Do all Arowana fight if they are in the same tank? I want to get a second arowana but i do not want them to fight with each other. My arowana in my tank right now is approximately 6-7 inches long. He is still a baby, but i want to buy another arowana that is onbly 4 inches long. Do you think they will fight? And my tank is only 30 gallons (im getting a 125 long in the summer so this will do for now i hope).
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while they are young they'll be ok, but as they mature they'll either pair up or fight. The chances of them pairing up is slim.
You're going to need a much larger tank in the near future. A 125 is a good grow out tank, but it wont last very long. Your aro will grow 1-2" a month if kept in good conditions.
(this is all assuming you're talking about a silver)
You're going to need a much larger tank in the near future. A 125 is a good grow out tank, but it wont last very long. Your aro will grow 1-2" a month if kept in good conditions.
(this is all assuming you're talking about a silver)
They will for sure fight in a 30. Im gonna say this in the nicest way possible but im sure other members wont be as nice. Just get rid of your current arowana. It donst deserve to be kept in a 30 gal for any amount of time. I reccomend just getting anohter when you are ready and have a large tank.
30 gallons is way way to small. For right now your okay with the one arowana, but I'd try to get a 180 no later than January. As for having two, I think I've already sort of answered this question, but lets just say had a 240 gallon tank and you wanted to add that 4 incher. Yes, the very strong likelyhood is they would fight. Usually and probably in your case, the larger would be the aggressor. It can be real unpleasant to watch. I really wouldn't recommend it. And I say this as one who actually has two now and have kept two since the 80's. (not the same two). But this is not your real issue as I've mentioned. I really don't want to discourage you from your fish, but rather, I'd like to encourage you to find at least a 180 gallon tank for your ONE arowana. You can also put other fish in with him of course, just maybe not another arow. You might look for one used. I got a 180 gallon set up off of craigs list with EVERYTHING (filters heater hoods, stand, substraight, and even fish) for $300.00. Something to think about. Hope I wasn't to harsh.
Everyone's right. Even with one aro, you can't wait until summer to upgrade your tank. They just grow too darn fast. Hope you can work something out soon. It sucks having to give up or lose a great fish like an aro.
you deffinatly can NOT keep even 1 aro in that 30 for a year b4 tryin to upgrade let alone try 2. but to answer the fighting, my 2 aro's dont fight. they kinda chase a lil bit every now n then but all fins are perfect. splashing kinda gets crazy sometimes tho. i always laugh when i hear my mom yell "your arowanas are throwing water all over the ground again"
From your above post it seems like you might have not done enough research before you jumped into keeping aros. That is by no means a terrible thing, a lot of people have done this including myself at times. What would be terrible is if you don't put the fish's well being over your desire to keep him. In other words if you can't get the big tank, 180 minimum, I would just bite the bullet and return him.
You also have to understand 180 is not going to be enough, it is still just a grow out tank, but it will give you sometime to prepare for his permanent home (something with a 3' foot width and hopefully at least 8' long).
The above is really the bare minimum for just one silver, for two or more things have to get bigger.
You also have to understand 180 is not going to be enough, it is still just a grow out tank, but it will give you sometime to prepare for his permanent home (something with a 3' foot width and hopefully at least 8' long).
The above is really the bare minimum for just one silver, for two or more things have to get bigger.