Did I do the right thing?

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I recently bought a silver aro at this LFS. I was more looking for their honduran red points and trying to sex a pair, but they all looked female. My girlfriend pointed out the arowana. The clerk heard her and started talking to me about them (he didn't know that much). He thought they grew less than an inch a month, but he had already weened it onto flakes. I asked him to prove it because it was quite small, and sure enough, it loved the flakes. Meanwhile, there was another man starting to get interested in the fish once he saw it and overheard us talk about the redeeming qualities (personable, outgoing, big and elegant). I could tell he wanted to buy it and I overheard him say he would put it in the 55 gallon as the employee said it would probably be alright and grow to the tank size.

My girlfriend was telling me, "Get it, you have a bigger tank, and you will take better care of it than that guy." Which I couldn't argue with her, because she is my girlfriend and she's always right, but it was true. They guy didn't even know what the nitrogen cycle was.

So I told the clerk I would take it as if I were there first so I get it sort of thing. He bagged it up and I felt really good about it. I felt I saved this fish from this hillbilly's 55 gallon tank that he had goldfish, dyed mollies, angelfish, and wanted an arowana in (overheard him say how he had the I heart you mollies and they were with the angelfish and goldfish in the 55).

I really really like this fish, but I only have a 125 gallon tank for it at the moment. I am feeding him twice a day with hikari gold baby pellets. I figure the 125 will probably hold him for a little more than a year, but I know I won't want to give this guy up, much less I don't know anyone or any place near me who would be able to even house him.

I want to know if I did the right thing by buying this arowana instead of the guy with the 55 gallon.
 
He is certainly better off with you. :)

Just be aware you may need to upgrade your tank since Silvers can get extremely long. Over 24".
But it probably wont be fore a while, so save up every month.
 
That's definitely the right thing to do. I'm sure you will upgrade in the future, or give him to a good home once he is too big. I doubt the other guy would have.
 
I know I will, its just up to my parents if they allow it. I am going to have to beg all year.

I know this guy wouldn't have gotten a bigger tank, I could just tell, after working at a Poopsmart for a year I can just spot the irresponsibles.
 
you did the right thing...IF you can provide a better home. I trust you can, but be sure it doesn't wind up in the same situation it would have been in living in the 55g
 
You did the right thing you probility saved an arowana's life.
 
Onion01;1450288; said:
you did the right thing...IF you can provide a better home. I trust you can, but be sure it doesn't wind up in the same situation it would have been in living in the 55g
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My friend recently told me he had an arowana. He told me the tank was huge and all this stuff. It lived 2 years and then jumped. Turned out it was only a 55 gallon.

I sure hope the 125 can hold it for longer than the 55, but I know I need to upgrade.
 
You definatly did the right thing. That poor aro would not have made it very long with that guy. Arowanas are fun enjoyable and interesting enough with the right person who is interested in them. They seem to respond to attention. The first aro I ever saw was in a chinese restaurant. This guy was like 48in and in this huge tank supposedly the chinese think them as giving good luck. After seeing this guy I wanted one bad, but I also have a heart and want my fish to be happy. My first aro I ever had all kinds of problems he was 18 in when I got him with bad gill curl disease and other problems the fish was mistreated much like the one would have been that you saved. I worked on this guy for over a year before he was a healthy fish even doing the trimming surgical thing on his gill covers to repair them and they growed back normal. Unfortunalty he had about another year of good health and was up to 28in when I had to leave town for a weak and I dunno a friend of my did something to kill him and my 24in red tailed catfish that was his roomate.

But great job taking that little guy in
 
if he lasts a year for you, than that would be good

but both my silvers grew 2" a month untill they hit 22"

I had mine for a little over a year, and they both were at 24"
 
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