Currents for baby African Arowanas?

[Recumbent]

I'm about to get my 1st afro's. How much current can they take? I was thinking about putting them in my 125G BB pleco grow out tank with a lot of driftwood and caves. I currently have a strong current in a bottom corner of the tank for the 17 baby pleco's to play in (they love it). The driftwood brakes up the 1000 gph current some but I don't know if it would be too much for baby afro's. My other tanks have sand or gravel. Thanks for any help.

 

[tigrey]

what size is the afro going to be? im sure he will be ok, my baby afro loves my current but its not as strong as yours its only 580 gph.

 

[Recumbent]

I will be picking them up Sunday from 310fish who said they should be about 2 1/2 to 3". It sounds like they should be fine with my current. Thanks for the info on yours.

 

[cnv]

You will be fine. I have 15x turnover in my afros tank.

 

[Madding]

Just make sure the powerhead's intake isn't strong enough to take a 3" afro against it and not let go.

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

I would highly recommend a sponge filter so that your afro can graze off the food when needed, this seems to be there number one issue IMO....

 

[Austin]

I would highly recommend a sponge filter so that your afro can graze off the food when needed, this seems to be there number one issue IMO....

Agreed.

 

[Madding]

Unfortunately feeding in general is a problem with the tiny ones.

 

[Egon]

Unfortunately feeding in general is a problem with the tiny ones.

I would highly recommend a sponge filter so that your afro can graze off the food when needed, this seems to be there number one issue IMO....

This is some good info! I hear they are very hard to feed when small. Any other feeding tips?

 

[Austin]

Mines 9" roughly and eats everything: smelt, shrimp, but nightcrawlers are his favorite. Feed them live blackworms, as many times a day as possible, they're the best IMO because they'll live in the sponge filter and not rot. It'll give the young'ns something to graze on. And most importantly keep them separated, they don't do well together.