Arapaima Gigas question

[Hesh69]

those monster grow upto 14ft in captiv and 16ft in nature... feed them guppies.they will grow quik.. their tails will start getting reddish =D .... n u will run outta space soon.. n u need a VERY VERY big aquarium for them..good luck with ur pims.. they kick ass!!

 

[Hesh69]

Does anyone knows if the there's any pellets out there that help bring out the Arapaima's red color?

try live food much as possible.. kokaroches r perfect.. evn for arowanas..the tail will get redish soon..

 

[peewee]

you and your boyfriend must have very large pond for those 3 gigas.

 

[Dolck]

Thanks for the answeers! We feed them mostly with feeders! And yes, ofcourse our gigas will have as much space as they need! =)

 

[SimonL]

those monster grow upto 14ft in captiv and 16ft in nature... feed them guppies.they will grow quik.. their tails will start getting reddish =D .... n u will run outta space soon.. n u need a VERY VERY big aquarium for them..good luck with ur pims.. they kick ass!!

The largest actual records for wild caught ones were a bit over 2.5 meters and 200 kilos. A bit over 3m and 300 kilos for pond-raised stock...

It's funny that the length records are often cited at 4.5 meters, but I've never seen a comparable weight record. Have a look at this illustration comparing a 2.5 and 4.5 meter Gigas...just for reference, a 16' Great White weighs around 1000 kilos.

Hopefully Zoodiver will chime in with some first hand data of actual size/weight ratios...

 

[Zoodiver]

From what I've seen, some of the size comparisons aren't quite 100% accurate when trying to compare length to weight. The longer ones I've delt with don't have the thick body at the 5-7 footers do. With age, they tend to thin out and gain length, becoming a very long gar-like fish.

 

[SimonL]

Ahh cool, I would have assumed the bulk increase continued with size/age. Do you have a weight for the largest you've dealt with?

 

[fishman256]

Good luck with them. I cannot wait to see them fully grown.