Fish Babies....

[WarrendaFish]

Just brought home 2 baby silver arowanas. They are now in a 40 gal hex with a Dinosaur Eel about 5", an Afican Black Knife fish 3", and a transparent Knife fish about 6". Wecome to the knew community. They look like they are in great health. So far so good....

We'll see how the community grows.. Thanks for watching...

 

[brujah]

Nice, can't wait for some pictures

 

[Bderick67]

A few words of wisdom. Make sure your tank lid is 100% sealed, these guys jump. They will thrive if you can provide pristine water with nitrates bleow 10ppm. Baby aros are fragile, it is best to keep them without other tankmates until they are 5 to 6". A pair of aros only works about 33% of the time so if they fight you will need to separate. Good first food for baby aros is freeze dried blood worms.

Good luck raising these guys and I hope you are prepared for how fast they will grow.

 

[Hao]

keep lid closed at all time,shouldnt have tankmates if there to small,they cant defend themselfs at a small size,feed it black/bloodworm until its 5-6" then expand its food menu

 

[shiv]

Ensure that there is enough space or maybe you can add some floating plants.
Keeping 2 arowanas together might not be a good idea.
Experts suggest either one or maybe about 4/5 is the tank is big.
ANyway all the best and do let us know how the babies grow.

 

[HarlanAshmore]

black knife fish are south amer ican not african anyways good luck with the aros

 

[Bderick67]

black knife fish are south amer ican not african anyways good luck with the aros

Really, Xenomystus nigri a.k.a. african black knife fish are definetly from africa. Maybe your thinking of a black ghost knife fish.

 

[big_tank_boy]

not trying to come in and flame u but they are getting a bigger tank right i didnt see anything in ur post about upgradeing anytime soon as they will out grow that tank in about 1 or 2 months................. 40 gal hex dosent have much surface area which arows need............. like everyone has been saying watch out for aggression arows like to beat on eachother..........