My 7 year old Silver Arow....

[Red Devil]

Close to 7 anyway... a few months to go...He is about 36 inches... never really ate a great diet... from the time he was tiny he always loved his arow pellets.. and thats all he wanted except for a silver side here and there... now at this age he has changed his picky ways... i can almost hand feed him anything... he decided he wants to try everything i toss at him... so algae pellets, cichlid pellets,defrosted cooked shrimp makes him drool.... and silversides and krill and anything else he can catch... i don't know how long this will last but i really enjoy feeding time with him now.. he gets all excited and curls up.. his eyes get big.... {i just shiver to my self....please don't jump}.... but i am carefull..............:D

[le patron]

cool cool, nice work liz

[akskirmish]

Monster Liz.......One of the older ones that I know of too.....

[jojo_nature]

Looking good Liz , is that your lovely Adonis in the background aswell ?

[HPIZZLE]

:headbang2theres that update!!!!!

still looking good i see.

[Red Devil]

cool cool, nice work liz
thanks...considering he has jumped out of the tank 2xs during water changes and roughed himself up a bit over the years.. he looks great for his age...

[blatch]

very nice fish

[Red Devil]

:headbang2theres that update!!!!!

still looking good i see.
thanks Hpizzle ... just for you...:D

[Red Devil]

Looking good Liz , is that your lovely Adonis in the background aswell ?
Yes he has a 12 inch Adonis and a 7 inch synodontis with him through the years... the Adonis is 3 years old now and synodontis at least 10 years old...

[polish]

I think it's awesome you've had it for 7 years, Monster for sure.

[Red Devil]

Monster Liz.......One of the older ones that I know of too.....
I keep hoping every year for another year...so far so good ..thanks..

[Red Devil]

very nice fish
thanks.... tough old guy..:D

[gigas12]

Nice arow.

[Red Devil]

Nice arow.
thank you gigas

[random fish guy]

true monster

[Red Devil]

true monster
lol thanks... :D:D:headbang2

[Bderick67]

Are you sure he's seven years old? I only ask because in August of '07 you posted that it was his Birthday and that he was four y.o.

[Red Devil]

i know i had my knee operation in 2002 and after i was in surgery i ended up in intensive care... my arow that i had at that time jumped..my husband believes he gave up his life to save mine... right after that i got this guy.. so maybe i had his age wrong when i posted back then..... because it is all working out now..i just asked hubby how old he is.. and he just said as old as your knee...

[Bderick67]

i know i had my knee operation in 2002 and after i was in surgery i ended up in intensive care... my arow that i had at that time jumped..my husband believes he gave up his life to save mine... right after that i got this guy.. so maybe i had his age wrong when i posted back then..... because it is all working out now..i just asked hubby how old he is.. and he just said as old as your knee...

:thumbsup: The only reason I think I remembered that thread was because it was the same day as my daughters Bday.

Looks as if you guy has the double DE, like one of my silvers:(

[Red Devil]

oh yes...but it does not bother me.. and it should not bother you.. so many of them lose their life too early... i will take the DE as long as he is still kicking... ..and he is healthy..

[Bderick67]

oh yes...but it does not bother me.. and it should not bother you.. so many of them lose their life too early... i will take the DE as long as he is still kicking... ..and he is healthy..

Ya I just feel sorry for her, she used to love crickets, krill, pellets but now she doesn't seem to be able to feed from the surface with any success at all

[Red Devil]

oh that is a different story... mine is still able to eat from the surface.. but lately i have been introducing all new foods by dropping it right in front of his face... i was so surprised that he seems to love it.. and now anything i give him this way he goes for it... but i have no other action in the tank...no tank mates except for two on bottom ... so he does not have any competition...

[Hao]

DAM thats big

[n4red]

Yeah nice looking silver , and old one ! :)

[Red Devil]

thanks all

[benzjamin13]

Monster! Very nice looking Aro!

[Red Devil]

Thanks Ben....

[BRYANT MONSTER]

Nice monster silver

[Red Devil]

Nice monster silver
thanks Bryant..appreciate it...:D

[djdlemma]

Old guy looks good!!!

