How fast do silver arowanas grow?

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Feeder Fish
Aug 28, 2016
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I got a malnourished Silver Arowana from a wholeseller, he was thin like a string and had tattered fins. He was maybe 3 inches when I got him on Oct 8th 2015, Now he is 27" inches on 14th Oct, 2016. at first, he became obese due to hikari caristicks (Makes all fish obese and unhealthy in tropical climates), but later, I switched to azoo arowana sticks. Now he is Thick 2.5 inch, fit and healthy, active swimmer.

His diet is pellet based mostly, eats 40 - 45 sticks daily 5 days a week.
6th Day he is fed any one of the following -
1 - Mandeli fish (Local Indian Fish, one of the most nourishing, healthiest fish in the world)
2 - Feeder Frogs. (6-9 frogs) + 10 pellets
3 - Feeder crickets (Carrot fed) 35-40.
4 - Boiled Chicken (Only 1-2 small pieces with 25-30 pellets)
5 - Feeder Roaches (8-12)
6 - Kolambi Prawns.
7 - Some other things, I forgot to list like minnows and feeder fish, meal worms etc.
Centipedes (Maybe If I find one, there are a lot of them in India).
NO GOLDFISH. He stopped eating blood worms when he grew more than 7 inches.
7th day, he fasts, increases lifespan & health, obese fish doesn't mean happy and healthy fish.

I have a 750 gallon tank in which i fill 718.2 gallon water. My tank is extremely over filtered.
I haven't installed a heater, since I live in India (Mumbai), again good for the fish, small fluctuations in temperatures, kill harmful bacteria.

He lives with 4 silver dollars and a Pleco, whom he never even snaps. I plan to put him in my well as soon as he grows to 3 feet and put him with my 13 year old female arowana who is maybe 4 feet approx (Haven t measured) & 1 kissing gourami which i accidently dropped in a well, now has become bigger than 1 ft . The well would be a nice place for him later.
20ft X 20ft with natural mountain water seeping and underwater small currents, no need for water change.
 
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