I can't identify my arowana, please help me.

[Tobiassorensen]

Omg.. What if I put bigger tank mates?? Like Alligator gar
it's kinda sad to see them all alone in a tank

Well if you go the gatorgar way you have to be prepared for at least 1000g with a large footprint since they grow HUUUUGE. And gatorgars will outgrow your jardinii over a night with proper care. They can grow almost a cm per 24 hour. You can see an alligator grow from day to day.

 

[Rishab N]

Well if you go the gatorgar way you have to be prepared for at least 1000g with a large footprint since they grow HUUUUGE. And gatorgars will outgrow your jardinii over a night with proper care. They can grow almost a cm per 24 hour. You can see an alligator grow from day to day.

That's good information
I can't afford to have a 1000 gallon tank I guess I'll keep him separate

 

[Tobiassorensen]

That's good information
I can't afford to have a 1000 gallon tank I guess I'll keep him separate

You can keep other fish with your jardinii. Large fast tetras like widebar or thinbar myleus work fine but be prepared to see torn fins and wounds on you tetras. An LFS close to where i live have an jar close to 60cm with and tiger shovelnose hybrid and that works fine. But their tank is larger then an 180g. Its prob 200x100x80cm that tank

 

[AquaDERP]

are you feeding goldfish to the arowana?? I've never fed live fish to my arowana.. I feel bad for feeding fishes.. lol I'm weird

Bro Gold is his babysitter, not a bait. The only bait fish for my fish is FCKIN Tilapia (gotta destroy them all)

 

[islandguy11]

Don't trust the old beliefs of Jardini aggressiveness.


*EVERY SINGLE FISH NEEDS TANKMATE*

Sorry about the gender, even 20 years expert can't 100% AGI especially under 10 inches.

Disagree, not EVERY SINGLE fish needs a tank mate(s) -- imo it's cruel to keep a Flowerhorn with other fish, death/injury will result 99% of the time. Also Asian Arowana do perfectly fine with no tank mates --in fact it's possible having tank mates will increase the chances to get drop-eye.

Btw, not sure why you're throwing around the 'F' word, this is a family friendly

 

[AquaDERP]

Disagree, not EVERY SINGLE fish needs a tank mate(s) -- imo it's cruel to keep a Flowerhorn with other fish, death/injury will result 99% of the time. Also Asian Arowana do perfectly fine with no tank mates --in fact it's possible having tank mates will increase the chances to get drop-eye.

Btw, not sure why you're throwing around the 'F' word, this is a family friendly

Sorry but that bad F* is already stuck in my mouth when I'm talking about Tilapia.


Tankmate is not the real reason of DE. It's the stressed, so having a proper tankmate prevents DE. for my fact.

If the mate get killed, it's the tank environment not suited or too different size/specie.

e.g putting angelfish with neon tetra without planting. Some plants and space for all, then no problem at all.


Fish is the best adaptive being for me.

Everyone putting 1fish/1tank should have some more time behind the bars to understand their situation.

 

[twentyleagues]

Sorry but that bad F* is already stuck in my mouth when I'm talking about Tilapia.


Tankmate is not the real reason of DE. It's the stressed, so having a proper tankmate prevents DE. for my fact.

If the mate get killed, it's the tank environment not suited or too different size/specie.

e.g putting angelfish with neon tetra without planting. Some plants and space for all, then no problem at all.


Fish is the best adaptive being for me.

Everyone putting 1fish/1tank should have some more time behind the bars to understand their situation.

And in that same vein you could also say that some people could use some quality one on one time in a cage with Charles Manson, Jeffery Dahmer, or Jack the Ripper to fully understand the possible outcome of such an idea.
I agree that not every jardinii is going to be a killer of all fish just the same as a fh but the majority are. Also I have seen smaller fish stress larger fish like aros to the point of them bolting and killing themselves. Try it and see but be ready to lose someone.

 

[islandguy11]

Sorry but that bad F* is already stuck in my mouth when I'm talking about Tilapia.


Tankmate is not the real reason of DE. It's the stressed, so having a proper tankmate prevents DE. for my fact.

If the mate get killed, it's the tank environment not suited or too different size/specie.

e.g putting angelfish with neon tetra without planting. Some plants and space for all, then no problem at all.


Fish is the best adaptive being for me.

Everyone putting 1fish/1tank should have some more time behind the bars to understand their situation.

I didn't say having tank mates is the only reason for DE, as we know there can be several factors involved, probably chief of which is head trauma.

Personally though I wouldn't link having tank mates with lower incidence of DE -- I have seen quite a few big beautiful Asian Aros here in (proper) community set-ups with DE. These fish were in large tanks (some a bit crowded, but some not at all crowded) and they did not appear stressed -- they were kings of their tanks and they knew it.

Whether their DE was due to head trauma, diet (e.g. too many super worms) or due to having tank mates (or a combination thereof) I couldn't say for sure, but having seen this quite a few times, I decided not to take a chance with my 2 Asians, though I must admit I'm tempted at times. At this point though besides (possible) DE issues, I'm worried my fish are already used to living solo (and both quite protective of their tanks, even sometimes attacking my nets), so they might not accept tank mates, it would be chancy to try.

But if you want to see a really nice Gold Xback, that's solo and doesn't have DE: https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/introducing-flash.661403/page-6

I'm not sure

 

[islandguy11]

Also I have seen smaller fish stress larger fish like aros to the point of them bolting and killing themselves. Try it and see but be ready to lose someone.

This is also why I'm hesitant to put in tank mates: I lost my 1st Aro (11" Golden Xback) due to it going crazy and jumping into an internal corner filter that only had a little water above the sponges/biomedia -- I don't know for sure, but I highly suspect my mischievous little NTT (who surprisingly wasn't scared of the Aro at all) spooked her at night (it was just the Aro, 4" Ntt and 6" Flagtail in a 375g).

I know this doesn't happen all the time, and quite a few people keep Aros successfully in community tanks, but it did inspire me personally to go solo with the next 2 I got, just decided not to take a chance. I still have the NTT and Flagtail, but would be quite hesitant to put them in either tank, I've grown very fond of them both. Main worry is that if I went away for a 2-3 day business trip, the Aro might get a little too hungry or pissed off at not being fed.