4 inch arowana in 1 year?

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hello, i have a baby arowana of 4 inch with two 3inch blood parrot & one 2 inch placo.
My tank capacity 50 gallon. how long can i keep theme in this tank? its my 2nd tank, 1st one full.
i need time before buying bigger.
 
I'd start looking for larger tank immediately, keep an eye out for used ones or one that may need resealed...when they say arrows grow fast...it's NO JOKE hahaha as I'm learning now! Good luck!
 
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I'd start looking for larger tank immediately, keep an eye out for used ones or one that may need resealed...when they say arrows grow fast...it's NO JOKE hahaha as I'm learning now! Good luck!


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my tank is 3 feet long. Is my baby arow good for 1 year in this tank?
& does Arowana eats flakes too? I am giving flake foods with bloodworms in the same time. as my parrots love flake food over bloodworms, but recently arow also eats flake food side by side bloodworms. is it bad for arow to eat flake food? should I stop giving flakes & stick to bloodworms?
 
Most arowana grow up to 2 inches per month for a long time. Yours could be slower, but he's not going to slow down unless tank conditions become poor.


Right now, I'm guessing that you are changing about 75% of the tank water per week. Otherwise, you may have higher nitrates than you probably want. In two months, at your aro's current growth rate (which is about +1.3% per day), it will be 12 inches and the amount of nitrates added to the tank each day will have doubled.

In 2 more months, the aro will be closer to 15.5 inches at his current growth rate, and the nitrate levels will have doubled again. Ideally, you'll be doing 75% water changes every other day. That's still using a slower rate of growth than many people report an aro might reach.

A 15 inch fish in a 36x18 inch tank is not going to be a good choice, imo, so you have only a small amount of time to solve this.

Removing the other fish doesn't really fix much (in my calculation) since I assumed they would not get much bigger.
 
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