Pet Project 09 : Arapaima

[Bottomfeeder]

The support group is on the phone...

 

[DiXoN]

those are monster and will make a tasty meal in a couple of years time.

 

[crenipterus svenagalus]

Lame. They aren't platinum or gold...

 

[tydus]

Awesome pimas!

 

[Cohazard]

Are you going to try to stunt it's growth?

That's what I was thinking, but there are so many feeders in there... unless...

 

[R1_Ridah]

That's what I was thinking, but there are so many feeders in there... unless...

Someone tell me how i can stunt a Pima's growth so I can keep one. I wish there was a variant that only grew to like 20"...that would be cool. I'd love to have a Pima in my tank.

 

[wright4lfe]

"There are quite a few who are active members of the forum...."

lol ah, no. theres maybe 2 or 3 people on this forum that have kept pimas privately in a proper tank/pond. not quite a few.

 

[T]

Someone tell me how i can stunt a Pima's growth so I can keep one. I wish there was a variant that only grew to like 20"...that would be cool. I'd love to have a Pima in my tank.

keep the pima in a 50 gal for a year im sure it wont grow. but might die early.
my friend kept a jardini in a 10 gal for a year. it grew to about 6"
later on another friend took it and put it in a 100+ gal. it never grew LOL

 

[cichlaguapote]

Someone was selling one that was 12" that had very slow or non existant growth before. Not sure if that was a permanent stunt or if the fish would eventually grow or what..

I think the real story is though that the 'pimas are feeders for the new in the hobby predatory goldfish..

 

[Cohazard]

Someone tell me how i can stunt a Pima's growth so I can keep one. I wish there was a variant that only grew to like 20"...that would be cool. I'd love to have a Pima in my tank.

Maybe give it one goldfish a month