Black arowana fry care

[Paige]

Hi, everyone so my lfs has black arowana fry 2" for sale and I'm thinking about purchasing one. But I have a few questions that I just can't seem to find a straight answer to. What type of water parameters can they handle(ph and hardness)? I've kept a silver aro in my water conditions which are very hard and everything was just fine. But I've read when the black aro's are young they are more sensitive. How much more sensitive? where should I get my water at? And when they mature can they transition to harder water? I have always wanted one of these guys. I just want to do it right.

 

[Tig Phish]

Hi, everyone so my lfs has black arowana fry 2" for sale and I'm thinking about purchasing one. But I have a few questions that I just can't seem to find a straight answer to. What type of water parameters can they handle(ph and hardness)? I've kept a silver aro in my water conditions which are very hard and everything was just fine. But I've read when the black aro's are young they are more sensitive. How much more sensitive? where should I get my water at? And when they mature can they transition to harder water? I have always wanted one of these guys. I just want to do it right.

1. baby blacks are highly sensitive- true
2. I live in MI, my pH is 7.8 and very hard, and have raised 3 baby blacks with no issues at all
3. when you first bring the baby black home, use the drip method or slowly pour your tank water to the bag the aro is in
4. the trick is not to change/adjust your water, but rather to slowly acclimate the baby aro to ur water and he will do perfectly fine

some tips I've picked up from raising baby blacks

• no tankmates, baby blacks can get stress out easily
• have floating plants if possible, sometimes the baby aros will hide in/underneath the floating plants
• believe it or not, but its actually easier in the beginning to start them off in a smaller tank (75 gallon)
• pellet train them if possible (I use hikari floating cichlid gold)
• clean water, the baby blacks are highly sensitive in terms of ammonia/nitrite/nitrate than pH/hardness
• COVER ALL OPENINGS!!! No matter how small the opening or "what are the chances he'll jump through...", cover it aros like to jump

hoped that help Paige

 

[Paige]

1. baby blacks are highly sensitive- true
2. I live in MI, my pH is 7.8 and very hard, and have raised 3 baby blacks with no issues at all
3. when you first bring the baby black home, use the drip method or slowly pour your tank water to the bag the aro is in
4. the trick is not to change/adjust your water, but rather to slowly acclimate the baby aro to ur water and he will do perfectly fine

some tips I've picked up from raising baby blacks

• no tankmates, baby blacks can get stress out easily
• have floating plants if possible, sometimes the baby aros will hide in/underneath the floating plants
• believe it or not, but its actually easier in the beginning to start them off in a smaller tank (75 gallon)
• pellet train them if possible (I use hikari floating cichlid gold)
• clean water, the baby blacks are highly sensitive in terms of ammonia/nitrite/nitrate than pH/hardness
• COVER ALL OPENINGS!!! No matter how small the opening or "what are the chances he'll jump through...", cover it aros like to jump

hoped that help Paige

Thank you that helps a lot it's nice to hear that it can be done with hard water.

I didn't know about the floating plants luckily I have a lot of duck weed that might do the trick.

I learned about the jumping the hard way with my first silver. He jumped through the small hole where the filter intake goes in. That was a really sad morning. Thank you again