My silver laid eggs!! LOL

[neoprodigy]

hotness!!! you now need a male!

 

[TLkmDN]

wow u got a beautiful arow! full tank shot? size? diet?

 

[Steve_89]

PIMPIN!! How old is that Girl!!

Beautiful job man!!

Thanks mate...Not really sure tbh...over 18 months though.

That's cool! I didn't know that they would lay eggs even without a male.

Yeah I remember Mike (Delgado) had a girl that did it a few times...His girl was bigger than mine though...mine is only young still.

That is really awesome, has anyone ever had a Silver lay eggs in a tank before or is this a first?

Yes Delgado had a girl that did it.

This is the first time I have seen a silver lay eggs. I have seen asians lay eggs. Congrats and please remove the eggs before they rot. Gonna be hard to get a male, just put up a couple of silvers and hope for the best.

I removed the eggs...I was thinking of feeding them to my other fish...instead of letting them go to waste...but I ended up just throwing them out.

The mate could be the Giant Gourami

LOL...my family members who have no idea were suggesting the same thing

how big is she and what are the tank dimensions? can we have close up pics of the head and body so we can possibly determine sex of our silvers.

This silver isn't even 24" yet...I will try and get pix later and post them.

hotness!!! you now need a male!

I know bro...I have had a few offers already...but none are confirmed males..I might have to buy a few and see if they pair off.

wow u got a beautiful arow! full tank shot? size? diet?

Size is approx 20" I think...never really done a measurement...This girl will ONLY eat prawns...nothing else. Tank is a 240.

 

[Juxtaroberto]

Congratulations!

What are the parameters? pH? Temp? Lighting schedule? Anything you can think of LOL. Now that I know it can be done, I want to do it.

 

[Steve_89]

Congratulations!

What are the parameters? pH? Temp? Lighting schedule? Anything you can think of LOL. Now that I know it can be done, I want to do it.

errrr good question LOL.

Water comes out of the tap at 7.0...so it should be around that...

Lighting...is never on...natural sunlight only. Occasionally I will put lights on for a couple of hours if I have visitors over. I have a sky light over this tank. If you dont know what that is...its basically just a hole in my roof that allows natural sunlight into the house.

Fed once a day. Prawn only.

20% water changes every Friday.

Very little water flow if any...the giant gourami always knocks the spray bar off...water is almost stagnant.

No heater...which is biggest surprise for me...I was keeping this girl in water that would have been around 71 F or 22 C.

Filtration is an external canister that only flows approx 320 g/ph.

 

[Juxtaroberto]

Yeah, I guess what you're doing differently from the rest of us is cool, calm water. That's probably the secret. =)

Thanks!

 

[nigaharu]

WOW!

 

[xuethao]

congz on your beautifull female

 

[zerojquan85]

errrr good question LOL.

Water comes out of the tap at 7.0...so it should be around that...

Lighting...is never on...natural sunlight only. Occasionally I will put lights on for a couple of hours if I have visitors over. I have a sky light over this tank. If you dont know what that is...its basically just a hole in my roof that allows natural sunlight into the house.

Fed once a day. Prawn only.

20% water changes every Friday.

Very little water flow if any...the giant gourami always knocks the spray bar off...water is almost stagnant.

No heater...which is biggest surprise for me...I was keeping this girl in water that would have been around 71 F or 22 C.

Filtration is an external canister that only flows approx 320 g/ph.

I think maybe u've created a more natural environment??? I saw a youtube video about Silvers in Amazon.. i know theres not a whole lot of water flow., and the water are sometimes very green...

Please do post more pictures of the head and full tank shots.. I want to compare your female's head with others... that way i can see if the myth about the mouth is true for silver arowanas... Heard male's mouth is wider and bigger.. for carrying eggs...

Awesome news! Congrats and you probably heard too much.. Get her a Guy!

If your in Cali.. i know a lot of fish stores with at least 1-2 adult Silver arowana....

PS: whats ur estimate of her length? at least 20" like u mention?

 

[Eric A]

He lives in Australia mate. That would be a lot of effort for a male fish lol.