I recently moved my arowana into a 200 gallon tank, along with his tankmate an endlicheri endlicher bichir. When I introduced them to the new tank I added in two NTT datnoids. They seem pretty stable and healthy, and they both get along great with the arowana. At times, I'll see the arowana pacing the tank with the two dats following in single follow line. I got both for about $60 USD each. They are about 4 inches, the arowana is a little more than 12 inches, and the bichir is about 11 inches long.
The bichir, Elwood, pretty much just sits on the bottom all day, and they don't pay any attention to him at all. However, they are pretty fond of the jardini, Yojimbo, and try to almost school with him. They've only been together about a week, so we'll still have to play it by ear to see how things work out. All in all though, it seems to be going well as you can see by the pictures. In these shots the datnoids were almost seeking cover behind the arowana.
I'll update this thread every month or so with new pictures to document the condition of the fish, as well as their growth. I'm really interested in watching these fish grow, as I feel it's always more fun when you had a monster from a small size, rather then getting a fish that's already huge.
Currently I've been just feeding them small fish, as it's all I can seem to get them to eat. It's not that bad, as my bichir is a pain and will not eat anything but live food, so I don't really have to change my feeding routines much, just a little more live food each week. Hopefully they start picking up on some of the freeze dried shrimp or market shrimp chunks I feed the arowana, but we'll have to see.
So, here's to the first post of many on these two knuckle heads. I'll keep the thread updated with anything important that happens over the next few months. Thanks for reading!
The bichir, Elwood, pretty much just sits on the bottom all day, and they don't pay any attention to him at all. However, they are pretty fond of the jardini, Yojimbo, and try to almost school with him. They've only been together about a week, so we'll still have to play it by ear to see how things work out. All in all though, it seems to be going well as you can see by the pictures. In these shots the datnoids were almost seeking cover behind the arowana.
I'll update this thread every month or so with new pictures to document the condition of the fish, as well as their growth. I'm really interested in watching these fish grow, as I feel it's always more fun when you had a monster from a small size, rather then getting a fish that's already huge.
Currently I've been just feeding them small fish, as it's all I can seem to get them to eat. It's not that bad, as my bichir is a pain and will not eat anything but live food, so I don't really have to change my feeding routines much, just a little more live food each week. Hopefully they start picking up on some of the freeze dried shrimp or market shrimp chunks I feed the arowana, but we'll have to see.
So, here's to the first post of many on these two knuckle heads. I'll keep the thread updated with anything important that happens over the next few months. Thanks for reading!
