Long question about Aro tank size...

[Crispy]

6'x2' minimum (180g) for SA aro IMO.

18" width just won't cut it when the aro hits 2'+. Mine is about 28" and even 2' width is just barely cutting it anymore, but he's still comfortable.

 

[killerfahaka]

Wow, Touchy subject. I always wondered about the same this very subject and i after reading on this and other forum i came to believe a 240+ gallon is needed for any one aro. I always had hard time believing this but my personal and honest opinion is 125 for asian/jardini and 180 for SA aro's would be enough.

 

[TheCanuck]

People go to college for degrees, and studies. They put years of work in studying these fish and set the standard for keeping these fish in a glass box, that they shouldn't even be in. My friend has a 30"+ arowana in his 400 and i think its in to small of a tank. This thread was alright at first, but now its just a bunch of wieners chewing down tank size to all make themselves feel better.....

Full grown arowana wouldn't even fit in a 240.

Get a job
Buy an appropriate tank
Enjoy your fish

 

[tthanatoss]

The fish obviously has to be able to move in the space you provide for it but honestly the phyisical size of the tank is pretty irrelevant as long as you are able to maintain the quality of the water. Aros can almost fold themselves in half so a 2 foot aro doesn't absolutey require 2 feet to turn around in. I think it goes without saying that the larger the habitat the more comfortable the fish but i don't believe anyone needs to house a ton of water in their living room to raise a healthy Aro.

 

[HighBackRTG]

There's also the issue of the weight of water, the average first floor isn't built to withstand the weight of something as heavy as a 400+ gallon tank sitting on one spot. Take into factor furniture and all your other things. Now if you didn't have a basement and your first floor is the ground floor then everything is fine. However most average homes also have basements. So unless you have concrete flooring, which most of us don't. Putting down a 400 gallon tank on your wooden floors is asking for trouble. That's about 3300 lbs sitting on a small area, that's putting a car on your floor. Large tanks would then have to go into the basement and you miss out on showing the tank to people when they come over.

120- For a single Jar/asian
180- For a single SA arowana

 

[leeishom]

People go to college for degrees, and studies. They put years of work in studying these fish and set the standard for keeping these fish in a glass box, that they shouldn't even be in. My friend has a 30"+ arowana in his 400 and i think its in to small of a tank. This thread was alright at first, but now its just a bunch of wieners chewing down tank size to all make themselves feel better.....

Full grown arowana wouldn't even fit in a 240.

Get a job
Buy an appropriate tank
Enjoy your fish

no one needs a degree to properly maintain a hobby/addiction, right?

The fish obviously has to be able to move in the space you provide for it but honestly the phyisical size of the tank is pretty irrelevant as long as you are able to maintain the quality of the water. Aros can almost fold themselves in half so a 2 foot aro doesn't absolutey require 2 feet to turn around in. I think it goes without saying that the larger the habitat the more comfortable the fish but i don't believe anyone needs to house a ton of water in their living room to raise a healthy Aro.

agreed.

There's also the issue of the weight of water, the average first floor isn't built to withstand the weight of something as heavy as a 400+ gallon tank sitting on one spot. Take into factor furniture and all your other things. Now if you didn't have a basement and your first floor is the ground floor then everything is fine. However most average homes also have basements. So unless you have concrete flooring, which most of us don't. Putting down a 400 gallon tank on your wooden floors is asking for trouble. That's about 3300 lbs sitting on a small area, that's putting a car on your floor. Large tanks would then have to go into the basement and you miss out on showing the tank to people when they come over.

120- For a single Jar/asian
180- For a single SA arowana

agreed.


listen..all im saying is: just cause other country does a 'thing' that your country of origin would probably frown on; does not in any way degrades the quality.
as i know now, a 2500 SQ. flat in Hong kong WILL cost at least 1 million USD to buy.
a 3 bedroom house with a supportable land probably be around 300.000 USD
get what im saying?

 

[Cliff.W.]

I'd say minimum 180g esspecially for silvers. I've got a 12" Aro in my 180g I'm sure one day he will be 24" he will be fine in my 180g. I heard of people telling stories of fish adapting and learning to compensate by making turns with more vertical than in width in smaller tanks.

