arowana

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    Arowana pool idea/need some help

    So ive wanted an arowana since ive started fish keeping. I think they are just a beautiful fish that i really want to keep. So heres where the fun starts. Im looking to buy a arowana thats about 4-7 inches(might get smaller) in length that im just gonna have in a 125 until i can get what i...
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    Jardini and synodontis eupterus?

    My friend recently gave me a featherfin synodontis which is 5 inches. My Jardini is 7 inches and in the 180 gallon. When I put the synodontis there, the catfish seems to follow the jardini around and making him agitated. He doesn't bite him but the jardini gets agitated and as a defense started...
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    Arowana - swim shape, sick?

    hello, my ~3yr old arowana, ~24" suddenly started swimming tail down with a bend in his back. It's not excessive, but something I've noticed with the last week or so. He's still eating, swimming, alert, etc. but I wanted to see if this was something to be concerned about? The tank is 225g bow...
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    Is it necessary to cover the top in a pond with silver arowana ?

    I have a 400 gallon (1500 L) pond with two oscars , two tinfoil barbs and a 10" silver arowana . I 've had this arowana for like 2 months and it hasn't try to jump out , yet. it has plenty of room to swim around ( around 3 sqm) and if it want to jump out , it is possible to do so since water is...
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    Silver Arowanas are biting each other???

    Hi I finally got two Silver Arowanas, it's literally a dream come true. After perfectly acclimating them to their new tank, after around 10 min, I started noticing that they were occasionally calmly swimming up to each other and doing a swift motion where their mouth would kinda "bite" the other...
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    Can i keep a jardini in a brackish Paludarium?

    im gonna make a paludarium and when i went to the fish store these archerfish grabbed my attention and i really want them now but they need brackish water, can a jardini arowana live in brackish water?
  7. AG458

    (Photoshopped) Super Blue Arowana!

    With some red, too:) Just a little photoshop and a super red aro to begin with. If this was real, would you buy it?
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    New Aro feeding

    Hey guys new to the monster fish keepers forums thanks for your time and patience. How long did it take for your new aros to start eating after you have brought it home from the store? Just got my hands on a jardini Aro about 7" and is currently swimmingly happily.
  9. Miks786

    2 Baby silver Arowana together?

    Hey guys I just wanted too know what are your thoughts on keeping 2 baby silver arowana together? Both will be the same size
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    Arowana and fire eel?

    has anyone had any luck keeping a silver arowana with a fire eel? Want to put them together in my 225 gallon
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    Monster fish to small community fish

    I’ve been keeping monster fish and have a huge tank for years now Arowana, Gars, Bass, stingrays etc but have now sold as I’m moving house. I’m thinking of using this tank now as a community tank with small fish what doesn’t come with some of the stress these big fish sometimes give. My...
  12. TexasAroGuy

    Young Aro fin rot

    First time posting here. I've been looking around the site and haven't been convinced on the method to get rid of the rot and not effect the catfish. I have a 5in silver aro in with a 8in ripsaw catfish and noticed some fin rot starting to grow on the edges of the aro. He's in a 100 gallon...
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    Arowana sitting at bottom

    Hi all, I'm wondering why my 12-inch Banjar arowana sitting at bottom of the tank and not moving anywhere. Since last week she's giving some weird symptoms of stay bottom of the tank. Stay still at one particular corner of the tank not moving at all. My Arowana is eating. I didn't change my...
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    Silver Arowana, new keeper

    Hey guys, new to this site! I recently purchased a tank thats 250cm long, 70cm footprint and 60 cm high. I am curious if this is big enough to host 1 silver arowana, the tank is going to be mainly bichirs, but if this size is good i will also host 1 silver arowana. I have been reading alot, but...
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    Arowana Aquarium size question

    So. I recently got into arowanas. And i started researching aquarium sized. However i live in an area without alot of aquarium activity, Like Theres some 50 ish gallons, But no big ones But anyways, My question is. Could an arowana fit in a 185gal tank? (You post sizes since i might just build...
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    Can i stock these fishes in a 150 gallon aquarium?

    In a few days my new 5*2*2 aquarium will be finished and later needs to be setup.I thought of having an asian arowana untill fish reaches 1 and a half feet in length, 1 oscar, 6 clown loaches med sized, 1 black ghost knife fish which i already have(6-7 inches), along with 3-4 sea...
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    Powerhead and Airstone for Dorado and Goonch?

    Hey - What powerheads and airstone would you recommend for 7-8" Dorado's and goonch in a 180 gal? Thanks! - Nick
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    Tank balance

    Looking for advice on this combination of monsters....
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    Arowana hitting aquarium glass

    Hello, I am having trouble with my jardini arowana. He keeps hitting the glass of his aquarium too much, he has bruises all over his body. He is 30 cm, and his tank is 3X1X1,5 meters. He is alone in the tank, and he eats well. Is it possible to have too big of a tank?
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    Jardini not eating.

    Hello guys, I don't know why but this jardini that i have has a very weak appetite. I have him since Nov 2016. from 3" now he is about 8". Now he has not been eating for a week. He is in his solo tank. All parameters are in par. water has good air and water agitation. He does not eat pellets...
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