SouthA vs Asian

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I been thinking of "upgrading" my 300 L tank form Mubuna to an Arowana. I live in taiwan and arowanas are quite poplular here.

the cost of asian arowana, regardles of color is quite high, obviously gold and red being the highs respectively. Anyhow, i have found a collection of South american arowanas quite cheap in comparsion. I figured it would be a good one to try out. I was wondering if there are any other benifits of the SA A.

At the LFS i goto. they have quite a few Arowanas, SA and A. The A's are always solo tanked. However the SA are usually house together. Is this an usual practice, or is it merely business.

I do think the A's are more attractive. but if i could keep 2 SA together w/o any problems that would also be nice.

In addition i was thinking of perhaps keeping some clown loaches with them (the 2 SA) if they are ok. what do you guys think. ANyone with expereince with these..

Ceaz

PS. i also have some success with Discus aswell as Comets. (not together)
 
I think i know what you mean. from what Im assuming is that the store places the asians alone to prevent any damage towards each other or any other issues since it is an appraised fish they dont want to risk anything. the silvers are probably together because he orders them by the many, as in 40 per shipment. whereas the asians he may only order 5 gold 5 red

in my opinion and sound advice for you would be to make the aro fly solo, prevent any risk of fighting. clown loaches shouldnt be a problem as long as the size is 1/3 of the aro
 
1 gallon ~ 3 liters? so I'm guessin you will get a 100gal tank? that is a little too small for an aro..
 
1 gallon = 3.785 litres.

Definately not big enough to house an arowana. Minimum 681 Liters =)
 
Becuase SA aros are worth nearly nothing in asia, so they pack em up in one tank, while one asian arowana is worth alot so they keep them in seperate tanks to keep from fighting and to make sure every fish gets enough to eat. 2 is possible but its a gamble. And 300 litres is WAYY too small for even 1 arowana.
 
Not saying you guys are wrong.. but i thought that demintions are more important then mere volume. Obviously larger volumes help to maintain water quality. That aside, i figured that they main issue is width and length of the tanks. giving the fisht 1.5 its length to turn around and at least 3 its length for swimming.

Secondly, the fish im looking at are less like a foot long, young ones. and it would be a good excuse to get a bigger tank with the wife if they out grew the tank their in.

However, i do see it an less then ideal situationfor the fish and a tight tank will stunt growth and be "unplesant" for the fish

its a dilemma.. i want one..but i guess i can;t have one.. I also have the issue of getting a big tank and then moving. still little unsettled .. :nilly:
 
Ceahorse;2646949; said:
Not saying you guys are wrong.. but i thought that demintions are more important then mere volume. Obviously larger volumes help to maintain water quality. That aside, i figured that they main issue is width and length of the tanks. giving the fisht 1.5 its length to turn around and at least 3 its length for swimming.

Secondly, the fish im looking at are less like a foot long, young ones. and it would be a good excuse to get a bigger tank with the wife if they out grew the tank their in.

However, i do see it an less then ideal situationfor the fish and a tight tank will stunt growth and be "unplesant" for the fish

its a dilemma.. i want one..but i guess i can;t have one.. I also have the issue of getting a big tank and then moving. still little unsettled .. :nilly:
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To be honest, the fish wont stunt, your aro will just get keep growing bigger, and then die of stress. The main reason we tell you to get a bigger tank first is becuase usually, people dont expect them to grow so fast. They grow 1-2" per month so in one year, you'll end up with an aro way longer than a foot and maybe even 2 feet long.
 
the reason the asians are seperated and silvers are not is simple...
firstly,the asians cost alot more and if they were to happen to kill or even damage each other,it would be a very bad thing....
silvers are ordered alot at a time.
when the lfs order only a few they also keep them seperate.
and some lfs pack alot in at once since silvers dont cost as much as asians so it doesnt really matter to them.
most asian lfs ive seen are just here to make a profit,they dont really care about the fish.
that being said though,ive seen lfs stock many asians together.
 
well if you can get Asian aros go for it

most people in Asia keep Asian aros in a 4x2xft tank so if you can get a tank that size before you get the aro that would be your best bet as large aros in small tanks are not easy to move to a new tank

Asian aros stay much smaller than SA aros

unless you have a 4x2x2ft tank then don't get a aro at all they grow fast 1-2 inch per month until they grow to 14inch then slow down a bit

get a Asian green they must be dirt cheap were you are and they stay smaller than most other Asian aros
 
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