Water Pressure

Wld like to share this experience w bros out there. I have been having "problems" w one of my red.

He is tagged May 08 but is now only abt 11 inches. Not really stunted but he is not v active. Always choose to stay at the top and in a corner of the tank. He has tank mates like endy, 5 SD and 1 IT. I was really at my wits end. He was so sian to watch. No action. I changed water, and change water and changed water (serious, thought it was water problem) added ketapa leaves, removed my oyster shell (some suspected it could be because the water was high in PH). Did everything possible. The fish seldom swim, seldom eat. He ate like 1 time in 5 days.

It was totally fustrating. I hated the Aro. Had 2 minds to exchange for a small RTG.

Anyway, to cut the long story short, I reduce the water level from 2 ft to slightly less than 1 feet. The result was astonishing. He is now chasing the tiger everywhere. Swimming all over the tank. Up, down, left and right. I am sooooooo happy. Just hope he will start eating mp and bf again. But at least it's a first step. Hope this post can help other fustrated bros put there.

[alf88]

Good to know it has succumb to the lowering of the water level, do update us as time goes by and thanks for sharing

Originally Posted by agrofanatics

Wld like to share this experience w bros out there. I have been having "problems" w one of my red.

He is tagged May 08 but is now only abt 11 inches. Not really stunted but he is not v active. Always choose to stay at the top and in a corner of the tank. He has tank mates like endy, 5 SD and 1 IT. I was really at my wits end. He was so sian to watch. No action. I changed water, and change water and changed water (serious, thought it was water problem) added ketapa leaves, removed my oyster shell (some suspected it could be because the water was high in PH). Did everything possible. The fish seldom swim, seldom eat. He ate like 1 time in 5 days.

It was totally fustrating. I hated the Aro. Had 2 minds to exchange for a small RTG.

Anyway, to cut the long story short, I reduce the water level from 2 ft to slightly less than 1 feet. The result was astonishing. He is now chasing the tiger everywhere. Swimming all over the tank. Up, down, left and right. I am sooooooo happy. Just hope he will start eating mp and bf again. But at least it's a first step. Hope this post can help other fustrated bros put there.

maybe cos he made the top of his tank his territory? when you lowered the water he had to claim another area for his territory... and y do u think that chasing the tiger all ard is good?

how big is yr tank bro?

[Hanky_Panky]

Firstly congratulate for this achievement that you need not thought of changing to a New Aro.............Secondly it should be beneficial to those Bro having samiliar problem......................Thanks For sharing............Cheers!

Originally Posted by ruthlesskiller

maybe cos he made the top of his tank his territory? when you lowered the water he had to claim another area for his territory... and y do u think that chasing the tiger all ard is good?

Staying one corner most of the time and swimming ard and playing w his tank mates is not a better thing? If he thought the top level was his territory, he shld have been swimming ard, not parked one corner. Anyway, I'm sure he is much happier now.

Originally Posted by ismuneer

how big is yr tank bro?

Small lah, only 4 x 2 x 2. That's y I never thought it could be the water pressure. This was the last thing I thought wld b responsible for my aros weird behaviour. That's the reson for me starting this thread to share this info. Hope someone benefits from it. Cheers.

[E.M]

bro how big is ur tiger ?

Tiger is abt 5 inches. Shld not b the tiger bec I removed it before n the Aro was also sian sian