So on Tuesday I'll be getting a hold of a small 4-6 inch Black Arowana. Aside from easily being my favorite fish in the hobby, they are also next to impossible to find where I live. It would be going into the only tank I currently have available, which is my 150 gallon until June when I upgrade to a 300 gallon. My problem is the current inhabitants of my tank. I have a 15-16" Jaguar Cichlid and a 12" Red Devil Cichlid currently residing in there. I've kept arowana with them before and they never bothered them, but they were always 8"+. Do you guys think it would be safe to let the little guy roam free in the tank with those monsters or should I play it safe, buy some eggcrate, and separate them until he gets some size on him?
Black Aro Help!
- Thread starter SMSChris
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To risky to put are are with the above mentioned fish
Silver dollars may also make the aro a bit jumpy
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Even after you growth out your Aro decent size then it still a risk to put it in same tank with a jag that resident there for long time already, your black aro won't last with Jag bully it around.
In all honesty I'm only worried about the Jaguar. The RD is probably the biggest baby I've ever seen. She gets bullied around by the 7" Senegal Bichir that share the tank with her and the Jag. But you guys are right, I should probably find a decent sized grow-out tank for the little aro until I can get a hold of the big tank in June.
A 15" jag will swallow an aro that small in one there's no second chances at that size , I'd listen to these guys and either grow it past 12" or rehome the cichlids
Best of luck with your decision
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