[Red Devil]

thank you lol

[ghostface]

nice, i have a jardini that had for a year now and its 13"in right now

[Red Devil]

nice, i have a jardini that had for a year now and its 13"in right nowthats a big jardini... he is thriving... keep up the good work..thanks

[Hao]

any full tank shots? =D the biggest arow iv seen was 3 24" silver and IT WAS MASSIVE cant imagine standing next to 3 fter :drool:

[oscar n redtail cat]

stunning fish liz i forgot you had him what eles do you have in your zoo of tanks ?

[Satan's Goldfish]

Very nice, i hope i have mine that long! very impresive at that size.

Don't want to seem stupid, but what does 'DE' mean?

[MsMassPoly]

very nice Liz,that is a hog i thought my 3 were big at 30 inches:}

[zerojquan85]

Very nice, i hope i have mine that long! very impresive at that size.

Don't want to seem stupid, but what does 'DE' mean?


Double Drop eye.. it doesnt always occur in Arowana.. most only have 1 drop eye..

I have to say AWESOME arowana.. i just got another silver at 11" yesterday to accompany my 13" arowana.. their surprisingly doing well together.....

I hope mine grows to be monsters!

[Yanbbrox]

Looking good Liz!

[Red Devil]

Thanks everyone ... i will try and post a few more shots tommorrow.. full tank etc... yes he has drop eye in both eyes... but it poses no problems... he still is an awesome boy..

[Pharaoh]

What a nice looking aro. He is a monster.

[Red Devil]

What a nice looking aro. He is a monster.
thanks very much Pharaoh.... :)

[Bogwoodbruce]

wow liz, just wow.

Another fine example of the amazing care that you give your fish :)

[Red Devil]

wow liz, just wow.

Another fine example of the amazing care that you give your fish :)thanks my friend..
your so charming... :D

[Bogwoodbruce]

thanks my friend..
your so charming... :D
Aww..... i try my best :)

[Juxtaroberto]

Wow, awesome arowana! And to think you've still got about 12 inches to go before it maxes out...

[koop171]

Very nice. one of the largest I ahve seen posted. Big silvers are sweet. You don't see to many of them compared to the number of them that are floating around at 12"+

hope he makes it to at least 10. maybe you can get him close to that 1m mark.

[Red Devil]

Very nice. one of the largest I ahve seen posted. Big silvers are sweet. You don't see to many of them compared to the number of them that are floating around at 12"+

hope he makes it to at least 10. maybe you can get him close to that 1m mark.
i wonder how many years they grow...???thank you

[Red Devil]

thanks now that he eats so much better maybe he will grow more

[Hot Slime]

Wow 7 years is a long time. And you must have one of the oldest silvers on MFK. That makes you a silver pro is my book :D . You have a great looking aro and I cant wait for the full tank pics!

[Red Devil]

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334417Heres a couple from tonight...

[Hao]

nice how big is da tank?

[Red Devil]

180 GAL thanks..

[Bogwoodbruce]

Just amazing liz, love your photographs

[Red Devil]

thanks Bruce...love yours better.... my camera is so so...

[Hao]

holy how can it swim =(

[bongko]

NICE! Lots of dedication to keep him around for 7 years. I've had my australian for less than 7 months and it's been alot of work! Keep up the good work!

[Red Devil]

thank you everyone... i appreciate it very much.....

[Red tail catking]

7 years and only 36" I guess its true what they say about blacks how they grow slow.

[fishman646]

if thats a 180 he lookd more like 26 to 28 inches an amazing fish!

[Red Devil]

7 years and only 36" I guess its true what they say about blacks how they grow slow.
He is a silver and actually may be just a bit less then his measurement of 36...i was trying to be more accurate yesterday... but it is not easy.. one thing he did not do was eat that great... but lately that has completely changed.. just a few moments ago he ate 6 silversides... i don't know what has changed him ..but he wants to eat everything now... :D:D:D so there should be another growth spurt happening soon if this keeps up...

[Brian Fish]

Great looking arowana Liz great job.

[Red Devil]

Great looking arowana Liz great job.
thanks very much Brian...:D

[HPIZZLE]

how bout an update?

[selki]

^^^update^^^^

[Red Devil]

^^^update^^^^i will get some new pics soon