African Arowana!

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Got her way back in March when she was just a baby and no more than 2" in length and in my 2 footer. She's my all-time favourite fish and i don't mean just her but the species as a whole. Here's the link to when first photographed her and some pictures as well.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=402039

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Now, a bit more than 2 months later, she's pushing 7" now and burning a hole in my pocket due to her strict feeding regime. She still only eats FBW and i haven't started training her to accept other foods because i want her to reach 10"(which is supposedly the super-safe size) before i try. She eats anything from 24 to 30 cubes of FBWs a day although shared with some other small fishes in my 4 footer community tank. Have plans to upgrade to a 6 footer in the future. Let's just skip to the pictures cos' i talk too much. Sorry bad photography compared to back then cos' i'm too tired to try harder.

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30 cubes per day!!! Holy crap. Congrats on success raising it, they're a pain when small.
 
imo the ugliest aro of them all - props to ya for the commitment in raising it. looks like you have done a great job!
 
SimonL;5144526; said:
30 cubes per day!!! Holy crap. Congrats on success raising it, they're a pain when small.

About there. Even at this stage she still needs to eat quite constantly. Now i just gotta' start training her to eat MP or pellets. But she still doesn't seem to be able to swallow anything except FBWs.

prskiller;5144570; said:
That is so cool, I like them afro aros. I wish I could get one but I don't have a tank for it alone and all my other fishies would probably eat it.

Good. I wouldn't want anyone to risk an Afro considering they're my favourite fishes.

lungfishlover;5144576; said:
imo the ugliest aro of them all - props to ya for the commitment in raising it. looks like you have done a great job!

Thanks! When she was younger, i would some times wake up in the middle of the night just to feed her a couple of cubes. On the contrary, i think she's the most beautiful of them Aros. But then again, it's personal personal preference talking here.
 
Yea ! Very nice fish... :))) GL !! ;)

I'm looking African Arowana for more than 3 months...

Anyone can help he, please ;))))
 
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