. No one will part with a lot of money for an arowana with droopy eye.
Best rehoming it ASAP, or upgrading his tank. CFC's advice on curing the droopy eye is the best you'll geton these forums.
Best rehoming it ASAP, or upgrading his tank. CFC's advice on curing the droopy eye is the best you'll geton these forums.
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