View Full Version : Smallest fish in with ur Arowana
fishboykaps
11-07-2006, 2:31 PM
I am wondering what the smallest fish you guys keep with your Arowana, I am about to move my 9inch sliver and put it in my 240g show tank. Most all of the fish in there won't fit in its mouth but a couple could(mainly baby cichlids) . Now my roomates like to feed it goldfish and watch it eat but with the last batch of golds their were 3 left and he wouldn't eat them for a month now. He will go after feeder guppies and live shrimp.
but what is the smallest fish you have with ur aro that he won't eat and will he eat other fish of that size.
Km
WyldFya
11-07-2006, 2:40 PM
Smallest fish in my tank is a 5" royal pleco. As they get bigger they generally won't eat smaller fish, ie, when they are 2' long, they generally don't try to eat the neons.
LiuHsi
11-07-2006, 2:42 PM
my green is 16" , smallest in my tank is a royal pleco about 4" , and I have another small datnoid he is about 4" also.
CLown loaches, Severums, plecos, and rays always go nice with aro's.
WyldFya
11-07-2006, 4:56 PM
my green is 16" , smallest in my tank is a royal pleco about 4" , and I have another small datnoid he is about 4" also.
You have a GREEN aro, and you live in the US?
Princley
11-07-2006, 5:00 PM
Neons will do just fine till the ARO looses it's sac..lol mayb
softturtle
11-07-2006, 5:45 PM
I have seen neons with big aros a few times.
JardiniBoy
11-07-2006, 6:46 PM
If you keep the aro well-fed on non-live food it should be fine as it won't see the smaller fish as a food source. I have a green (18+") and a jardini (16+") in my monster comm. Smallest fish are my CL which are around 4" now..
milkman407
11-07-2006, 7:48 PM
umm, was a 1" clown loach but now i moved him into the 75 growout tank.
benzjamin13
11-07-2006, 7:53 PM
I have a 10" Silver Arowana and the smallest fish I have in there with him is a 4" Peacock Bass and a 3" Vampire Pleco.
DarmalisDragonfish
11-07-2006, 10:42 PM
I have a 1 foot silver and have several clown loaches that are 1.5 - 2.5 inches and no problems. Funny though if I put a rosy in about the same size and he nabs it right away....
mike C
11-08-2006, 7:30 PM
I keep 5 baby neon tetras and 5 blue danios in with my 22'' Black Aro and 13.5'' ID. Shark. They have been in together for a while now and not one is missing.
i have odessa barbs with my 16-18" black aro...and a albino cory lol
Im4u2nV
11-09-2006, 10:23 AM
just got me myself a green aro..he's around 6" - 7"...
the tank mates is 11 clownloach 2,5" and 1 distochodus 2,5"
so far so good...he doesn't seem to bother any of those..
but then again i just add the green aro today :)
Idealconcepts
11-09-2006, 1:10 PM
I have a 20-22 inch Black Aro with a 2-2.5 inch female Convict and 2 males convicts around 3-3.5 inches, the tank is a 300gal (30in tall). Aro eats market shrimp, pellets, and peas, I have never feed it live food.
rallysman
11-09-2006, 1:13 PM
I have a 6-7" pleco with my 24" aro