http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aquariumforum/ Discuss Arowanas en Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:26:56 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aquariumforum/images/misc/rss.png http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aquariumforum/ http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aquariumforum/showthread.php?t=112853&goto=newpost Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:22:33 GMT My Silver Aro is currently at 18 inches and he has been displaying erratic behavior for the past two days. I had asked one of the LFS guys to check... My Silver Aro is currently at 18 inches and he has been displaying erratic behavior for the past two days.
I had asked one of the LFS guys to check my other tank and in the mean time my friend had mentioned that my Aro tank's motor was making noise, the guy put his hand in my Aro tank and the Aro freaked out and was running all over the tank and has hit a few of my artifacts and lost a few scales.
All this happened when I was preparing my other tank so I wasn't present near my Aro else I would have stopped him from putting his hand in the tank.
My Aro is only used to me as I am the only person who feeds and cleans his tank, he mostly freaks out with strangers.

After the LFS guy left my Aro has been trying to bite his tail relentlessly, I have tried adding another motor to create a strong current and tried quite a few things that I found on the net but none helped.

I also did a 80% water change immediately after the LFS guy left, no use.

I don't think it is a parasitic infection as he has never exhibited this behavior before and he has been with me for more than a year.
But as a precaution I have also added anti-parasitic medicine (Paracidol) for 2 days but no use either.

So is panic induced by my LFS guy causing this behavior, thats the only conclusion I can come up with.

How do I go about the situation.

Any advise would be great. ]]> Arowanas fishery http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aquariumforum/showthread.php?t=112853 http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aquariumforum/showthread.php?t=112448&goto=newpost Fri, 24 May 2013 12:20:13 GMT Hello guys.I recently added a decoration into my tank, a driftwood and it is scaring my arowana.It doesn't look like any type of animal that scares fishes so I am very curious why the arowana is avoiding it.His/Her usual route is not blocked by the wood and it appear to swim to the opposite direction of the driftwood.Is arowana allergic to driftwood and is it normal for it to avoid the driftwood? Thank you in advance.:ssmile: ]]> Arowanas Brandon Lim http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aquariumforum/showthread.php?t=112448