Tank size

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IAMTHOMAS said:
True. Instead of saying minimum tank size I suggest if someone is going to keep monster fish "Reccomended tank size" would be better.
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Generally, minimum tank size comes from people without experience in the matter, this is where you get people suggesting that a couple hundred tank will be suffice. Recommended tank size comes from people who have gained knowledge on the subject, many of them with actual experience. Though all still just opinions. IMO a 96" x 30" x 24" is the absolute minimum tank I would recommend keeping a single adult arowana in. This would work out for upto a 30" and probably a 32-33" arowana. Any bigger then that is probably going to require a bigger tank.

Once you start adding more arowana, more tank space is needed. In the videos below you can see my arowana in a 450g 96x36x30" tank. The first with three 26-29" arowana feels appropriate. The second with four near 30" aro, is obviously much more cramped.

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letstalkfish said:
it kills me that the OP asks for advice, and then totally disregards it because it isn't what he wants to hear. ridiculous.
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The OP was an obvious troll, if you notice he has been banned.
 
I love your tank Bderick and agree it looked more balanced with the 3 aros instead of four. Marvelous flagtail, by the way.

I keep an Asian RTG. Talking abour footprint, I had it for a year+ in a 6x2 and since December on my (new) 10x4 (700g).
It makes a huge difference in every sense. Behaviour, areas of the tanks that are used and even in the way it interacts with the ohter fish.
 
Thanks, yeah that 15" flagtail only adds to the crowdedness of the tank. Would love to eventuall move it and the silvers to another tank/pond and geta third black aro. Would love to see pics of your 10x4. Thats what I'd like to build for the silvers maybe even 12x4' this way I could even add a couple more if I found some that needed rescued when offered.

Edit: went and found your thread on your 10x4, Very nice :thumbsup:
 
Z Trip said:
I wish peoplewould sit back and look at an arowana before thinking about putting one in a small/minimum tank. These fish swim, A LOT. A small 6" arowana will easily swim and entire 6 foot tank and get borred. They are a very active fish that require massive amounts of space. To the O.P. Upgrade your tank first to something more suitable, then buy one. You will have a much happier and healthier fish in the end. But make sure you have a large tank/pond for an adult, a 3 foot fish needs plenty of room.
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lol any fish will swim an entire tank length if its bored. In my personnel experience, an arowana can be kept in a 55 gallon for 3-4 years, then moved to a bigger tank. Even the fully-grown arrowana only needs about an 100 gallon tank. 200 gallons is just overkill, very few arowanas actually grow 2 1/2 inches a month. As long as the fish can turn, the filtration is strong enough, etc, then you can keep an arowana in anything that's 60 g plus. Of course that is just one, and maybe a few smaller fish if you over filter. They have been doing studies showing that stunting a less a case of tank size and more a case of STRESS. Very few people actually know this. If you keep a fish in a huge tank, but its stressed, the growth will be slower for the fish. Now, I'm not going to say you're absolutely wrong. Bigger is better in aquarium keeping, you are correct about that, but you have a whole lot of misinformation in this little paragraph.
 
flip4EvR45 said:
lol any fish will swim an entire tank length if its bored. In my personnel experience, an arowana can be kept in a 55 gallon for 3-4 years, then moved to a bigger tank. Even the fully-grown arrowana only needs about an 100 gallon tank. 200 gallons is just overkill, very few arowanas actually grow 2 1/2 inches a month. As long as the fish can turn, the filtration is strong enough, etc, then you can keep an arowana in anything that's 60 g plus. Of course that is just one, and maybe a few smaller fish if you over filter. They have been doing studies showing that stunting a less a case of tank size and more a case of STRESS. Very few people actually know this. If you keep a fish in a huge tank, but its stressed, the growth will be slower for the fish. Now, I'm not going to say you're absolutely wrong. Bigger is better in aquarium keeping, you are correct about that, but you have a whole lot of misinformation in this little paragraph.
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Actually you can keep an adult silver in a 4*1*1' tank if you have a strong enough powerhead blasting it so it thinks it is swimming in a river. Your suggestion of a 100g is excessive and incorrect, please do more research.

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flip4EvR45 said:
lol any fish will swim an entire tank length if its bored. In my personnel experience, an arowana can be kept in a 55 gallon for 3-4 years, then moved to a bigger tank. Even the fully-grown arrowana only needs about an 100 gallon tank. 200 gallons is just overkill, very few arowanas actually grow 2 1/2 inches a month. As long as the fish can turn, the filtration is strong enough, etc, then you can keep an arowana in anything that's 60 g plus. Of course that is just one, and maybe a few smaller fish if you over filter. They have been doing studies showing that stunting a less a case of tank size and more a case of STRESS. Very few people actually know this. If you keep a fish in a huge tank, but its stressed, the growth will be slower for the fish. Now, I'm not going to say you're absolutely wrong. Bigger is better in aquarium keeping, you are correct about that, but you have a whole lot of misinformation in this little paragraph.
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Wow, so what color is the sky in the world you live in?
 
flip4EvR45 said:
lol any fish will swim an entire tank length if its bored. In my personnel experience, an arowana can be kept in a 55 gallon for 3-4 years, then moved to a bigger tank. Even the fully-grown arrowana only needs about an 100 gallon tank. 200 gallons is just overkill, very few arowanas actually grow 2 1/2 inches a month. As long as the fish can turn, the filtration is strong enough, etc, then you can keep an arowana in anything that's 60 g plus. Of course that is just one, and maybe a few smaller fish if you over filter. They have been doing studies showing that stunting a less a case of tank size and more a case of STRESS. Very few people actually know this. If you keep a fish in a huge tank, but its stressed, the growth will be slower for the fish. Now, I'm not going to say you're absolutely wrong. Bigger is better in aquarium keeping, you are correct about that, but you have a whole lot of misinformation in this little paragraph.
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:banghead: this is by far the worst bit of advise I have ever seen on this forum to date. From your advise you obviously have not raise arowanas. At least properly. Let's put you in an outhouse an feed you from a mail slot for 3-4years and see how that goes for you.

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Troll (verb): the deliberate conveyance or query of obvious misinformation, typically in an online community, solely for the purpose of provoking argument and discontent among unwitting know-it-alls who assume ignorance.

Example: see above thread.

I'm pretty sure dude above is the OP on a shiny new account guessing by the join date and post count following the OPs almost immediate ban. It's funny how wound up ppl get on forums man...



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