how is it done? how can i do it?
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thanks sid..I have had tons of success keeping a Blk and Silver arro together. I find the key is to introduce them to the tank at the same time. I also find it helps to buy the Blk a little larger than the silver as the silver will out grow the blk every time, plus the blacks are not as aggressive eating as the silver are at smaller ages. This is really not that hard to do. I am sure there are tons of MFK'er that have had or have this combination. Youtube it!
I wouldn't risk the health of your fish if you know your silvers don't get along in the first place especially if they would only be sharing a 6 foot tank with a tiny 18 inch width. Barely enough room to turn for a single silver that would quickly out grow that tank let alone having 2. Just leave your aro's in separate tanks until they are big enough to be moved into your pond where they would have more room to swim around in.
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As I dont dispute that his black will not likely catch the silver in size. I do believe there is a misconception on how fast blacks grow. I think most cases are based on wild caught blacks that are 8-12" once they are acquired, these take time to adjust to tank life and don't carry the typical arowana appetite. However baby blacks that are successfully raised to adults have a growth rate much closer to that of an average silver aro. My current black that was raised from 2-2.5" Has kept a steady growth rate of just over one inch per month and is now 27". A past baby black that I lost unfortunately grew to to 9" in just 5 months. Another member B in SD has seen 15 to 17" of growth out of his trio of blacks in just one year.
Thats interesting. I bought my first (and only) black in 4/08. He was a wild caught, and I got him around 8 inches. He was raised in a 220 for two years. Around May of last year, he was moved to a 300 rubbermaid at about 18-20 inches. Thats about 10 inches to a foot in two years. Now, it is about a year in the 300, and he is right around the two foot mark. I guess that means I've seen about .5 inch a month consistently over three years. I have no experience raising from a baby, but it is interesting to hear the difference it makes.
I am not trying to make this a contest, but I have raised both wild and captive bred, and I still say that the blk I have had have never grown that fast as bderick67 says, that impressive to say the least. I guess compared to all the silver I have raised with blks, clearly you can see the silvers growing over night and the blacks just kind of there. In fact I have a black and silver together now, I bought the blk at 7in and the sliver at 5in, and already the silver is about 8in and the black might be 8in and its been at least 2 months...
That is much more in line with my other 27" black aro I currently have. Bought in Feb '07 at 10-11" in August '09 it was 19-20" only 9-10" in 2.5 years. This aro was a very finicky eater, strange thing was when moved(Aug '09) to the 450g along with the two big silver aros, the black became a very aggressive eater. It then had a 5-6" growth spurt over the next six months, and has also added a couple more inches over the last year.
Bad news: I can no longer Get the black as its not in season and my lfs can't get a hold of one till next year by then my silver will be too big to be in the same pond as a black. I could grow it out in a tank first but not sure how the silvers will act when I put the black in the pond a year after they been in it
I introduced a 16" black in with two 27-28" silvers and a 25" black aro. This went well and there were no problems at all, except for my back that ached from sleeping on the fishroom floor for three night.
However, just because it worked for me doesn't mean it will work for you, you always need to be prepared for things not to work.
However, just because it worked for me doesn't mean it will work for you, you always need to be prepared for things not to work.
