Great now I'm really overstocked!
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perfect_prefect;2943263; said:i got a jd that would look great with yours, ill trade you for the silver
HAHA! Thanks for the great deal. But I'm gonna re-house in another friends tank for the time being. It's gonna be housed with some rays so it won't have much competition for food. Nice having it back though even if its only for a few days.
Thanks he is a good looking aro, 14" and no drop eye is a good sign. I'm thinking he might be a bit stunted though because I bought him at around 4" in may from an LFS and they basically separated their little aro's into 7" cubicles :X. Either way at this size I think he'd be much happier in a larger tank.
Most silvers don't develop DE until they are larger. At 14" the aro has grown 10" in 10 months, that is average growth rate for a silver aro. Yours is not stunted. From seeing the huge silvers that have been posted growing up in a 55g tank, I don't believe you can stunt an arowanas growth. I do believe you can make it deformed though.
^ I see your point, the aro in that goldfish bowl isn't stunted at all! LMAO. I still can't get over that. Speaking of deformed aro's I saw the strangest looking one at an LFS here in chinatown it was two feet long (maybe a little less) and about a foot in body height (not exaggerating) and it looked very old. I guess that's what a full grown aro kept in a small tank might look like :/.
Casper2000;2946269; said:
Here's a link to pics of a 22" silver aro I adopted. http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showpost.php?p=869671&postcount=1
It developed a hunch back when it was raised in a 4 foot tank. Once I moved it to a 180g it's back straightened out after about 3 months
