Arowana Keepers Please Help.

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Kashif314

Kashif314

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I made some impulse buying before and regret later. This time I wanted to know everything before going for it. I never owned an arowana fish before but its been my dream to house them. Now, I can make a bigger tank. Very big as suggested like 500 litres of water. I have space and can keep the water temperature ok. My water Ph is also suitable as they prefer. But I have few questions:

1) Is Arowana a hardy fish? I read its an expert level fish. Is it because the size of the tank or the fish is too difficult to keep? Like for example discus is very sensitive and even get very scared if someone moves to tank suddenly.

2) Is it ok to keep two arowanas in a tank if the tank is large enough? Or if the two will fight?

3) Is it ok to provide some tank mates like large sized Oscars or parrot fish so that the arowana can feel safe and tank will have some variety as well or is it advisable to keep the fish alone without any other fish? Some people wrote their parrot fish harass arowana, how true is that.

4) I don't like bare bottom tanks. I can put fine gravels or shall I put like sea sand with minimal rock scaping which don't have sharp edges. Which is more advisable. Gravel or sand?

Please also tell me any other info I need to know. I may get a silver or asian arowana depends on the availability and will buy a decent size one and not small. Will put a canister filter for filtration and a UV sterilzer and a decent heater and thermometer. I have money saved for this venture but I am not doing things like I did in past and then regret it.

Please reply. Thanks.
 
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Well first of you will need a bigger tank then 500L an silver arowana grows to at least 100cm and are an active swimmer that never stays still. You will need at least an tank with 200x100cm footprint and that about an minimum in my eyes. Bigger is better.

But to answer your questions.

1. An arowana is quite hardy but they are looked as an expert level fish because of its size. They do get massive and will ned an huge tank with an stable and large filtrationsetup preferably an sump and maybe an showerfilter. They are jumpers so you will also need to have heavy lids on the tank

2. It is okey with multiple arowanas if the tank is large enough. But as stated they need an really large tank.

3. You can keep other fish with arowanas as long as they dont fit in its mouth. As for parrots they are a bunch of *******s of a fish. :ROFL:

4. Substrate on the bottom is up to you what you find pleasing to look at. I tend to go to more of barebottomtanks in my fishrooms.
 
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Where do you live? Asian arowanas are banned in a few places.
 
To answer one of the questuons not full answered yet. Arowana are usually very skittish and tend to bolt causing themselves injury if there is decor and sometimes just on the tank itself. One of the reasons it's better to be only fish in the tank. As kind of stated above Asian aro are smaller then silvers and black. Asian and jardini are about them same size and have simular tank size requirements. But still need massive tanks.
 
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