lujor;4310713; said:
I'm only (sorta) familiar with silvers, so give me the low-down on Jardini (& other aros) levels of aggression. This is the stuff I want to find out about now, not after I've lost several fish. "Pretend" I'm stupid- if I knew everything I would not be on this site.
The link that was posted in
post #8 should give you most of the info you need on the different species of aros. But here are some of my opinions on the pros and cons of each species:
Silver aro
Pros: large size- could be seen as a pro or a con, very graceful movement, very hardy ime, very flexible- don't require an extremely wide tank, they are usually tolerant of most tankmates that will not easily fit into their mouth (and many people have had great success keeping them with much smaller tankmates, like angels, small tetras, etc., the only fish they are almost always intolerant of are other arowanas that have a similar body shape
Cons: DE (or drop eye) is basically inevitable in most specimens kept in aquariums, as with all other aro species they are very jumpy and are capable of jumping out of a tank, even if it has a lid that is weighed down, as stated previously, they will not usually tolerate other silver or black aros in the same tank unless they are kept in a group of 5 or more individuals
Black aro
Pros:basically the same as the silver aros, with a few additions: they are more colorful until they get to about 4 years+, DE is very uncommon in this species, and they seem to be more tolerant of other aros in the same tank
Cons: they are rare and expensive (the cheapest I have heard of was $150 for a 4-5 incher).
Jardini/leichardti arowanas
Pros: much smaller than the SA aros, as far as I know they aren't nearly as prone to DE
Cons: become aggressive after 8" and usually will kill any tankmates they are put with (though there have been a few exceptions), they're much less colorful than the SA aros, and not nearly as graceful.
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