Minimum width for a Silver?

[franchise513]

Well... i was in the stingray section trying to find so intersting tank mates for the possible silver aros and longnose gars im going to get. And this ass**** who lashing out on everyone on my thread about their fish keeping ability, but he said that a silver aro wouldnt be fine in a 3' wide tank for life.

What im making sure is that i can keep a silver aro in can go in a 3' wide tank for life.

I thought that the bare minimum for silver aros is like 1/3 of their length, because there such flexible fish, lol i no this is probably wrong, but thats just what i heard.

But i would never keep a fish in those conditions, but i think a 3' would be fine for an silver aro, but if its not let me know

 

[StripeGirl]

like i said before that rude guy spoke,I have several huge arowanas in that size tank and they are in great shape and seem extremely happy.

 

[franchise513]

ya i no, wtf was that guys problem?

 

[StripeGirl]

i also have big silvers in a 450,4 foot wide and they have tonss of room

 

[StripeGirl]

it will take a silver at least 3 years to get huge.

 

[pwmin]

3' wide and 9' long should be adequate for life

 

[big_tank_boy]

i know wat the guys problem.......





































































hes not a guy sorry the off topic but i thought it would be funny

well i think that arowanas would do great in a 3 foot wide tank. if they become the monster 48 inches that we all know and love they would perfer a 4 or more foot wide tank.

hey atleast i answerd the question!

 

[StripeGirl]

yes he was a real charmer.

 

[franchise513]

haha alright, jw here, but would that extra foot to make it 9' make a big difference? Cause the tank that i found is only 8' and idk if i can find a bigger one

 

[David R]

an 8x3x2' tank would house a silver for a long long time. IMO if the length of the fish is longer than the width of the tank it should only be a temporary home....