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Whats the best way to set up a tank for a silver arow? I would like to have one of these in the near future and I would like to know everything thats needed to successfuly keep them. I would like to know what size tank, whats the best filtration for them, what are the water parameters needed to keep them alive, How should I set up the tank, what should I feed them and what are compatible tank mates for them? Thank you for your help
 
Considering that you will have a 2 foot long aro within 12 to 18 months a 6'x2'x2' 180g should be minimum. However this tank will only last for only a couple years after the 24" mark. My feeling is that a 8' long by 30" wide and 24" tall 300 gallon tank would be fit for the life of the aro.

As for tank set up. top area should be wide open for swimming area. Heavy filtration for pristine water(including alot of water changes). The tanks lid will need be very secure, silver are very powerful and can easily jump through conventinal tank covers.

Tankmates should be big enough not to be eaten, panted tanks are OK but lots of lighting can bother some aros.
 
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One rule that stuck out, and was mentioned to me by many was keep the decorations and substrate simple....What i(they) mean by this, is if there are lots of intesting objects in the tank, arowanas tend to "look" down on these things....Sooner or later the eyes stay in a fixed posistion of looking down....OK, maybe this does not happen to every well decorated tank, but it has happen to a handful of caretakers I know.....To retrain the eye to its normal posistion, some have floated ping pong balls in the tank...The pp balls give the fish somehing to be aware of, so they look up, or straight at it....
 
So 4ft tank is a no no for a silver aro?

coz i really want one in my tank but its only 4ft
 
importracer;1606821; said:
DROPEYE


One rule that stuck out, and was mentioned to me by many was keep the decorations and substrate simple....What i(they) mean by this, is if there are lots of intesting objects in the tank, arowanas tend to "look" down on these things....Sooner or later the eyes stay in a fixed posistion of looking down....OK, maybe this does not happen to every well decorated tank, but it has happen to a handful of caretakers I know.....To retrain the eye to its normal posistion, some have floated ping pong balls in the tank...The pp balls give the fish somehing to be aware of, so they look up, or straight at it....
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I was thinking of going almost going with no decorations but using black Tahitian Moon sand as a substrate.

I might want to put a knife or a dat to keep the arow company. If I were to do so would 300 gallons still be enough room?
 
Cichlid fanatic;1607115; said:
I was thinking of going almost going with no decorations but using black Tahitian Moon sand as a substrate.

I might want to put a knife or a dat to keep the arow company. If I were to do so would 300 gallons still be enough room?
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With a 300g 96" x 30" x24" you can have multiple tankmates. As far as DE goes there are many theories, I can tell you though That the silver I raised from 3" got DE in each of it's eyes on seperate occurances. Each time the DE developed within a day after a severe collision with the tank's top cover.
 
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