240 Gallon Tank

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Crisliz;735852; said:
The minimum tank for an arrowana is 120gallon (4x2x2), but the bigger the better.
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i have to agree with the 120g. but it also depends on what aro. asian and jar will be fine in 120g. ask any AF(arofanatic.com) guy that actually have many asian and jars + experience. all agree with 422 tanks.

as for silvers... they do get bigger but i havent looked into it.
 
sQwiReL;737770; said:
i have to agree with the 120g. but it also depends on what aro. asian and jar will be fine in 120g. ask any AF(arofanatic.com) guy that actually have many asian and jars + experience. all agree with 422 tanks.

as for silvers... they do get bigger but i havent looked into it.
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Do you think that just because the address of their forum has ARO in the title they are correct. I am by no way an expert or even a novice at keeping Arowana but I am learning of the many knowledgeable people on this forum.

Pretend that the Arowana is an Oscar for a second(I know and keep Cichlids), Would you be comfortable keeping a 12" Oscar in a tank that measures 2'x1'x1', I would not. Now double the tank to 4'x2'x2' to suit the smallest of full grown Aros, a Jardini that is 2', seems a bit cramped for me. Your 4'x2'x2' is more appropriate for the Oscar.
 
when my 14 inch arowana turned around in a 55 their would still be about 2-3inches of space for him. not recommended but my uncle had a black aro in a 55 for 10 years he was stunted but still got to two feet, suprisingly enough he could turn around pretty easy.
 
Nova 8;740145; said:
Do you think that just because the address of their forum has ARO in the title they are correct. I am by no way an expert or even a novice at keeping Arowana but I am learning of the many knowledgeable people on this forum.

Pretend that the Arowana is an Oscar for a second(I know and keep Cichlids), Would you be comfortable keeping a 12" Oscar in a tank that measures 2'x1'x1', I would not. Now double the tank to 4'x2'x2' to suit the smallest of full grown Aros, a Jardini that is 2', seems a bit cramped for me. Your 4'x2'x2' is more appropriate for the Oscar.
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excellent comparison Nova, I think the biggest problem is most people have never seen a fish of that size(24")in a 4 foot tank. If they were to see it, then they would realize.

After looking at arofanatics I noticed it is mainly driven by members in asia. There it seems common place to overcrowd small tanks.
 
yeah but this time i think he is talking more of a silver. silver needs both girth and length ;)
 
Nova 8;740145; said:
Do you think that just because the address of their forum has ARO in the title they are correct. I am by no way an expert or even a novice at keeping Arowana but I am learning of the many knowledgeable people on this forum.

Pretend that the Arowana is an Oscar for a second(I know and keep Cichlids), Would you be comfortable keeping a 12" Oscar in a tank that measures 2'x1'x1', I would not. Now double the tank to 4'x2'x2' to suit the smallest of full grown Aros, a Jardini that is 2', seems a bit cramped for me. Your 4'x2'x2' is more appropriate for the Oscar.
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maybe you should check out that forum. theres a lot of very knowledgeable people on there. so if they are not correct... what makes me think YOU are correct? because you have an aro yourself? you wrote a book? you won some aro competition? you have more than 1 aro? successful comm with 1k fish? you actually spent more than 1k on your aro? many of the people on arofanatics actually have done more than just one of the above. what can you say you have done? :cry:

there is no right or wrong answer to this question... its how deep your pockets are is the question that should be asked. everyone has their own preference on tank sizing for what fish, but the main idea is "bigger is better."
 
Bderick67;743462; said:
After looking at arofanatics I noticed it is mainly driven by members in asia. There it seems common place to overcrowd small tanks.
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is that so? i hope you have passport stamps to prove you have actually been there and seen that in asia they overcrowd the fish. if not, you have no right to say that at all what so ever. if they do overcrowd their fish... then man do their fish still look healthy as heck and way nicer. maybe i should overcrowd my fish... then they would look just as nice. :nilly:
 
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