Thursday

Tips & Tricks Maintenance Arowana Fish

Arowana often hunger strike. There are several possibilities that could cause hunger strike arowana, namely; 
1. arowana bored with the food menu is provided. 
2. arowana sick
3. stress because the water parameters change abruptly, tankmate too much / too aggressive or too cold temperatures

To overcome this problem, the hobbies often do a few tricks below; 
1. arowana diet change. can try to give earthworms, caterpillars or frogs (according mouth arowana) and so on. 
2. raising the temperature of water by using a heater temperature down to 30 degrees Celsius.
 3. replace new water has deposited at least 1 day as much as 20%

Increasing Appetite Arowana
Some ways are often applied by the hobbies to increase appetite arowana.1. Keep it clean water and the appropriate parameters. If you need replacement, replace with water that has been deposited & the aerator at least 1 day.2. Heater set at 30-32 degrees C.3. Give the current tension in the direction of his record in a gradual increase to avoid stress.4. The use of drugs or vitamins are also very helpful. Give a trusted brand such as pills or Tetra Arowana Hobbies.

Changing the Menu Foods Arowana
For maximum growth, we must provide good food for arowana. both for the growth of any color or for the formation of the body to become fat arowana. However, often an obstacle each time we want to change the food menu, arowana not want to eat it. Especially for certain types of feed, such as shrimp. The trick is not to feed the arowana for several days (depending on the relative arowana respectively). When the arowana has seen hungry, try the input feed. If you still do not want to eat, get feed back and try again the next day until the arowana will eat it.

Aquarium Care
Arowana perwatan ways essentially the same as other fish treatments. The most important thing is to maintain the quality of water in the tank. Fish's like living in their own toilets, which means not imagine how dirty if not regularly cleaned and inadequate filtration system.
Change the water as much as 20-25% of routinely 1 week 1 times with the steps as follows;

1. Before replacing the water, clean the wall first in the tank by using a sponge / cotton net. Usually algae often against the glass wall.
2. Turn off the heater / heater first. This is to avoid the heater / heater burst, explode or leak due to heat released as not exposed to water.
3. After that suck out the dirt and waste water by 20-25%.
4. Before you enter new water, clean the filter box, hose / pipe and the media first. This is so the dirt that settles in the bottom of the filter box & tube / pipe in return. Replace sponge / cotton with a new one.
5. Enter the new water that has been the fastest endapkan and have 1 day in aeration (rated bubble).
6. Give drugs & fluids needed to neutralize the following water salt to taste fish (usually only 1 tablespoon)
7. Close the meetings of the top aquariums, because often arowana jumping due to temperature changes or new water parameters are included.
8. Run back to the engine filter / powerhead and heater / heating.  
Tanning
 
Tanning, such as the hobbies of one color tricks boost this arowana. Tanning is usually done in the aquarium with lights that have menggukan spectrum UV A & B are high and the intensity of 10,000 Kelvin - 16,000 kelvins. Usually done using the 30wt-40wt, depending on a large aquarium. Brand is often used is NAN (This lamp can dip dip), Sylvania and other brands that have roughly the same spec. Placement lamp should swim parallel to the local fish, such as 5 cm - 10 cm below the surface of the water (because of the arowana fish like to swim at the top near the surface). Or it can also be placed at the bottom of tank. However, this can cause fish eyes down / drop eye. Tanning should be done no less and not more. If less, the color became less strict. If excessive, the fish will look charred / blackened. To overcome the burnt, we can set the timer (available at electronics stores). After a few months, color arowana will start looking more assertive so that beauty begins to appear.