Baby Blacks...Update: seven weeks

[David R]

I hardly think that three 2 1/2" arowana in a 20g long is crammed- as a matter of fact, as juveniles its better to keep them in a smaller area,to make it easier for them to find their food

There is obviously a fine line, you might not think that a 20g is too small for 3 2.5" fish, but the fact that they didn't get along would contradict that.

I know its not quite the same as a 2.5" fish, but twice I've put a ~6" aro (one black one green) in a 150-160g tank with a string current and tankmates, and never have they had trouble finding food...

 

[Bderick67]

Obviously three 2.5" fish easily fit into a 30" long tank, but the size isn't really the issue. The problem is with the small volume of water makes for unstable water params. With a fish that is known to be sensitive to varied water params this is a bad plan. The fact that daily 50% WCs were needed should have been reason enough to question the setup. Personally myself I would not raise baby aros in anything less then 40g.

 

[sbuse]

WOW! take it easy no need to kill eachother over this! some aro's live some die it doesn't mater how long you've had one or not. you can put them in anything when little if they fight they fight. try anything one i say but if you make the same mistake twice let the swords speak! i often do experimental tests with my fish combos sometimes it works sometimes one get eatten, but i don't do the bad combos again. as for the update nice aros i wanted blacks but their way to much cash for my ability now. so i got a silver for $10. i had it in a 20 reg. with an oscar, 2bgks and a pleco. when it was 6" i moved them all to my 200gal. gl with the blacks watch them for crashes to test the de theroy

 

[badreverend]

WOW! take it easy no need to kill eachother over this! some aro's live some die it doesn't mater how long you've had one or not. you can put them in anything when little if they fight they fight. try anything one i say but if you make the same mistake twice let the swords speak! i often do experimental tests with my fish combos sometimes it works sometimes one get eatten, but i don't do the bad combos again. as for the update nice aros i wanted blacks but their way to much cash for my ability now. so i got a silver for $10. i had it in a 20 reg. with an oscar, 2bgks and a pleco. when it was 6" i moved them all to my 200gal. gl with the blacks watch them for crashes to test the de theroy

That was the only smart thing to come from this thread- Thanks- you just just saved me a trip

 

[badreverend]

WOW! take it easy no need to kill eachother over this! some aro's live some die it doesn't mater how long you've had one or not. you can put them in anything when little if they fight they fight. try anything one i say but if you make the same mistake twice let the swords speak! i often do experimental tests with my fish combos sometimes it works sometimes one get eatten, but i don't do the bad combos again. as for the update nice aros i wanted blacks but their way to much cash

That was the only smart thing to come from this thread- Thanks- you just just saved me a trip

 

[Bderick67]

WOW! take it easy no need to kill eachother over this! some aro's live some die it doesn't mater how long you've had one or not. you can put them in anything when little if they fight they fight. try anything one i say but if you make the same mistake twice let the swords speak! i often do experimental tests with my fish combos sometimes it works sometimes one get eatten, but i don't do the bad combos again. as for the update nice aros i wanted blacks but their way to much cash for my ability now. so i got a silver for $10. i had it in a 20 reg. with an oscar, 2bgks and a pleco. when it was 6" i moved them all to my 200gal. gl with the blacks watch them for crashes to test the de theroy

Not killing anyone, just disagreeing on my part. Not sure about the other party though.

Yes some aro do live and some do die as it is a result of their caretakers. It does matter how long you've had the aro though, how else can you gain experience?

There is always a risk, the key is to minimize the risk and have other options if needed. I'm sure the mistake of putting the three baby aros in a 20g will not happen again. Too bad the signs of a distressed aro were not recognized earlier as they may still all be alive. I still have yet to see any signs that would lead me to stop from keeping my two together. As for using the failed attempt of three in the 20g for 4 days as any reference or example as to what I am doing, doesn't even come close.

If you do combos that fail, just not doing them again is not enough. You need to understand why they failed, so you can apply the wisdom gained to other attempts that may be risky, but similar in nature.

I myself have now attempted a pair of arowana 6 times. It is very apparent when it will not work. Of the 6 I have four that failed(none in death) 1 that has been a success and one that is yet to be determined.
As suggested before I spend way to much time here on MFK and "need to get out more", but I have read enough of others experiences to see that keeping a pair works only about 33% of the time. So i would hope that anyone reading this thread will gain some knowledge as to aid in their Monsterfishkeeping quests.

 

[sbuse]

that is why i'm here to gain knowladge...you gain expirence though keeping them but an young aro can still die after years of keeping them some are unsaveable. nomater how long you have had one or not the fishes care level doesn't change. i'm not picking a side to the dispute but merly giving an outside opinon. what i ment by not doing the bad combos again was what you said by taking the bad issuses and fixing them till you have a working product. i have only had an aro for as long as it took my silver to go from 3" to 15", but i've got thousands of hours in reseach in keeping them! if you put the time and effort anything can be done! all rules are made to be broken thats why there made!imo i have done many things with my fish combos that "aren't possible" or "bad ideas" and they worked out fine just do the proper research before you do anything and when you don't listen to what your research tells you you end up getting a new baby tsn my bad aperintly 15"s of aro can eat 3" of tsn learning exp. new one will be bigger before intro to aro. some are faults of careless caretaking others are ex. of perfect caretaking and fish just dying. it happens

 

[badreverend]

Not sure about the other party though.

Too bad the signs of a distressed aro were not recognized earlier as they may still all be alive.
It is very apparent when it will not work.

Much like the black that you had, the poor fish was stressed enough to leave its conditions and flee its tank- if you had cared in the slightest,you at least would have had the tank cover secured, so you could poisin the poor fish in its own filth- one way or another that fish didnt stand a chance with you around- If you had cleaned the arowana water that day instead of telling everyone on MFK that you know more than them- or maybe if you secured the lid instead of taking shots at someone who tried to help you on MFK, maybe, just maybe you wouldnt have killed it- Especially, for some reason you feel like the arowana whisperer it should have been obvious that you were clearly killing this fish- its obvious and clear especially when you had the fish for a few months-
Please dont take anymore shots at me-I was just trying to help- you dont need to get on your soapbox and preach the differences of our fish and situations- You just need to hide behind your laptop too feel like a man- and Im sure a couple of the kids under the age of 13 on MFK think that you are- but I dont and I dont want you as a penpal -Thanks

 

[Nabbig2]

Nice babies, what do you feed them?

 

[fishman646]

Where did you pick these up brian?