I took another trip to the LFS to buy a large net and also check in on the status of this guy that I saw last week. Turns out he's been there for two months, but I mis-remembered the size of him when he got there. He hasn't grown all that much, because he doesn't eat a whole lot, according to the guy. He's still quite beautiful and I made a point to make sure he didn't have dropeye.
Anyway, they still want 129 and wouldn't go below 100 for him, so I'm just going to wait them out. I may go as high as 70-75 just to make them feel like I'm not totally ripping them off, but I'd really rather not.
Anyway, two tanks over they had a brand new little guy that they only wanted $20 for. I figure that's still probably a bit of a ripoff but I didn't care. I agreed and now have made the plunge into Arowana ownership.
I put him in my 55 planted for now to grow a bit since there's nothing in there that will harass him (althrough the dominant male curviceps has been curious about him). This will be fun raising him from such a young age. And hopefully he will end up as colorful as the 6 incher at the store.
I don't have any experience with the babies though so I just want to post pictures here and make sure he's not a jardini or something that just hasn't colored up.
So here he is, my first aro:
Anyway, they still want 129 and wouldn't go below 100 for him, so I'm just going to wait them out. I may go as high as 70-75 just to make them feel like I'm not totally ripping them off, but I'd really rather not.
Anyway, two tanks over they had a brand new little guy that they only wanted $20 for. I figure that's still probably a bit of a ripoff but I didn't care. I agreed and now have made the plunge into Arowana ownership.
I put him in my 55 planted for now to grow a bit since there's nothing in there that will harass him (althrough the dominant male curviceps has been curious about him). This will be fun raising him from such a young age. And hopefully he will end up as colorful as the 6 incher at the store.
I don't have any experience with the babies though so I just want to post pictures here and make sure he's not a jardini or something that just hasn't colored up.
So here he is, my first aro:
