henward Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 have a 3.5 inch pink tail chalceus. in with a 6 inch asian aro and the pink tail disappeared, been there 3 days, starting to eat, then came home tonight - nothing! lol its gone i checked the sump, filter pipes to the sump.... undid it all and looked, not at the over flow.... i looked under the hiding places and plants.....not there! the arowanas belly certainly had nothing in it it was hungry and i even fed it a piece of prawn. and this fish was way too long and big for it to eat..... BUT if it did, its belly would have been really really big.... where could it have gone:S hope it turns up tommorow:S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 is it gathering carpet fluff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 no no holes to jump out of. the hole is very small for food drops even then, looked around, nothing. but it is the most and only logical thing left:S lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 went for a second look nothing onthe ground, behind anything, on top of lids. but noticed something weird....... the ornate has a conspicuous bump on its belly there was onlya few sining carnivore pellets around....................... ...... wow, that fish was a fastand agile swimmer...................damnit! it was the last HFF had too! ok, i give up on giving the aro some tnak mates like that lol and maybe ill move the ornate in case he starts to like the loaches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 well done sherlock holmes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 lol come on mark i have never seen the ornate eat anything live! it just sits there. and i was so sure that this fish would have been ok! it was so fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 yes my ornates just sit there as well fish go missing or are attacked and the ornate just smiles but isn't hungry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 damn i totally under estimated them! i have never seen that monster eat anything moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Keep him well fed and he shouldn't bother the loaches, just watch the size difference as the ornate will grow a lot faster than the loaches! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simian Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 It grabs em at night when the other fish are sleeping, my ornate is such a slug but I lost a few fish before I realised he was big and fast enough after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougstark Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 They hunt at night for sure. Mine did. He now lives with my Reeves turtle. They have given up trying to eat each other. I throw in a few leopard fish occasionally to give them a change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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