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So your saying 90% of captive aro's are stunted? haha
I said "if you have room" a 6x2.5x2.5 is ideal and good.
In Asia most aro's are kept in 4x2x2 and is still at max size. Again I did not say it is BEST to have 4x2x2 but you guys posting pics of "NO" to 4x2x2 is just silly.
I keep my HBRTG in a 6x2.5x2.5, and that is because im in UK and we have more space.

Also thanks for reminding me I posted on a different thread about my 6x2.5x2.5 and about a giant gourami, still finding it difficult to see the relevance of that to this thread.
Not once did I mention I know a lot about giant gourami's therefore I ask people who know more about GG's and again how is that relevant? And as far as im concerned GG is totally different to arowana.
Oh wait, you thought RTGG = Red tail gold? :) Haha.

I remember my friend had a banjar who reach over 30" in a 6x2x2.. damn poor stunted aro... He can probs go 40"+ with a 8x2x2 right? :)
Also my friend has a VFSR in a 4x2x2 and guess what? he is growing FAST and is well ove 24"+, stunted again right Water?
 
Swarsh said:
lol. "is not a happy fish" also didnt know all asians get to 24+ ok :)
since 4x2x2 = unhappy fish, that means 90% of all aro's in asia are unhappy.
Ofcourse go for big is better but does everyone have that much room?
Does 8x2x2 also mean happy fish? bad filter, bad water etc. in a 8x2x2 = dead fish, many people with a 4x2x2 can overfilter and get a much more healthy fish.
To be honest if this is going to be a "unfair for fish" discussion, im out. If that comes out we might aswell all give up fish keeping unless we have a 10k gallon pond.
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Swarsh said:
So your saying 90% of captive aro's are stunted? haha
I said "if you have room" a 6x2.5x2.5 is ideal and good.
In Asia most aro's are kept in 4x2x2 and is still at max size. Again I did not say it is BEST to have 4x2x2 but you guys posting pics of "NO" to 4x2x2 is just silly.
I keep my HBRTG in a 6x2.5x2.5, and that is because im in UK and we have more space.

Also thanks for reminding me I posted on a different thread about my 6x2.5x2.5 and about a giant gourami, still finding it difficult to see the relevance of that to this thread.
Not once did I mention I know a lot about giant gourami's therefore I ask people who know more about GG's and again how is that relevant? And as far as im concerned GG is totally different to arowana.
Oh wait, you thought RTGG = Red tail gold? :) Haha.

I remember my friend had a banjar who reach over 30" in a 6x2x2.. damn poor stunted aro... He can probs go 40"+ with a 8x2x2 right? :)
Also my friend has a VFSR in a 4x2x2 and guess what? he is growing FAST and is well ove 24"+, stunted again right Water?
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"I didn't know all Asians got over 24"+"? LOL Seems like all of a sudden you know a bunch of friends that have Asian aro's over 24" now. 30" fish in a 6x2x2, yeah, thats totally ideal, right? It would make sense to throw it in a 4x2x2 right? Cause they do it in Asia? It's easy to play the "my friend has" game. Prove it.
 
Yes because not all golds get to 24+ and as for the aro's i said that were over 24? guess what buddy? They are RED's.
Majority of reds grow longer than golds. Ok?

So we are talking about ideal again? I thought you said aro's get stunted if not in a 8x2x2 and it grew to 30" so my point is could it have gone to 40+ ? if it was stunted and even got to 30"?
I don't have to prove who my friend is. He is on this forum and if he wants to join this discussion he can, I don't feel that I should name any names into this unless he wants to join in.
You can say I don't have a HBRTG and I have never seen an aro in my life. You are immature, you can't find any points to discuss so you go with the "You dont even have a friend that has an aro, liar"

And also back to the first page, Hao said "Actually 6'x2.5'x2' is good for life for an Asian Aro" and I am pretty certain he has had an asian aro before but you, who don't have any experience with asian aro's (do you?) decided to post an immature picture/response.
6x2.5x2 is far off 4x2x2 I know, but it is dependent on where they are and the size of their accomodation.
 
