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26-12-2010, 08:54 AM | #31 |
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Thanks Luc. Could be due to combo of factors. But definitely not live feeders as I seldom feed live. Mostly market prawns. Yeap, ammonia spike by her own shedding slime possible. I did not do a post water check. I emptied tank next day.
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26-12-2010, 09:02 AM | #32 | |
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So it was true until 7 years later a one fine day. Well, it happens. Just got to be extra cautious in future. |
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26-12-2010, 09:26 AM | #33 |
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condolences. will you be starting again
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26-12-2010, 10:54 AM | #34 |
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It's cool down period for us now. While my heart desires to rear another RTG for practical reasons (not Feng Shui related). My family prefers a planted tank with smaller fishes which I originally started with. Family pressure quite hard to resist.
Frankly, I personally felt planted tank is more time intensive than keeping an arowana. But to the family, the occasional re-scaping of the plants brings a fresh look to the aquarium. Tank's bare now. We'll see how it goes. |
26-12-2010, 01:01 PM | #35 |
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If I may allow to give my frank comment. I think your RTG died due to overdose of chlorine etc during the WC. You may have underdose the anti-chlorine or they have overdose the chlorine on Friday or whichever day they chose to put. Many years ago, I did the same mistake, overchanged the water by about 50% and ran out of anti-chlorine and I still live to regret losing 6 pieces of RTG that day, same pattern as yours with the body in a curve posture.....
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26-12-2010, 01:13 PM | #36 |
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very SAD to c tat... 7 years. take care.
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26-12-2010, 02:45 PM | #37 |
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felt sorry for you ...
7 years of hard work, your rtg sure felt she/he had been well taken care of this 7 years of love and shower . had been keeping aros as well as many monster fish for quite a number of years, i usually like to full blast tap water to minimize the time taken, cos got quite a few tanks. of cos with anti-chlorine added. not until recently my red aro had raise scales and furthermore seems like rotting after a water change. seek advise from c328 auntie, luckily manage to salvage the situation.From now onwards i switch the tap to very min to top up. (although it takes 20mins to top up) hope you find a aro you fancy in due time. cheers |
27-12-2010, 12:31 AM | #38 |
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i think you add on additional air pump is the right step. Did you also add water conditioner when u found out that yr rtg something is not right?
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27-12-2010, 07:28 AM | #40 | |
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I may have been able to extract it out of tank, transmore it. Put into another larger container (Toyogo). Meanwhile clear out the tank and check the water parameters. Perform water change. But that again will mean the Toyogo box is filled with brand new tap water again. Assuming the heavy dosage of chlorine happened in the afternoon, by evening 1900h+, it's possibly diluted by then. Or it could put it through another bout of chlorine poison again. |
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