Werid Behavior

Originally Posted by poi pounder

gill curl won't kill your aro it's just ugly to look at. I don't know anyone who does gill ops but we can experiment on yours just take care of your aro and do weekly water changes

haha, I think I'll just leave it alone I also notice that the arowana is always moving its mouth like its always eating. Is this because of the gill curl too?

Originally Posted by al2owana

haha, I think I'll just leave it alone I also notice that the arowana is always moving its mouth like its always eating. Is this because of the gill curl too?

don't think so

Originally Posted by poi pounder

don't think so

Just curious, how long is it going to take for the arowana to get used to the tank?

[vincent2982]

Originally Posted by al2owana

Just curious, how long is it going to take for the arowana to get used to the tank?

Depends. Some 3 days some take up to a week

[vincent2982]

Originally Posted by poi pounder

gill curl won't kill your aro it's just ugly to look at. I don't know anyone who does gill ops but we can experiment on yours just take care of your aro and do weekly water changes

Take a read at this link, it says
In this condition, the gill cover of the arowana curl outward, initially involving only the solf part of the cover and later the hard gill cover. If the cause is not removed, condition will get worst, gill will get exposed, causing breathing difficulty and making the gill prone to infection. The end result could be fetal.

http://www.geocities.com/bkyoong/problem.html

Originally Posted by vincent2982

Take a read at this link, it says
In this condition, the gill cover of the arowana curl outward, initially involving only the solf part of the cover and later the hard gill cover. If the cause is not removed, condition will get worst, gill will get exposed, causing breathing difficulty and making the gill prone to infection. The end result could be fetal.

http://www.geocities.com/bkyoong/problem.html

good point bro

[vincent2982]

Originally Posted by poi pounder

good point bro

He he, Upzz me lah

[nismoman77]

Originally Posted by al2owana

Hi,

I have a 6" Jardini arowana living in a 100 gallon tank. I just moved him from a 55 gallon. Its acting very werid now, its swimming around the bottom of the tank instead of the top and is going up and down on the sides. Sometimes it even lays on the bottom for a couple of seconds and then swims to the middle and goes back down to the bottom and just swims around. Its active and eats but he has gill curl and has had it for awhile now. I read that the only way to cure this was to do a small surgery so I just left him alone. I'm new to arowanas and was wondering if the gill curl could actually kill the arowana? Is this behavior a sign that its sick or something? I have been feeding him crickets ever since he was 1 or 2 inches long and have had him for about 6 months now. I just did a water change and added aqua safe and blackwater extract but hes still swimming around the bottom. I believe they don't add chlorine to our tap waters. Does anyone know what is wrong with my arowana and if its life threathening?

Thanks

aro might be still under some stress... give it some time n add some black water if u can...