 

[arodini]

People go to college for degrees, and studies. They put years of work in studying these fish and set the standard for keeping these fish in a glass box, that they shouldn't even be in. My friend has a 30"+ arowana in his 400 and i think its in to small of a tank. This thread was alright at first, but now its just a bunch of wieners chewing down tank size to all make themselves feel better.....

Full grown arowana wouldn't even fit in a 240.

Get a job
Buy an appropriate tank
Enjoy your fish

after these years of studies, could these people ask the fish if they were happy or unhappy from living in the glass boxes that they set dimension standards for? and could they explain why fish kept in smaller than suggested sized tanks look healthy? is tank size the only factor people consider in fish keeping?


OP, i personally saw full grown asian arowanas (not mine, but older family member's and neighbor's) in 18" wide tanks many many years ago and witnessed how they lived and thrived for a long long time. so i decided to raise a jar in a 125G long - i wanted that 6' length for him to swim, and the 18" width is fine for turning around. he's about 20" now after being with me for 21 months since 3" long, being comfortable and healthy in my view, although others will differ in a heartbeat even without seeing the fish in person. haven't experienced with an adult silver/black so can't comment on it. note, this is not to say that 125G is a recommended size for aros.

TheCanuck, i'm saying all this to make myself feel better. sure, if you say so...

 

[TheCanuck]

after these years of studies, could these people ask the fish if they were happy or unhappy from living in the glass boxes that they set dimension standards for? and could they explain why fish kept in smaller than suggested sized tanks look healthy? is tank size the only factor people consider in fish keeping?


OP, i personally saw full grown asian arowanas (not mine, but older family member's and neighbor's) in 18" wide tanks many many years ago and witnessed how they lived and thrived for a long long time. so i decided to raise a jar in a 125G long - i wanted that 6' length for him to swim, and the 18" width is fine for turning around. he's about 20" now after being with me for 21 months since 3" long, being comfortable and healthy in my view, although others will differ in a heartbeat even without seeing the fish in person. haven't experienced with an adult silver/black so can't comment on it. note, this is not to say that 125G is a recommended size for aros.

TheCanuck, i'm saying all this to make myself feel better. sure, if you say so...

21 months ? Thats nothing...

So full grown, how big is full grown? And how long is a long time? Thats the problem with those statements, they are not factual and usually bs. Just like everyone says my Oscar lived a good life, 8 years!.... please it died like half its life span early....

None of you can really say anything.... As none of you have an arowana over 24".... If you do, then you have a tank larger than a 240g... simple as that. Justification, its what society is now a days. My friends arowana is 21 years old, and theres a reason he is that old. I'd be surprised if one of you guys had an arowana for 5 years. A fish that gets easily 3ft in an 18" wide tank!? Once again, MFK is going down the hole because of people who can't give animals what they need.

No you don't need to be an expert on fish to keep them. You just need common sense and comprehension, the experts did the hard work for you. They posted a recommend tank size and still people are to stupid to figure it out...

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On the end note, jars are different than silvers.. along with tank sizes

Ignorance is pathetic, done...

 

[arodini]

21 months ? Thats nothing...

So full grown, how big is full grown? And how long is a long time? Thats the problem with those statements, they are not factual and usually bs. Just like everyone says my Oscar lived a good life, 8 years!.... please it died like half its life span early....

None of you can really say anything.... As none of you have an arowana over 24".... If you do, then you have a tank larger than a 240g... simple as that. Justification, its what society is now a days. My friends arowana is 21 years old, and theres a reason he is that old. I'd be surprised if one of you guys had an arowana for 5 years. A fish that gets easily 3ft in an 18" wide tank!? Once again, MFK is going down the hole because of people who can't give animals what they need.

No you don't need to be an expert on fish to keep them. You just need common sense and comprehension, the experts did the easy work for you. They posted a recommend tank size and still people are to stupid to figure it out...

Do you also wonder why japan and countries that house fish like this, even the people have the lowest life expectancy? Could those two factors be linked?

On the end note, jars are different than silvers.. along with tank sizes

Ignorance is pathetic, done...

i don't have proof of what i was stating about what i saw during my youth in asia. so i let you call it a bs or whatever you feel like. but about my jar, did i say it reaches its "full grown"? and did i say i recommended that size of tank for silvers?

do you have pics of this 21 years old aro that your friend has to back up your saying before i call it a BS too?

just better watch your language before calling others stupid, as i for one can get offensive if my intelligence is being measured by people like you.