How fast do Arapaima grow?

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This is strictly for informational purposes--I'm not thinking of purchasing an Arapaima; but I was wondering how fast they grow?

When I was in Singapore I saw babies for sale in 40 gallon tanks. What is the rate which they outgrow tanks? The same place had some at about 5 feet in an outdoor pond which I would estimate at about 10' x 10'. They sold me some fish to feed to the 5 footers--it was fun!

I was just curious how quickly a baby Arapaima would outgrow say a 8' x 2' tank? How about those 5 footers in the 10' x 10'?

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wrong section. but i think they would grow atleast 12 inches in the first year.
 
the ones at my lfs were 5 inchers when i first saw them 4 months ago. as of last saturday, they were around 8-10 inchers

They're not a sellable item due to the size they reach - I'd only even consider one with big pond or private lake or something similar.
 
to be arowana or not to be....that is the question :ROFL:
 
The fish store near me has one that is 2 years old... he's 5 feet long! He jumped through their wall tank and they had to put him in the in-store pond with their giant koi. They have 2 more.. also two year olds but they are about 2.5 - 3 feet long.
 
most seem to get 4-5' at 2 years old.
 
Arapaima are osteoglossiformes. So are arowana.

Since there is no forum for the arapaimas...I would say that this was an okay place for this post.
 
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