Mixing Arowana/CA Cichlids - Anyone?

[peewee]

my green aro is with my gt and oscars, minor chases from time to time with cichlids being the aggressor.

 

[valderi123]

just tread lightly and keep an eye on them

 

[JK47]

The keeping of black/silver arowana with large aggressive SA/CA cichlids is a a pretty common combination. Where you can get into trouble is with having the arowana too small. If the arowana is under 6" I would not recommend having it with any tankmates. Once you grow the arowana out to 10-11" you can mix with cichlids, but keep the length of the cichlids to about half of the arowana's length. Between 6 and 10" is a gray area, you may be able to do the mix, but the safer path would be to wait a couple months for the aro to be 10".

Thanks Brian. I really apppreciate the feedback. As of right now my zonatus and cubans are at the 3" TL mark. Trying to track down a black in my area is hard enough at any size so it looks like I have a little work cut out for me.

 

[Moshmarine]

take bderick's advice and grow the aro out to at least 10". My silver aro is around 27" and the cichlids he is with include a midas, jack dempsey, red bay snook, and a firemouth. The aro chases around the midas and snook once in a while.

 

[Sidrock]

I have a 22" Silver Aro with a 10"-11" Jaguar and a 6" GT (along with a couple of 14"-15" FL Gars, a 12" Endli and a 6" Common Pleco) .. All are going OK..

Please follow Brian's advice and keep the Silver Aro alone till he is about 10"...

Good luck,
Sid

 

[pikey0151]

I HAVE HAD MY SILVER ARO WID EVRYTHING. JUST DIDNT LIKE FLOWERHORNS.
AND LIKED TO EAT ANYTHING THAT WAS ABLE TO FIT IN ITS MOUTH. SO IF THEY ARE A DECENT SIZE IT WILL BE OK.