arowana?

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funkweasel

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Hey, my tank is 4 feet long, 2 feet high, and almost 2 feet wide. My filtration is good and i clean my filter every week. Do you think an arowana could live in this empty tank? It is 80gal.

I would really like to try an arowana but an 80gal is the biggest tank im allowed to have in my house and im not sure if its enough. i have raised Pacu, needlefish, and Oscars before and have set up the tank again.

I assume that the arowana wont get full size in a 4 foot by 2 foot by 2 foot tank but i was wondering if its possible to keep one in it.
 
arowana's grow to 2 foot + even in captivity your tank is not suitable for a full size arowana and if you keep one you'll need to eventually buy a bigger tank.
 
Welcome to MFK!!!

I'm afraid an 80 will only last you about 1 to 1.5 years before the aro outgrows it.

And the belief that a fish will only grow according to tank size is a complete myth. A fish may "stunt" in a smaller tank but, it is not because of the size of the vessel. It's due to forcing an oversize fish to live in cramped conditions with inevitably poor water quality. Large fish in small tanks contract 'brown-blood' syndrome or nitrite poisoning. This condition lowers the animal's ability to absorb oxygen into its' blood cells. This toxic condition causes the stunting seen in large fish housed in cramped conditions.
If simply keeping large species in small tanks (and healthy) was all that was needed to stunt their growth, we'd have designer killie-sized asian aros, pimas could live in 125s for life, and breeder-size oscars could be maintained in brandy snifters.
 
the only reason people say that a fish will "grow to the size of the tank" is because the fish just dies before it gets massive.


simple answer, no. Unfortunately thats not nearly enough tank.

Welcome to mfk:)
 
Oddball said:
Welcome to MFK!!!

I'm afraid an 80 will only last you about 1 to 1.5 years before the aro outgrows it.

And the belief that a fish will only grow according to tank size is a complete myth. A fish may "stunt" in a smaller tank but, it is not because of the size of the vessel. It's due to forcing an oversize fish to live in cramped conditions with inevitably poor water quality. Large fish in small tanks contract 'brown-blood' syndrome or nitrite poisoning. This condition lowers the animal's ability to absorb oxygen into its' blood cells. This toxic condition causes the stunting seen in large fish housed in cramped conditions.
If simply keeping large species in small tanks (and healthy) was all that was needed to stunt their growth, we'd have designer killie-sized asian aros, pimas could live in 125s for life, and breeder-size oscars could be maintained in brandy snifters.
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What , you mean im the only one with a killer whale in a ten gallon nano-reef?
 
You need to add atleast 100 gallons to that tank. The arrow is a active large fish and needs to have room to move. You wouldnt want to live in the closet of your bedroom would you?
 
HAHA, im not gonna get into that because i practicaly do but i see your point. the reason i cant go bigger than 80gal is because the tank IS almost half of my room:barf: im getting brown blood.

and no offence taken rottbo, im a horrible person and an uneducated noob. i have no right to ask stupid questions that everybody but me knows :thumbsup:
 
hey man there are no stupid questions here. I am glad you took the time to ask before you bought the fish. Most people buy it and then ask. Please don't let a sarcastic few spoil your stay here at MFK. I think alot of members here forget that at one time they were a noob as well.
 
lol i was being sarcastic dont worry haha. i always reasearch before i buy, but i dont really trust fish sites on the web, they give allot of vague and polar answers. I have been guilty in the past of cutting into some people who do somthing like put 5 pacu in a 10 gal because they are cool looking.

What kind of predator do you recomend for an 80gal? besides OSCARS the stock answer.
 
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