Even smaller I have not noticed anything that I would call fragile. I have actually never lost a silver aro.
Should/cCould I get an aro ? crash course
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Lol. He's advising you to get an albino silver arowana. He says they are expensive but the care is the same as a regular silver or black. He has a few baby silver arowanas he is growing out, but is only going to keep one. He also advises you to be careful because they can jump an injure themselves if startled. Lastly he wants to pump his arowanas up by feeding them crickets.
Anyways... Lei's are really awesome fish. I had one that was really beautiful... Spots everywhere! Nicer than any jardini. Cost a lot too... Raised him from a 3inch baby to over two feet long... Untill I found him dead behind the tank...
Anyways... Lei's are really awesome fish. I had one that was really beautiful... Spots everywhere! Nicer than any jardini. Cost a lot too... Raised him from a 3inch baby to over two feet long... Untill I found him dead behind the tank...
I found that not feeding them live foods and keeping them strictly on pellets, as well as keeping their attention upwards by floating a pack of ping pong balls in my (bare) tank greatly helps in the prevention of dropeye. I never feed my arowanas live food, they are easily spoilt on live foods and will refuse pellets... Also in my opinion the African aro is the ugliest aro in the aro family. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I suggested he get an albino arowana since it's a color difference and same level of keeping a silver arowana and that Arowana like to jump and must have lids on the tank. I suggested feeding live crickets for juvenile to get them to size or buy them a little larger.
I think a black or lei would be good, silver might need more width in the long run. Blacks are more slender and don't get as large as silvers. And a jar might be a killer, depends on the specimen and whether or not you wanna take that risk.
Thanks guys... any other advice you can give me are they difficult to pellet train ? And special water requirements high flow rate ?
Whats growth rate like
Whats growth rate like
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My 9" Lei is well on it's way on pellets and in my experience not hard to train. IMO, water parameters are generally the same as any tropical FW. Of course there are listed preferences for aro, but nothing they could adapt to in a community tank.
Flow just depends on how you want your tank set up. I like a lot of surface water agitation. For the gas exchanges and how it looks with moving water. I say 1" / month average?
That is a great tank you'll have jaws, for an Aro!
Flow just depends on how you want your tank set up. I like a lot of surface water agitation. For the gas exchanges and how it looks with moving water. I say 1" / month average?
That is a great tank you'll have jaws, for an Aro!
