erm yeah. one of the hazards of arowana planted tank. no shrimp, no otos.
More developments, just minutes ago. Heard the aro splash the water, so went to investigate...
He had some leaf hanging out of his mouth. Both eyes drooping, gill curl. He looked fine an hour ago. Wondering what he had done. The leaf resembled a tiger lotus leaf, but no damage to my lotuses. Within minutes, his eyes regain normal position and the gills returned to normal. (TRIPLE PHEW!!!)
Then he spat it out... together with a very damaged otocinculus. Apparently, in almost complete darkness, in a 6ft tank, he had managed to spot and succesfully catch one of four 1 inch otos, which was resting on a Echinidorus "Indian Flame" leaf.
Guess I may have to resort to:
a) algae control via snails and nutrient control
b) consider live food
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erm yeah. one of the hazards of arowana planted tank. no shrimp, no otos.
Well, if your tank has a thick foreground plant carpet, the smaller shrimps should survive.
Otos seems to be hot target for aros as they're slow swimming and color-wise, resembles froggies. I've seem my aro going for otos too. Only the smarter otos survive in my tank.
oh no... poor oto...
why not use SAE instead, they are faster and i believe more intelligent... also, when they become bigger, more difficult for the aro to eat them...
they might eat the aros food though...
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poor oto, your tank looks safe enough for otos to hide in or rest safely in the dense jungle.
Just a question, why the sudden "may consider live food"? Does this deter the aro from going after your tanks' free swimming inhabitants (eg: tiger barb, oto)?
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now i know my otos are gone, not hiding somewhere ... i have not witness it though, probably at night like what happened in your tank.
Nicholas, Yeah, considering live food to satisfy it's hunting instinct and hopefully divert attention from the fish. My logic of not encouraging it not to go after live fishes is void now. Anyway, it's still just a thought. I may not, as it'll make it hard for others to feed him if I have to be away for extended periods.
Checkerboard, I already have SAE's in there... they are the prime targets. However, unlike the barbs, they stay out of sight most times, so they don't agitate the arowana so much. The barbs, OTOH, are hyperactive daredevils. Before I removed most of them, they would sometimes school behind the arowana. One small silly one even tried to nip it's fins.
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Hi Vincent, I heard the risk of live food passing disease to arowana is quite high, unless you willing to quarantine the fish/frogs for weeks before feeding. I hope you think twice before embarking on this measure.
Quarantine and gut-loading is definite must...
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see if you can train them. buy like 20 otos. dump them in. those might learn (by example) once they see the arowana eat some other oto..
Vinz: Can try the golden CAE. They quite hardworking as well. And will be harder to catch than Otos.
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On 3/28/2003 3:06:42 PM
Quarantine and gut-loading is definite must...
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How about rearing Live bearers? If space permits. Perhaps a more cheaper and safer alternative?----------------
On 3/28/2003 3:06:42 PM
Quarantine and gut-loading is definite must...
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Oh...Livebearers are definite no-nos.
Firstly, they don't really swim fast enough to get out of the aro's mouth. I've tried some platys and all ended inside my aro's stomach.
Secondly, I'm very afraid of camallanus worm infection. Those of you who've read my previous threads, my red did get infected with the camallanus worm because the farm owner/reseller breeds guppies and feeds the aros guppies.
Had a VERY hard time getting levamisole and also took a lot of risk in treating my aro. But I did managed to get it cured.
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