I'm on my second. My first Aro disappeared
Probably was sick and eventually eaten up by all the other fish that were in the tank.
Probably was sick and eventually eaten up by all the other fish that were in the tank.so how many silver arowanas has everyone gone though?
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i have lost 2 about 10 years ago i was in my teens and did not know much about fish keeping .i had a 55 with a o and a jd and a butti all about 3or 4 inches i put in a aro who had just grown out of his egg sack . i also added another aro still having a eggsack the more mature aro killed him in about a week of abuse. then the butti grew to that 5 inch snap and murder everybody point and my aro days were over. i currently have sa ca cichlids only but will go back to the aro when i get that big tank just for that.
When I was in highschool, I raised one to 10" in a 60 before giving it to my uncle who let it jump out of his tank and die. I was so pissed. I currently have my second one that is now 16" and going strong, although he did give me a scare once. I was cleaning his tank when my wife called me into our bedroom. Next thing I know I here this thunk and I'm thinking oh crap one of my pbass jumped. I came out of the room and saw my arrow slithering across the floor. He made it about 10' before I finally was able to pick him up. He was covered in cat hair and lost a couple of scales, but otherwise he was fine and he looks great now.
i've lost 2 silvers in the past 10 years, and i've owned 4 total.
my first one lived almost 4 years and was almost 30" long and died because of my mom wanting to paint the wall behind the tank, n did a dramatic water drainage to move the tank. left the 30" aro sitting in less then 6" of water in a 150gal tank. refilled it with tap water n it died that night. i wasn't even home cuz if i was i woulda atleast put her in a 50gal bin or something til the wall was done being painted.
i was to sad to own another aro right after that so i didnt buy another for over a year. finally got another one n for some weird reason n i still don't even know why, it died within a week for no reason. water was perfect, no tank mates to bug him, he jus died
after that i thought i'd never own another silver, did turtle land, cichlids, pacu's, oscars for almost 3 years, then my 3 year old lil brother threw a cookie in the tank when i was at work, 8 hour shift n a cookie sittin at the bottom of a tank = all fish inside dead...
drained the tank, refilled, circulated, bought new filters n 2 weeks later i bought another silver arowana at about 5 inches. not even 6 months later n he's almost 14" n still livin strong. don't feed feeders much because i love his look. dried krill is all he gets. he wont eat **** else...
few weeks later i found a silver on craigslist from guy who couldn't take care of it anymore. so i bought it at 16" or so. now he's almost 22" or so n livin it up..
sorry for the story. thats jus my aro timeline.
my first one lived almost 4 years and was almost 30" long and died because of my mom wanting to paint the wall behind the tank, n did a dramatic water drainage to move the tank. left the 30" aro sitting in less then 6" of water in a 150gal tank. refilled it with tap water n it died that night. i wasn't even home cuz if i was i woulda atleast put her in a 50gal bin or something til the wall was done being painted.
i was to sad to own another aro right after that so i didnt buy another for over a year. finally got another one n for some weird reason n i still don't even know why, it died within a week for no reason. water was perfect, no tank mates to bug him, he jus died
after that i thought i'd never own another silver, did turtle land, cichlids, pacu's, oscars for almost 3 years, then my 3 year old lil brother threw a cookie in the tank when i was at work, 8 hour shift n a cookie sittin at the bottom of a tank = all fish inside dead...
drained the tank, refilled, circulated, bought new filters n 2 weeks later i bought another silver arowana at about 5 inches. not even 6 months later n he's almost 14" n still livin strong. don't feed feeders much because i love his look. dried krill is all he gets. he wont eat **** else...
few weeks later i found a silver on craigslist from guy who couldn't take care of it anymore. so i bought it at 16" or so. now he's almost 22" or so n livin it up..
sorry for the story. thats jus my aro timeline.
ethnics;508773; said:i've lost 2 silvers in the past 10 years, and i've owned 4 total.
my first one lived almost 4 years and was almost 30" long and died because of my mom wanting to paint the wall behind the tank, n did a dramatic water drainage to move the tank. left the 30" aro sitting in less then 6" of water in a 150gal tank. refilled it with tap water n it died that night. i wasn't even home cuz if i was i woulda atleast put her in a 50gal bin or something til the wall was done being painted.
i was to sad to own another aro right after that so i didnt buy another for over a year. finally got another one n for some weird reason n i still don't even know why, it died within a week for no reason. water was perfect, no tank mates to bug him, he jus died
after that i thought i'd never own another silver, did turtle land, cichlids, pacu's, oscars for almost 3 years, then my 3 year old lil brother threw a cookie in the tank when i was at work, 8 hour shift n a cookie sittin at the bottom of a tank = all fish inside dead...
drained the tank, refilled, circulated, bought new filters n 2 weeks later i bought another silver arowana at about 5 inches. not even 6 months later n he's almost 14" n still livin strong. don't feed feeders much because i love his look. dried krill is all he gets. he wont eat **** else...
few weeks later i found a silver on craigslist from guy who couldn't take care of it anymore. so i bought it at 16" or so. now he's almost 22" or so n livin it up..
sorry for the story. thats jus my aro timeline.
thats quite a timeline there ethnics
"8 hour shift n a cookie sittin at the bottom of a tank = all fish inside dead"
this might be a weird question but what kind of cookie did that?
im guessing it had chocolate in it?
this might be a weird question but what kind of cookie did that?
im guessing it had chocolate in it?
