Advice on a Black Arowana

[mzhantsche]

OK. At my LFS im friends with the owner. He has a Black Arowana he is trying to sell for 250 bucks. Its about 10". He said he would give me a discount and sell it to me for 150 bucks. Is this a good deal? I really think im going to do it.

Second question is that the tank i was planning on putting the Arowana in has Two Bichirs in it. They are of simular size and have not been aggressive to any other fish. I figured this would be a good tank mate because the Bichirs spend 99% of the time on the ground and the Aro will spend 99% of the time at the surface.

I also have a pritty heavy surface current going. Would this affect the aro? I could move the output or try way to defuse it.

 

[bomber]

Nice deal.

"Wait for it....."

 

[Will@FSA]

Sounds like a good deal if the aro has no noticable defects, and yes the aro should be fine in your tank.

 

[Poklei]

i spent 150 on a 4 inch so sounds good

 

[nicholasdances]

very good deal for that size! but make sure you can commit to buying a massive tank before you buy this fish, as he will need a 125 ATLEAST during the first year

 

[TheBlackOperations]

Good price, been seeing a lot of black arowana at LFS lately.

 

[mzhantsche]

very good deal for that size! but make sure you can commit to buying a massive tank before you buy this fish, as he will need a 125 ATLEAST during the first year

So i currently have a 90 gal. I was going to start with this size. He has been at the LFS for about two months now. He is kept in something close to a 30gal and....the owner of the store has a divider in the tank so he is only getting about 16" of length. So i really feel bad for it.

So im hoping it will be ok with the 48" lenth for 9 months or so, until i can get something that is 72" long.

I know some people will be upset about my tank size but i figure its better than what hes in now and he will have the whole top of the tank to itself.