4'' silver aro. i have a question.

[Cichlid_Keeper]

i just got a silver aro that is about 4'' no egg sack so i think its past that stage. it was the bigges one in the tank of baby arowanas. the other ones ranged from 2 to 3 inches and the one i got is 4''....... anyways.........

i wanted to add this guy to my main tank ASAP. for now he is devided in a 10 gallon, and has about 5 galloons to himself(half the tank) and eating great already.

so i want to know......... if i feed him WELL daily, how long will it take him to get to 8"?????


he is currently eating live black worms and brine shrimp... i ran out of krill so ill have to buy some soon.... so with a diet like this how long will it take him to get to 8"

thank you.



CK

 

[ospy]

I am going to guess..................6 weeks to 8 weeks

 

[Cichlid_Keeper]

ok cool thanks........ i might add him to the tank even at 7'' but 6 to 8 weeks sounds great.

he is eating live black worms like crazy and im amazed at it b/c he has only been in the tank for less than 24 hours.


thanks.

 

[ethnics]

how big are the fish in ur main tank? you'd be surprised how well they do even tho they could be way smaller. i added my smaller aro at 9" with a 20+ aro and agression actually went the opposit way. smaller aro was punkin the bigger one. but you should see 3" within the next 2 months

 

[Bderick67]

Febuary 11th 2006 I got 2 of them. Mid june I decided to get rid of one, at that time one was 6.5 inches and the one I got rid of was 8 inches.

 

[Cichlid_Keeper]

how big are the fish in ur main tank? you'd be surprised how well they do even tho they could be way smaller. i added my smaller aro at 9" with a 20+ aro and agression actually went the opposit way. smaller aro was punkin the bigger one. but you should see 3" within the next 2 months

well i have a 15'' clown knife in my "main" tank that has eaten feeders bigger than the 4'' arowana so i don't think it will be a good idea to add him in there. i also have a 8'' arowana in that tank who is fine so im guessing the baby aro will be fine at 7 to 8 inches in the big tank.


he was eating like crazy today and i hope by me feeding him constantly he will grow faster.

hopefully in 6 weeks he will be 7"....???



thanks

CK

 

[ethnics]

ouch, how big is ur main tank? i almost dont recommend pairing aro's dude. everyone told me not to but i did anyway, now my 18incher is harassing my 2fter... which is why i have a 3rd one that im hoping to toss with them within the next year. hopefully my pair settles down because they've been together for almost a year now but jus recently showing agression towards eachother.

 

[Cichlid_Keeper]

well i plan to get rid of the 8'' and only have this 4'' guy in the tank.

i know how agressive the 8''er is and he grows SLLLLOWWWWW for some readon so i want to get rid of him b/c he will get picked on in the future if he does not grow faster.( he also eats very small amounts of food)(unlike this new guy) so in the end i plan to have only one silver in the tank.

hopefully in 6 weeks this 4''er will be around 7''?? and i can sell my bigger aro by then.

 

[Cichlid_Keeper]

oh crap bad news.......... he has ich. i see about 7 spots on him.

can i use Ich Cure to medicate it fast?? i can't get ich cure untill tomorrow though b/c i can't get a ride to my LFS today. he eats just as well and looks great but has the spots. if this goes untreated will he die??? the temperature is at 80F and i don't want to do that salt + high temperaturer way bacause it takes very long. ill use ich cure tomorrow. and il only use 1/2 the dosage because it says if its a silver fish of some kind its more fragile to the medication.


any advice????


thanks

 

[WyldFya]

I would do the salt and heat method. Ich cure can work faster, but it can also kill him. I wouldn't expect him to hit 7 inches in any shorter than 2 months, and in a 10 gallon he will be very cramped, and may begin to have stunting problems. How big is your big tank, and can you split that tank instead?