Aro resting at the bottom of aquarium...

[CHAN]

Aro resting at the bottom of aquarium...wht should i do??i did not notice any obvious signs of disease on body. The only thing i did was to add a lot of aquarium salt into the water the other time.
will it cause any harm??

Plz help:rolleyes:
thnks;)

[Isna]

Hi Chan.
a few points to focus on:

1) besides the salt addition, what else happened recently?
2) r there any other fishes in the tank? r they ok?
3) any water parameters?
4)any recent stress/fright to the aro?
5) is it still eating normally?
6) check for breathing difficulties, blood spots along the belly, base of fins.....popeye, dropsy....
7) what do u feed it?

we have to rule out 2 major things
1) a recent scare etc
2) water problems.

immediately perform a 30-50% water change. no more salt this time pls. remove any chlorine n make sure the temp. doesn't change.

[CHAN]

Hi , thnks for replyin,

I added salt n increased the temp to 29 degress the last time i changed water.

There is also some electricity leaking in my tank....could this be the cause??

plz help
thnks:)

[CHAN]

Forgot to mention, it is eating less thn before....n has tail biting syndrome..........


So many problems:(

[Xx{-_-}xX]

Originally posted by CHAN
Hi , thnks for replyin,

I added salt n increased the temp to 29 degress the last time i changed water.

There is also some electricity leaking in my tank....could this be the cause??

plz help
thnks:)

Bro, wat u mean by leaking electricity in yr tank :confused: :confused: Very scary...........................

[CHAN]

I think there is some current in the tank:cool: My aro is stil resting at the base even after i changed water.......


plz help:(

[Xx{-_-}xX]

Originally posted by CHAN
I think there is some current in the tank:cool: My aro is stil resting at the base even after i changed water.......


plz help:(

Bro, try to feed it less... maybe add a tank mate or add small fishes for it to chase. Hopefully its just a case of the fish resting or boredom which we see all the time in LFS. All the best bro :)

[CHAN]

My aro is not even eating.....thts the problem:D

[SchMM]

My silver aro also has the same problem.....been like that for 2 days now.....water parameters normal........it does seem more jittery than normal.....sigh.......wonder what's the cause?? :confused: :(

[Xx{-_-}xX]

Hopefully ina day or two.. it will be back to its normal self.......

[Vetduck]

Hi Chan,

The first thing you might like to do is to check water parameters. What's your pH of your tank? Noticed anything else abnormal about the aro?

[CHAN]

Seriously speaking i never checked my pH ......becoz i use geo-liquid tht helps to stabalize pH value..

rgds;)

[Vetduck]

Originally posted by CHAN
Seriously speaking i never checked my pH ......becoz i use geo-liquid tht helps to stabalize pH value..

rgds;)

I'm not sure if that is the function of geo-liquid, to stablise pH. I would recommend you check your pH.

It occurred once to me. My aro was sitting quietly in the corner of the tank & he is usually quite active. I checked the pH & it turned out to be 4. I added coral chips & did a 30% water change. As the pH increased, so did his activity.

[mtoh]

water problem... change 40% of water, add salt...

[RockyGoldy]

I really think is very much of the water problem...and do check on all the water parameters....if everthing is ok with the water...it could be that your aro is under shock or in a frighten stage....if not...something might be stuck on its throat due to eating something hard (found this to be a cause in one of my friend's aro)....

[Blurt]

u did mention tat there is a current in ur water....do u want to check which electrical appliance is causing tat? isist the lights or the pump?
maybe u can remove the faulty object.....the fish will feel much better

[CHAN]

So far so good.....never sits after i changed the water:D


rgds;)