Will need a 300+ gallon tank within a year or so for the arowana anyway; in a 300 the jag might behave better. Or, could leave the jag in the 125 alone and move the other fish into the bigger tank.
Jaguar cichlid 180 gallon with tank mates
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When first purchasing my arowana the fish store gave me false info saying that this particular arowana would only reach 15-18". Knowing that the tank needs to be 3 times the fishes length and at least equal width, I thought I would be okay (74 in x 21 in).
However I don't have access to a larger tank, so he would need to be returned to the store down the road. Which as of right now is the plan.
My main concern is the environment within the 125 gallon. I'm assuming that the Jag will simply need to find a new home in order to keep my clown loaches and arowana alive.
If you know you need to re home the arowana with in a year, why not do it now and keep the jag solo, they really are impressive intelligent wet pets.
You are probably right in that assumption unfortunately, if he is showing aggression already at this size, it is likely to get worse as the fish grows.
I agree the space factor is very important for any large agressive fish. The most important thing to help understand the problem is to acknowledge the fact that in the wild fully grown jags and dovii are not only both carnivores but top of the food chain. There are only a handful of fish that could take these guys on and those fish would probably cause more trouble themselves. Ive learnt to ignore youtube videos as they are really just in the same league as porn and dont really represent real life at all.
This is something I have strongly considered, because I do enjoy the jag. He has gotten very comfortable and will come up to the side of the glass. Not to mention feeding time he has some serious energy. My only set back is that if I keep the Jag and re locate the arowana, that the jag will continue to bother my clown loaches. I just don't want to loose both the arowana and the loaches. As a school of large clown loaches are exactly cheap.
If the jag decides to eat a clown loach whole, the loach can kill the jag by releasing the spine under the eyes and do internal damage to the jag. Keep it as a solo jag tank since it's already harassing the loaches.
Appreciate all the input! The spines were the main reason that I went with the loaches. I will give them a few days and monitor them to see if things get better. It may only take 1 time of a run in with there spines and then he decides to leave them alone, especially when there is a school of 5 loaches at 5 inches.
