Arowana Keepers Please Help.

[Kashif314]

You can try many other fish with arowana. The thing is in smallish tanks, it is often a gamble, especially with the more aggressive arowana as Asian and Australian. You can most certainly try with almost any tank mate that won't fit in arowana's mouth but watch closely and be prepared to remove the tank mates at any point.

Galantzspeed and I have not steered you away from trying an arowana, for two.

Thanks dear. My tank is a 150L × 50W × 80H in cm. If I buy suppose a silver arowana (extremely easy to get) which is living in a community tank. Maybe that's a good choice? The fish which is already used to other fish? I have seen in stores they have arowanas housed with big parrots or oscars or kois. In that case suppose I by a not very big arowana how much time I can have till it start to grow into a beast?

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Thanks dear. My tank is a 150L × 50W × 80H in cm. If I buy suppose a silver arowana (extremely easy to get) which is living in a community tank. Maybe that's a good choice? The fish which is already used to other fish? I have seen in stores they have arowanas housed with big parrots or oscars or kois. In that case suppose I by a not very big arowana how much time I can have till it start to grow into a beast?

I'd not put it like that, I'd say till the arowana will need to be rehomed. It can vary for different keepers but if all is good and average, I'd say you would have about a year with a silver aro. Once it starts trying to jump out and hurt itself more and more, it will be your que.

 

[Kashif314]

I'd not put it like that, I'd say till the arowana will need to be rehomed. It can vary for different keepers but if all is good and average, I'd say you would have about a year with a silver aro. Once it starts trying to jump out and hurt itself more and more, it will be your que.

Thanks dear. How about an Asian arowana? Like a banjar red? I read and heard that Asians don't grow so big?

 

[AnthonyFish20]

Well an arowana isnt much harder to keep then any other fish. It all comes down to you wc schedule and how big of a tank you will get. An 200x100x80cm tank lengthxwidthxhight will work for one asian arowana but bigger is always better. If you are able to get an tank 250x130x80 then you have an perfect tank IMHO.

Its harder to keep in the tank.

 

[Galantspeedz]

Thanks dear. How about an Asian arowana? Like a banjar red? I read and heard that Asians don't grow so big?

first year... you should be looking at him growing to about 30cm.... thereafter it should slow down.... my current aro is about 4+yrs old and about 40-45cm...

 

[islandguy11]

Yes we can draw generalities but of course growth rates are going to be influenced by things like feeding/diet, how much exercise the fish gets, water parameters/temperature and also tank size -- imo the bigger the tank they're in from early life, the faster they'll grow. My Golden Head (in 325g) is about 1.5 yr. old (I've had him for ~8 months) and is nearly 40 cm now, still growing like a sprout (but I wouldn't be surprised if this slows down in not too distant future).

However my Blue Base (in another 325g), same approx. age, hasn't grown quite so fast, she's currently ~35 cm (but she generally eats less compared to the GH and usually isn't as active, so not surprising).

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Kashif, I think Galantspeedz and Islandguy have answered your question. I've no firsthand experience with Asian arowana as they are federally banned in the USA.

Its harder to keep in the tank.

If this is supposed to address Tobias' first sentence, I assume you are saying "Arowana is harder to keep in a tank than any other fish".

IMHO, this would not be a correct statement.

And overall, your post is so curt and cryptic that it carries a negative overall value of a filler without substance, bro, especially when one provides an alternative point of view to the one they chose to quote... Albeit I think I know what you mean and I even agree with it that on average an arowana is harder to keep versus many other monster fish because it actively tries to bail the enclosure when it's too small, this is based on my assumptions and experience.

I may be way wrong here too with my assumptions. It'd be much better if I didn't have to ponder that much what you meant.

$0.02

 

[Galantspeedz]

Kashif, I think Galantspeedz and Islandguy have answered your question. I've no firsthand experience with Asian arowana as they are federally banned in the USA.


If this is supposed to address Tobias' first sentence, I assume you are saying "Arowana is harder to keep in a tank than any other fish".

IMHO, this would not be a correct statement.

And overall, your post is so curt and cryptic that it carries a negative overall value of a filler without substance, bro, especially when one provides an alternative point of view to the one they chose to quote... Albeit I think I know what you mean and I even agree with it that on average an arowana is harder to keep versus many other monster fish because it actively tries to bail the enclosure when it's too small, this is based on my assumptions and experience.

I may be way wrong here too with my assumptions. It'd be much better if I didn't have to ponder that much what you meant.

$0.02

I think they bail because they are top feeders and are built to jump up to eat insects....

Likely they saw something above them that look like lunch

 

[islandguy11]

I think they bail because they are top feeders and are built to jump up to eat insects....

Likely they saw something above them that look like lunch

Yeah like this grasshopper I found taunting my Aro last night lol. I heard a splash, checked it out and saw this little guy with a death wish on the lid. I grabbed him and put him outside before Aro could jump again. (I was tempted to feed it to him but don't want to get him more onto live food, he already gets smaller insects that land on the water).



That said while I agree this can cause them to jump, I'd say esp. with younger Aro they often just get spooked and scared so easily (e.g. even sudden changes in lighting) and they temporarily flip out, go wild and just want to escape the tank. Even if they can't make it out of the tank they can easily injure themselves, this is what makes Aros harder to keep than many other fish imho, again esp. at a younger age or if they feel cramped in a too small tank.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Haha, thanks guys. I think collectively, we have made up for the curtness and diligently explained Anthonyfish's post. Great MFK spirit here. Thank you.