arowana sitting on the bottom

[isaacsherwin]

Hi,

my silver awowana was in a 200 l tank and he was moved to a big tank last week we took all the water gravel into the new tank. he stopped eating and has spent a lot of time sitting on the bottom. he swims around for a little bit then sits on the bottom some more. he faces the glass every time if that important? the tank is acrylic. he stopped eating for a few days and has started eating a little but not like he use to, my clown knife has gone into hiding and doesn't eat a lot either but my black clown seems normal not that i have ever seen much of him. my pleco is happy ive seen more of him since ive moved him. i brought a pair of small red should severums and they seem to be fine. are my fish sick? all the water is ok it was the same as the old tank. also is there any way to get my clown and black ghost to come out more?

[GZ_Loach]

perhaps the light is too bright? Some fish prefer shady parts in the aquarium and also after moving them they can get a little shy but should return to normal within a few days

[isaacsherwin]

Hey,

I have a very low 4ft white light on the tank, its really dim when i turn the other lights on they all go into hiding. also my arowana has a big scrap on the side of his face i noticed a few days ago.

thanks

[livingart]

how big is the aro, it may be happier with some floating plant to hide under

[isaacsherwin]

is about a foot long at the moment i out some floating plants in there and he still seems to sit on the ground.

[henward]

your aro is just stressed.

from the move, maybe new tank mates and new tank.

i would suggest the following

1) black out back, and sides, leave only the front.

if youw ant the sides to be clear, then take off cover later, let it adjust first.

2) sitting on ground is stress for aros, all aros sit when stressed or scared.

i would seei f anyone attacks it and remove them

3) bright light can affect arowanas, plants to hide under would or coudl work but in my opinion, they also see outside whcih can stress them out.

like a small red light can stress them out, or sun shining through from outside in can do so and spook them.

from my experience, bright lights can also help stop them from easily seeing outside.

jsut like us, if its bright inside and dark outside, we cant see out, if its dark inside bright outside we see out.

somaking it bright inside, can stop them seeing outside and almost not notice the outside as much.

4) water params.

you moved to a bigger tank, hows filter capacity?

checked water params? severums can be very active, might jsut need to get used to them.

apart from that, maybe just time will heal its confidence