I recently got a silver arowana for my south american biotope. In the tank are: 4 silver dollars, a TSN, a Lima Shovelnose, a vampire plec, a coffee and cream plec, a leopardus plec. All of them more 5 or more inches long. All of them so far are doing fine in a large tank except for the arowana.
As of the moment, the arowana is very skittery and darts about so much. Also, it keeps on opening and closing its mouth like it is having a hard time breathing. All water parameters are okay. Aside from that, the day before I brought the fish in, I changed the water by 30% (like I usually do before I get a new fish).
I have a variety of overhead filters that move the water a lot. I also have a powerhead with venturri air pumping water for some current specially at the bottom for the large plecs. There is a lot of water movement.
The fish came from a community of arowanas and a knife fish in a small tank run with just small corner filters. Could it be just getting used to the bigger tank and environment? What are the dos and don't for the arowana?
Sorry I wasn't able to research much on the arowana. I am a catfish fanatic. I just received this fish as a gift plus I had wanted some fish that would swim at the top of the tank. Silvers would normally hide when I tunred the lights on. Please give whatever info is possible.
Thank you very much.
Regards,
Mike D.
As of the moment, the arowana is very skittery and darts about so much. Also, it keeps on opening and closing its mouth like it is having a hard time breathing. All water parameters are okay. Aside from that, the day before I brought the fish in, I changed the water by 30% (like I usually do before I get a new fish).
I have a variety of overhead filters that move the water a lot. I also have a powerhead with venturri air pumping water for some current specially at the bottom for the large plecs. There is a lot of water movement.
The fish came from a community of arowanas and a knife fish in a small tank run with just small corner filters. Could it be just getting used to the bigger tank and environment? What are the dos and don't for the arowana?
Sorry I wasn't able to research much on the arowana. I am a catfish fanatic. I just received this fish as a gift plus I had wanted some fish that would swim at the top of the tank. Silvers would normally hide when I tunred the lights on. Please give whatever info is possible.
Thank you very much.
Regards,
Mike D.