biggest arapaima

[bluefish]

I have been reading about these guys and watching the threads in fascination over the size and quality of the fish some of you folks have. I was wondering if you keepers of the gigas could chime in with a survey answer about how big yours is and what size tank you keep them in. I thought it would be fun in one place to see how big some of these fellows can get in captivity. Some day I would hope to have a tank big enough to have one. Right now I have paima envy.

 

[Zoodiver]

Most are posted in the arapaima thread, check it out.

A fish should get just is big in a captive environment as it does in the wild. If it doesn't, the keeper messed up.

 

[Passionate 4 pikes]

I believe the record is 15 feet. big

 

[FroZenFiRe]

WTF..15ft fish

 

[yohan]

WTF..15ft fish

welcome to MFK

 

[MUNSTA]

15ft. Thats a monster

 

[raiyuri]

We have a 5 footer and its 4 years old, man these guys grow fast! We bought it at 7 inch long and in 6 months its having difficulty moving in a 100 gallon tank.

 

[rmorse]

I have a 55 gallon. Thats a huuuuuge tank.

I think I may do a school of 6 of them...


(Yes, I'm kidding)

 

[Zoodiver]

We have a 5 footer and its 4 years old, man these guys grow fast! We bought it at 7 inch long and in 6 months its having difficulty moving in a 100 gallon tank.

I'll go ahead and say it - you need a bigger tank, it's not growing at a good rate.
My two year old was well over 6 feet long.