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17-06-2018, 09:45 PM | #1 |
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Missing silver Aro
Hello everyone, i'm new in this forum, just registered. I'd like to share what happened to me with my aro. I had a little silver arowana since 2 weeks, i was keeping it in a tank with 6 discus, 2 couple of ramirezi and a panaque. Everything was going good, she was eating 3 times a day and growing. Yesterday evenning while i was having dinner i have noticed that my aro was not in the tank anymore, she was there few seconds earlier, i realized she could have jumped out of the tank, the tank is a rio 240, it is closed except for the hole in which the cables of the lights and filter goes through... i found her on the gorund, in the dust, behind the tank ( i had to move the furniture... ) 2 o 3 minutes later. she was alive, i put her in the tank and tried to clean her a little. After few minutes i was watching her she started to swim again, very slow but she was alive... i have closed that holes with some scotch tapes, i turned of the light and went to my computer to google some research about injured aros... when after an hour i went back to check on her she was missing, no sign of it... it is passed one day, she is nowhere, there is not so much stuff in the tank, 2 woods , 4 rocks and one anubias and one vallisneria. Is it possibile that she died and the other fish ate her? in just one hour? i am ver very sorry now, i had many project for her. i have just ordered a new tank 2,5x1,5x1 meters.
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18-06-2018, 11:55 AM | #2 |
Hi there !!! 123
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Welcome to af doc
You need to properly cover the tank. Btw, any aro will outgrow your current tank in no time. At least, it must be a 422 (4 feet x 2 feet x 2feet). |
18-06-2018, 04:30 PM | #3 |
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Thanks streetsmart. I know it would have otugrow the tank, that was temporary indeed i am waiting for the new tank ( under contruction , about 800 gallons ) . Anyway i can't really understand what happened to my aro AFTER i put it back in the tank... disappeared in 2 hours. (
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19-06-2018, 12:22 PM | #4 |
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Not possible to be eaten up completely within such a short period of time.
It's carcass is either somewhere outside the tank or hidden inside between your tank decorations... |
19-06-2018, 03:19 PM | #5 |
Hi there !!! 123
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Bro doc, take it as part of our learning curve in keeping aro.
Honest, I believe many of us had also experienced many unforgettable & painful incidence in the past. Chin up doc Looking forward to your next upload. |
19-06-2018, 03:42 PM | #6 |
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Thanks fot the support... Today i'm going to look for a new Aro. My new tank, that will be ready in a couple of months, will be approximatly 700 gallons. Any suugestion for the tank mates of the aro? i will probably move my apteronotus albifrons and my panaque there. I was thinking about some metynnis and a couple of oascar fish. what do you think?
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