Swarsh said:
lol. "is not a happy fish" also didnt know all asians get to 24+ ok :)
since 4x2x2 = unhappy fish, that means 90% of all aro's in asia are unhappy.
Ofcourse go for big is better but does everyone have that much room?
Does 8x2x2 also mean happy fish? bad filter, bad water etc. in a 8x2x2 = dead fish, many people with a 4x2x2 can overfilter and get a much more healthy fish.
To be honest if this is going to be a "unfair for fish" discussion, im out. If that comes out we might aswell all give up fish keeping unless we have a 10k gallon pond.
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An Asian Aro can definitely grow bigger than 2' wide tank if it was kept in good water and fed good food and etc. But I don't think the Aro would be very happy due to the lack of swimming space. Aros of 26"-28" wouldn't really have a problem turning in a 24" wide but they can easily hurt themselves if spooked. But in a 4 feet long, It barely swims, then it has to turn. If it got spooked, more injury. Overfilter doesnt neccesarily mean healthy fish, it's also the diet and other factors. I've seen Gold Aros @ 26"-28". Golds are the smallest Asians too. I'm not trying to start to debate or anything. Just throwing out my opinion. IF anyone got offended any how, it wasn't meant to be.
 
Swarsh said:
Yes because not all golds get to 24+ and as for the aro's i said that were over 24? guess what buddy? They are RED's.
Majority of reds grow longer than golds. Ok?

So we are talking about ideal again? I thought you said aro's get stunted if not in a 8x2x2 and it grew to 30" so my point is could it have gone to 40+ ? if it was stunted and even got to 30"?
I don't have to prove who my friend is. He is on this forum and if he wants to join this discussion he can, I don't feel that I should name any names into this unless he wants to join in.
You can say I don't have a HBRTG and I have never seen an aro in my life. You are immature, you can't find any points to discuss so you go with the "You dont even have a friend that has an aro, liar"

And also back to the first page, Hao said "Actually 6'x2.5'x2' is good for life for an Asian Aro" and I am pretty certain he has had an asian aro before but you, who don't have any experience with asian aro's (do you?) decided to post an immature picture/response.
6x2.5x2 is far off 4x2x2 I know, but it is dependent on where they are and the size of their accomodation.
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I never said a fish couldn't grow bigger in a smaller tank. I merely touched on some Asian Aro's being kept in 4x2x2 don't get much bigger than 24". Prime example are a lot of the Asian aro's kept in Asia, I'm not saying they are all stunted. I'm still going to call BS, because ANYONE can pull that move. Call me immature all you want, but provide some proof.

I still don't get why you keep saying a 4x2x2 is okay for Asian aro's. If you can't afford a bigger tank, DON'T KEEP THEM. Simple as that. Also,Whats immature about thinking Asian Aro's should be kept in 8x3x3? I also don't get why you have the idea that most of the people in Asia keep their fish in such small tanks. Ever heard of ponds? And yes, I have had experience with Asian Aro's, but only a brief summer. And seeing 24"+ fish in a 4x2x2 is pathetic. You can think it may be okay and all, but I'm not. It's easy to write me off just cause I'm in America where Asian's are illegal huh? Sorry buddy, been to Asia. Not impressed.
 
Swarsh said:
What? your from Houston how would you know that?
As far as im concerned a lot of people ive seen hold aros in 4x2x2 in asia and they grow to max size and live a happy life.
6x2.5x2 is enough for an asian aro.
I agree bigger is always better but 6x2.5x2 is definately sufficient.
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Also, it depends on where you talk about in Asia. Some countries in Asia, people have 300g+ and even ponds for Aros. These are hobbyist too, not Aro farms. I've seen a lot of monster tanks in Asia.
 
Of course there are ponds and monster tanks in Asia but in most areas and houses they just aren't big enough.
You said no wonder most aro don't get 24" so you are saying they are stunted.
Im saying there are a lot of people keeping aro in smaller tanks that can still grow to max size. What's to say they are not happy though ? How do we measure that ?
Again I am not saying that having a small tank is in anyway better of course a big tank is better but for you to say 8x2x2 is required for an Asian is just plain stupid.
And as for immaturity you starting to pick on small minor things because you have nothing better to discuss? Yes that is immature.
But you have your own view on things and so do I.


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Swarsh said:
Of course there are ponds and monster tanks in Asia but in most areas and houses they just aren't big enough.
You said no wonder most aro don't get 24" so you are saying they are stunted.
Im saying there are a lot of people keeping aro in smaller tanks that can still grow to max size. What's to say they are not happy though ? How do we measure that ?
Again I am not saying that having a small tank is in anyway better of course a big tank is better but for you to say 8x2x2 is required for an Asian is just plain stupid.
And as for immaturity you starting to pick on small minor things because you have nothing better to discuss? Yes that is immature.
But you have your own view on things and so do I.


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Oh god. I said 8x3x3. Leaving this discussion now.
 
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