Jardini facts please!

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BOOMSHAKER

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Hi fish folk.
I love Asian arowana and have wanted one for a while. However they are silly prices so with not being able to part with that kind of cash, I saw the opportunity to grab an 8 inch jardini. Straight away he gave my 14 inch silver aro a hard time so decided to move on the silver. So anyway I read and read and read about jardinis and to be honest got 60% tank killers, 40% can live with other fish...... So, anyone on here had or have a jardini who can tell me what to believe?
I intend on getting two peacock bass and two mini marble stingrays to go in the tank with him.
Can this be done?
 
danotaylor said:
Tank size is an indisputable factor. How big is the tank?
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I agree that tank size is a big component to having a community tank. I’ve seen a 600gal hold several Jardini and Leichardti arowanas with several Barramundi fish. In my personal experience after keeping 3 Jardinis is that they are pretty mellow when small. Once they hit that 8”+ mark, they become very aggressive and territorial literally attacking everything. I only have a 125gal so I keep them solo for that reason.

I love Asian arowana too and Leichardti arowanas are more mellow and still have the look when they get full size.
 
I was literally just clicking on this site when your post come through. He's around 9 inch now. Very shy of the bigger fish but chases my orange severum around. Hasn't bit or attacked yet but I can see he really wants to. I've just rescued a huge albino giant gourami which seems to be acting like a police man and if there's any aggression he nudges the aggressor. Hopefully he will keep the jardini in check.... For now.
 
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BOOMSHAKER said:
I was literally just clicking on this site when your post come through. He's around 9 inch now. Very shy of the bigger fish but chases my orange severum around. Hasn't bit or attacked yet but I can see he really wants to. I've just rescued a huge albino giant gourami which seems to be acting like a police man and if there's any aggression he nudges the aggressor. Hopefully he will keep the jardini in check.... For now.
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Nice! Since I’m in the US, Jars are the closest thing to Asian aros I can get (legally). Keep us posted on him.
 
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