New 180G Arow Tank-Need advice please!

[Ill take that mean one]

black or silver 220g minimum

 

[ermgravy]

Hard to come by? Expensive? Or both? How much we talkin? I have spent on a dog what many men have spent on an engagement ring. I realize long term staisfaction of an impeccable animal. Any info on these or the Red Arows would be gret.

Are you saying other Arows would mess wit da ray?! Platinum? Reds? Blacks? They are all "Ill-Tempered"? "With fricken laser beams on their heads?"

*"If you don't get the joke baby, then bugger off"
-Austin Powers

platinum silvers go for £1600+ in the uk(thats sterling), but considering asians are illgeal in the us maybe a lil more as its prob the most desiarable aro thats legal to obtain in the us.........

 

[Bderick67]

black or silver 220g minimum

Volume is worthless without dimensions.

A Standard 180g is 6'x2'x2' and is too small to support a black or silver for life. By adding 6" to the height you get a 220g tank(6'x2'x30") but this still does not allow for an aro any bigger then the 180g.

 

[pondnewbie]

I have fished for Barramundi in Darwin in Australia. Awesome sport fish and one of the best tasting as well. Are these actually Arows? I had no idea....

Why are Red Arows illegal in the US?

I am not a big fan of the lung fish, so I think I will pass on that. However, the stingrays are a for sure and I also really want a Green Terror or two.

Does anyone have Arows & Green Terrors together? Looks like I am going only with one Arow. How many GT's would be ideal along with the arow?

Also debating an albino Oscar.

One gentlement stated 220G tank min for black/silver arows.
A) My tank is 180G so that's all I have. Does anyone else think that is an issue??
B) I thought Black Arows were smaller than Silver, so why would they need the same amount of space?
C) Since my tank is on the smaller side of big, should I get a black arow?

Thanks for everyone's input! I would never have bought this tank if it were not for this website. Monster fish keeping is solid.

 

[pondnewbie]

Volume is worthless without dimensions.

A Standard 180g is 6'x2'x2' and is too small to support a black or silver for life. By adding 6" to the height you get a 220g tank(6'x2'x30") but this still does not allow for an aro any bigger then the 180g.

Here is the tank I bought: http://baltimore.craigslist.org/for/836951822.html
It is 7 feet long.

 

[pondnewbie]

Now the lung fish is no prom queen, but I stumbled upon the Fire Eel last night and they are pretty fish.

Will they live well in the proposed environment?
Are they easily obtainable? Legal?
Anything this rookie needs to know about them?

Many thanks fellow Pescaphiles!

 

[pwmin]

yes, fire eels will do great. they are pretty slow-growing (as well as "green terrors"), so you're going to want a pretty large one to start.

 

[Bderick67]

Here is the tank I bought: http://baltimore.craigslist.org/for/836951822.html
It is 7 feet long.

Looks to be a nice tank, but what is the depth or width(from front to back) of the tank?

Black aros will get justs as long as silvers, they have less body mass and do grow slower though. Still a 30"plus black aro should be in a 300 gallon 8' x 30" x 24" minimum.

 

[polish]

A) My tank is 180G so that's all I have. Does anyone else think that is an issue??

If you get a smaller Aro, it will be fine for a while but it WILL outgrow your tank. They are extremely large fish, easily getting well over 2ft and most likely (If you can successfully keep it) reaching 3ft+.

Anything that big has no business in anything smaller than a pond or MASSIVE tank.

 

[pondnewbie]

If you get a smaller Aro, it will be fine for a while but it WILL outgrow your tank. They are extremely large fish, easily getting well over 2ft and most likely (If you can successfully keep it) reaching 3ft+.

Anything that big has no business in anything smaller than a pond or MASSIVE tank.

The Arow I am getting will be about 10". Since this is my first "serious" tank I am fine starting out with this and then getting a true Monster tank when the time comes.

I think my tank is 18" wide.

And my goal is certainy to have a 3ft+ arow and that will require a larger tank. For now though, this is a good start

Green Terrors: Who's got 'em? What do I need to know? If I get a 10" Arow what size GT's should I get? What size Dog Charcin?

Only other two (besides Fire Eel) I am considering are the Albino Oscar or the Parrot Cichlid.

Somebody commented that the ray/pleco combo may not work. I am not much into the pleco. If it HAS to go, then NP. Thoughts?

Thanks!