State your aro/tank size
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I have a 24" jardini arowana in a 8ft diameter by 2 ft deep stock tank. She is in there with some pacus, some larger catfish, a few oscars, and a florida gar.
I got her at 18" about a year ago from somebody that had her in a 240 gallon. she was in my 6x3x2 foot tank until she became aggressive toward my other fish. I moved her to a 125 gallon where she was at for about 2 months. Now she is back with them in the 700 gallon stock tank.
filtration consists of a 50 gallon diy sump filter with a torpedo t10000 pump running at about 5,000 gph.
Also have a 8" silver arowana in a 6x3x2 foot tank.
Filtration is a eheim pro 3, a rena xp4, and 2 eheim 2215s.
I do 50% water changes on all my tanks every week.
I got her at 18" about a year ago from somebody that had her in a 240 gallon. she was in my 6x3x2 foot tank until she became aggressive toward my other fish. I moved her to a 125 gallon where she was at for about 2 months. Now she is back with them in the 700 gallon stock tank.
filtration consists of a 50 gallon diy sump filter with a torpedo t10000 pump running at about 5,000 gph.
Also have a 8" silver arowana in a 6x3x2 foot tank.
Filtration is a eheim pro 3, a rena xp4, and 2 eheim 2215s.
I do 50% water changes on all my tanks every week.
I have 4 South American Arowana. Two which are silver and two blacks. They are housed in a 96x36x30" 450g tank, which I have had running since August '09.
I took some time this morning a re-estimated the size of my Arowana. I have never actually measured my aros against a tape measure, this morning I used 24" level as reference. Most recently I figured he two silvers to be close to 30", they are actually closer to 28" and my blacks are a little larger then I have previously posted.
My largest silver will be 6 years old this spring. I adopted it in poor shape when it was 2 years old and 21" long. It then spent a 26 months in a 180g tank, before moving to the 450g. It now is in the 28-29" range.
The other silver that I have had now for five years, it was only 2.5" when I first got it. Now it looks to be just slightly smaller the it's larger tank mate at 28". It was raised in a few smaller tanks until 16-18" when it was then moved to the 180g with the other silver. Where it spent 26 months before moving to the 450g.
The oldest of my two black aros I bought in February of '07 at 11". After a few failed attempts to house it with smaller of the two silver aros it then spent time the next 2.5 years split between a 5' 120g and an 8' 150g tanks. During this time it grew very slowly, I attribute that to the fact that it barely ate, most of the time eating in a week what one of my silver ate in a day. After only growing 8-9" in that time it was moved to the 450g at 19-20". Within a month of being with the two silvers it became a very aggressive feeder and was eating pellets daily along with market shrimp every other day. It grew about 5' within the first 6 months of being in the 450g and now is close to 27" long.
My baby black I got at 2" in June '09. It was raised in 55g, 75g, and 120g grow-out tanks over the first year. At one year old and 16" it was moved to the 450g, where it has continued it's rapid growth. Now at about 20 months old it is just a couple inches shorter the the older black aro, it is currently just shy of 25" long.
My arowana last spring after moving the baby black into the tank
I took some time this morning a re-estimated the size of my Arowana. I have never actually measured my aros against a tape measure, this morning I used 24" level as reference. Most recently I figured he two silvers to be close to 30", they are actually closer to 28" and my blacks are a little larger then I have previously posted.
My largest silver will be 6 years old this spring. I adopted it in poor shape when it was 2 years old and 21" long. It then spent a 26 months in a 180g tank, before moving to the 450g. It now is in the 28-29" range.
The other silver that I have had now for five years, it was only 2.5" when I first got it. Now it looks to be just slightly smaller the it's larger tank mate at 28". It was raised in a few smaller tanks until 16-18" when it was then moved to the 180g with the other silver. Where it spent 26 months before moving to the 450g.
The oldest of my two black aros I bought in February of '07 at 11". After a few failed attempts to house it with smaller of the two silver aros it then spent time the next 2.5 years split between a 5' 120g and an 8' 150g tanks. During this time it grew very slowly, I attribute that to the fact that it barely ate, most of the time eating in a week what one of my silver ate in a day. After only growing 8-9" in that time it was moved to the 450g at 19-20". Within a month of being with the two silvers it became a very aggressive feeder and was eating pellets daily along with market shrimp every other day. It grew about 5' within the first 6 months of being in the 450g and now is close to 27" long.
My baby black I got at 2" in June '09. It was raised in 55g, 75g, and 120g grow-out tanks over the first year. At one year old and 16" it was moved to the 450g, where it has continued it's rapid growth. Now at about 20 months old it is just a couple inches shorter the the older black aro, it is currently just shy of 25" long.
