Need advice on a major decision

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Steven Williams

Steven Williams

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I've reached a major predicament

About a year ago I impulse bought/rescued my arowana. It's great best fish of my life love it and care for it more then my sis. I've reached a major obstacle which is upgrading. Originally I was gonna build a pond for my arowana over the summer cause it's getting way too big for its 60 gal (1 feet long). Now that's been pushed back to god knows how long thanks to my parents. My dad has a 125 gal with about 185 gal worth of filtration and wants to put my arowana in there. Problem, there's 7 cichlids in there; an 8 inch Midas, 6 inch JD, 5 inch FH, and 4 5inch bp. They want to swap the agressive fish (Midas and FH to my 60 gal) and put the arowana I have with the bp and my angels since I have angels in the 60 gal with my arowana rn. Will this even work temporarily I want to buy more time for me to persuade and fight my parents for a bigger tank or pond. Will this solution work or even last long? I think it's a stressful process for all the fish and I don't want it to happen but I've been given little choices. My parents refuse to let me give the arowana away and they refuse to let me build a pond so I'm really stuck. What should I do?

This is my arowana tank

This is the cichlid tank
 
That bigger Midas and a slightly smaller Flowerhorn in a 60 gallon has a high risk of only having a Midas left. I have a 60 too, its a nice tank, but I'd be worried about that Midas in there with other cichlids. And I'm not an Arowana expert, but idk if they can live forever in a 125
 
They won't let you rehome it? I would lie and give the fish away or euthanize it. It's irresponsible to keep a pet you can't care for, why would they have aversions to giving it a proper home?
 
FastFisher5 said:
I may have an idea. How large are the angels?
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Two are about 4 inches tall and the others are 3 they aren't adults which makes my problem worse

I know the only true solution is to give away my arowana but my parents get furious whenever I bring it up since we spent so much money to take care of it and feed it. But then there's no other solution cause they won't let me upgrade my tank or build a cheap pond or anything.

Also this whole swapping tanks with the cichlids will definetly kill something I'm sure
 
Woefulrelic said:
They won't let you rehome it? I would lie and give the fish away or euthanize it. It's irresponsible to keep a pet you can't care for, why would they have aversions to giving it a proper home?
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Woefulrelic said:
They won't let you rehome it? I would lie and give the fish away or euthanize it. It's irresponsible to keep a pet you can't care for, why would they have aversions to giving it a proper home?
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Check the thread I just posted below
 
Steven Williams said:
Two are about 4 inches tall and the others are 3 they aren't adults which makes my problem worse

I know the only true solution is to give away my arowana but my parents get furious whenever I bring it up since we spent so much money to take care of it and feed it. But then there's no other solution cause they won't let me upgrade my tank or build a cheap pond or anything.

Also this whole swapping tanks with the cichlids will definetly kill something I'm sure
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How about a smaller tank for the angels? You can get a 40 to 55 gallon for not too much money
 
There is all sorts of nope in this thread.. Unfortunately rehoming is the only decent option. The 60 is way too small for the aro now, and its not large enough for enough of the problem cichilids. The 125 is already cramped and a decent size aro will outgrow in a few months time.
 
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