Arowana and Jack Dempsey

[SpeshulEd]

As my 450g comes together, I currently have my aro in with smaller sa/ca fish temporarily. He's a bit bigger than everyone else in there, but I keep a close eye on things. So far no one pays any attention to him. It's been this way for a week now.

The only thing upsetting is the little fish have taken a liking to aro sticks. Cheap little fish eating expensive aro sticks is a bit frustrating, but what can you do.

I wouldn't put a baby aro in with a large JD, maybe if the JD's were just babies it'd be alright if the tank was large enough.

 

[sbrodacz]

The JD is a baby. I may have just convinced the finance to give her 20 gallon to her little sister and get a 55 gallon. That'll help a lot.

 

[sbuse]

i have a 10" male jd with a 21" silver aro now and i haven't had any issuses...just wait to put them together till the aro is bigger as brian said...aros are more sensitive and jumpy at a smaller size

 

[sbrodacz]

Is a smaller aro going to be ok with Rays?

 

[CTU2fan]

Yeah, once the aro is around 12" or so it would be fine, but at a small size it's a little touchy. A little arowana is a bit delicate to keep with a jack, and when it gets a bit bigger it can eat the little jack. I've got a 15" silver with some cichlids including a little 3.5" or so convict, and the aro completely ignores the con...best bet is wait til your aro gets big and get yourself a 4-5" JD. Jacks are pretty common so it's not like you have to jump on it or risk never getting one.

 

[sbrodacz]

That's very true. My LFS has large ones for $15. I've never seen baby ones and they're on aquabid for $5. How about the baby aro and 2 small rays?

 

[dleomd]

it works for me. have my silver in with smaller sa/ca cichlids including 2 jd's. aro has to be big enough to dominate or else i think it would get pulverized

 

[daveydoodle]

My aro and EBJD get along just fine. I have created several "hiding" places for the JD, so he seems to spend more of his time among the structures, and as expected the Aro is always up top. I think that my Aro isn't as aggressive as other people's, because even at feeding time, they do fine. Now by far the smallest fish in the tank is a Firemouth Cichlid, and he's an *******!

 

[A/C Dood]

Any other opinions?

I have a Electric Blue JD with My Silver Aro. No problems at all. When I first got him he was about 9"-10" long, he's about 20" long and he's filled out quite a bit since I got him. I've never had a problem from day one.
I've heard the electric blue JD's aren't as aggressive, I'm not sure if it's completely true but it seems to be working for me.


Hope that helps,

A/C Dood

 

[Gshock]

Is a smaller aro going to be ok with Rays?

How about the baby aro and 2 small rays?

Unless your aro is bigger than your rays, most likely won't work and you'll wake up to a missing arowana after a couple days.