My arowana last spring after moving the baby black into the tank
1. 24" Silver Aro in a 120 G(5'X2'X2'.. 120G when filled 80%).. canister filter.. eats hikari pellets and crickets.. have had this aro for about 1.5 years
2. 2X 18" and 1X 17" Silver Aro in a (72"X18"X24".. 120G when filled 90%).. top filter.. eats anything i throw at them.. hikari pellets.. tilapia.. mullet.. egg whites.. crickets.. prawn.. all these aros were housed individually in 45g tanks till they were about 12". have had all these aros for about a year now.
Water changes are almost every other day when i siphon out poop.
future plans are a 2800g concrete tank that will house all these aros with an rtc and 2 pacu.2800 g will be sump and tank put together. the tank will be 12'X8'X4'.
These are pics of my aros and tanks..
2. 2X 18" and 1X 17" Silver Aro in a (72"X18"X24".. 120G when filled 90%).. top filter.. eats anything i throw at them.. hikari pellets.. tilapia.. mullet.. egg whites.. crickets.. prawn.. all these aros were housed individually in 45g tanks till they were about 12". have had all these aros for about a year now.
Water changes are almost every other day when i siphon out poop.
future plans are a 2800g concrete tank that will house all these aros with an rtc and 2 pacu.2800 g will be sump and tank put together. the tank will be 12'X8'X4'.
These are pics of my aros and tanks..
I recently picked up a 5" chilli red arowana and he is doing fine in 5*2*2ft tank with 20g sump filtration. Planning a 8*3*2ft tank where can live relaxly. I am trying to feed my aro pellets so what i do is soak the pellets and then smash some dried artemia and then feed them, he likes it very much ! will be gradually reducing the amount of artemia in the pellets and hope one day he will be only on pellets. of course I try different types of pellets .
now i have 2 silver aros.
1 silver is about 22" and a little more then a year old. i have had it in a 55gal till it was 8" then into a 180gal. it has been in the 180gal ever since. it has a florida gar, endli, ornate, 3x sens, small mouth bass, SAL and an angelfish for tankmates. it eats shrimp, white suckers, scallops, fish fillets, pellets and about anything else i give it.
filtration is a fx5, emperor 400, emperor 200, amozon swards, hydrophonics consisting of bamboo and pothoes plants. wc is every other week 50-75% change.
other silver is 8 months+- and 13". it has been in a 55gal till, 8" then into a 120gal. i have tried mixing it with my 22" aro so it has been in and out of the 180 and the 120. now it has 4 crappies as tankmates.
filtration is marineland bio-wheel 280, live plants and hydrophonics.
looking into a 450gal+ for the future. just have to get into a house first.
1 silver is about 22" and a little more then a year old. i have had it in a 55gal till it was 8" then into a 180gal. it has been in the 180gal ever since. it has a florida gar, endli, ornate, 3x sens, small mouth bass, SAL and an angelfish for tankmates. it eats shrimp, white suckers, scallops, fish fillets, pellets and about anything else i give it.
filtration is a fx5, emperor 400, emperor 200, amozon swards, hydrophonics consisting of bamboo and pothoes plants. wc is every other week 50-75% change.
other silver is 8 months+- and 13". it has been in a 55gal till, 8" then into a 120gal. i have tried mixing it with my 22" aro so it has been in and out of the 180 and the 120. now it has 4 crappies as tankmates.
filtration is marineland bio-wheel 280, live plants and hydrophonics.
looking into a 450gal+ for the future. just have to get into a house first.
7" jardini in a 6x2x2 on a drip system, nitrates never over 5ppm.
Only eats market shrimp ATM.
Bought at 3" seven months ago, has always been in the 180.
Only eats market shrimp ATM.
Bought at 3" seven months ago, has always been in the 180.
one 13" silver arowana. housed in a 180g 6x2x2 feet tank.
housed in the same tank since it was 5". tank will be upgraded to a 260g or 300g in near future.
diet mainly consists of market prawns, small fishes chopped into pieces and the skeleton removed, krill and sometimes mussels.
filtration includes 2 800gph internal filters, one 800gph hob filter and one tetra external canister filter. will be upgrading to a sump with a pump of about 1000gph in the next month.
tank mates include 3 florida gars, 2 senegal bichirs and a severum
housed in the same tank since it was 5". tank will be upgraded to a 260g or 300g in near future.
diet mainly consists of market prawns, small fishes chopped into pieces and the skeleton removed, krill and sometimes mussels.
filtration includes 2 800gph internal filters, one 800gph hob filter and one tetra external canister filter. will be upgrading to a sump with a pump of about 1000gph in the next month.
tank mates include 3 florida gars, 2 senegal bichirs and a severum
as right now7 inch aro in 4 footer tank, powered by custom AC110 and sponge powerhead.
when aro was at 5 inch i kept it in 20G tank
when aro was at 5 inch i kept it in 20G tank
