New silver arowana. Lots of questions

[charles-n-charge]

I'm going to do weekly cleaning and plus I'm trying to find a drip system to add/remove around 1/3 gallon of water per hour to keep the water fresher. And there's 400 gallons worth of filtration on this tank so I should be fine as far as that all goes

 

[EmrePekdeniz]

The colours fade eventually. As for aggression, this varies depending on age and size, but keep in mind that nothing that can fit into their mouths is safe.

 

[Lhop1980]

You will need a bigger tank to house all of those fish, arowana are pretty flexible though so your 200 will be fine for a while. But a flordia spotted gar will not make it when it gets bigger.

The Florida Gar is going to be the least of your worries. 200 should do it fine. They usually don't exceed 20-22 inches in captivity anywayz. If it was an alligator gar, that would be a diff story.

 

[idle0095]

i had 3 silvers in my 300 gallon. 30", 24" and 18". they did awesome until my tank crashed and killed them all. had them for yrs.

 

[andrewsin]

Silvers get 30"+ they dont stop at 28"

 

[tokyogasmask]

Wow, I love how you ask for experienced advice, then decide you don't want to listen!

You say as far as research goes, you know it all, but you obviously don't.

 

[CeD_^]

Don't expect your aro to grow more than 24" if you keep it in a 200G for 8 years lmao

 

[Bderick67]

Don't expect your aro to grow more than 24" if you keep it in a 200G for 8 years lmao

The arowana will grow more then 24", it just won't live the 8 years. Both my silver aros reached 27" in a 180g tank.

 

[smartlove_518]

I had an arowana several months ago (I was that dumbass who put it in a little ten gallon tank lol) and I had to sell it, but since then I've done tons of research on them because I simpley fell in love with this fish. As far as research goes I know it all, but research doesn't compare to experience.
Right now it is about 8 inches long and is in a 55 gallon tank until I get the 200 set up in the next month or so. It is with a baby tiger Oscar (3"), baby clown knife (4"), and pleco (5"). All going into the 200.

My first question is what kind of growth rate am I looking at with all these? Esp the aro (aiming for a 20 incher)

Second, it's coloring is gray with red and green stripes, will these colors stay it's whole life or do they fade to silver with age?

Third, what kind of aggression am I looking at with these fish?

Fourth, I'm also wanting a tiger shovelnose cat, south American lungfish, and maybe a Florida spotted gar once the fishes sizes are appropriate, is this ok?

And finally, what other advice do you have for me with this fish? And what kind of personal experiences do you have that could be helpful to me?

Thanks

1. growth rate question answered.

2. if you feed it food high in carotene the red color will stay. feeding mp with shell and gut loading crickets with high carotene food before feeding and krills should help.

3. they are the best community fish among arowanas, but you can never tell as it solely depends on the personality of the fish. but in most cases they tend to leave their tank mates alone

4. i dont think the tsn is a fish for a 200 gallon tank and i dont have any experience keeping them nor have i kept a lung before..the gar will do fine in that tank for life.. i have 3 gars with my aro...but the general rule says no gars with aro..so thats your choice.

tank size i am not going to discuss..

good luck with your fish..hope this helped

 

[Gshock]

Did you not get it when I say I'm not planning on doing that and will get a bigger tank when it is needed? All I'm saying is it isn't an impossible thing to do, never said I would actually do it. I'm just tired of half the people here making things sounds worse than they really are. A 200 gallon is enough to keep a healthy arowana for about 8 years or so, plenty of time to find a bigger tank. The questions I really wanted answered are the ones you can't find through research but it seems like all the people on this site want to do is tell you all the bad things and totally ignore the real statements

8 years? I wouldn't even be confident in 2 let alone 8...These things can hit 24" within the first year. I dont see how a 200 will last another 7 years on top of that. Whoops, forgot to take your tsn into consideration...You sure did a load of research..