New Black Arowana...Very Shy

[rallysman]

Looks great! I have noticed that the black aros are much more shy than silvers.

 

[Red Devil]

awww how cute

fantastic color and striking body shape.. lots of luck with her.. and post lots of pictures as she grows..

 

[Miguel]

Looks great! I have noticed that the black aros are much more shy than silvers.

Shy yes they are..but a lot less skittish and prone to nerve attacks, imo.

 

[chen]

yeah...I recently purchased 4 black aros (13") and put it together with my 12" RTG, 4 Rays and a bunch of parrots...you would think there is more then enough distraction...but the 4 blacks stayed in the corner for about 2 weeks...now they are only coming out to swim ....typically when the RTG attachs them lots of lost scales but now all playing nice....

I think the blacks needs more time to adjust ot near tanks unlike the other aros....

 

[Bderick67]

Thanks everyone

great pict how much did it cost you?

She was a little pricey, $200 plus traded three 6-7" RBPs

awesome! and the question that always gets
asked at one point or another, how big is it?

Just a little shy of 11"

nice lookin aro dude, how big is ur tank?

Right now she's in a 65 gallon(36" x 18" x 24") this weekend I'll move her to a 120g (60" x 18" x 26"). Currently I have a 15" silver in the 120g and he'll be moving to a 150g this week end.

 

[Nic]

very nice

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

it looks very nice, and those floating plants should help it form being too scared of it's surroundings.

 

[Bderick67]

Update:

She ate for me this afternoon, fist time in four days. She had 3 froozen krill, still very timid though.

The black seems alot different from my silver. The black doesn't seem to "spook" from suddden movements like my silver does. Seems very calm

 

[carsanfish]

Black Aro's

 

[sam2000]

nie fish dude keep us updated