Thinking of adding to 2 more Aros with my Super Red

[Barriefishguy]

Yeah I agree, yesterday I was in the City at a few LFS's and the one store has 9 Aro's in a 320 gallon and its a smaller footprint then my tank and it also has a pair of black diamonds in it. the tank is 8ft x 30" x 30" tall the Aros were 5 High Back goldens 1 Super red and 3 Albino Silvers all over 18" - 24" the tank looked stuffed and very over stocked but it has been running that way for a few years and they seem to have no issues but I am guessing they must change the water every 2 days at least.

Its hard to tell a store that they give negative advise on stocking tanks.

I think i will leave my tank the way it is, I have 2 Bass in it now with my Aro, Poly, and rays and the other guys that i have are all babies that im growing out in a 120 gallon they are 3 Orino bass and 2 Albino clown knives at a max size rightnow of 5". I will probably sell the Albino knives when they get big because they go for good money at a large size in my area. I havent seen them around in years so it was an impulse buy.

The 280 gallon 8ft x 3ft is all i could fit into my house but we will be moving to a new place in a couple years and i have plans to do a 600 gallon 8x4x30 in my new place so that should give everyone plenty of space

 

[Jennilyn]

I have 9x Jardini (considered to be the most aggressive) in 180g with rays and a bunch of other stuff. It's crowded for sure. But this is on purpose. Overcrowding the tank will help the aro to be distracted, not establish territories, and have a hard time bullying the lesser dominant arowanas. With overcrowding you need to over filter too and be ready to do water changes at least 2x a week.

I suggest trying now then later. But only if you can financial afford to lose them or all. Every day I would race home and be scared that all my fish were gonna be dead.

When I was doing research about aro Comms, lots of the pro recommend that you have to have a strong mentality to making it work. And you really do. To see your fish fight and rip fins, you just have to sit there and watch and do nothing. They have to set up theirs heirachy. You really need a strong mentally to try having more then one Arowana.

The secret is having very strong water flow. With the ability to control the flow. I would run mine at 50% and when fights were about to break out I would crank it to 100% to distract them from fighting.

Be prepared for ripped fins and missing scales... often. As much stressful as it was, I enjoy my tank and putting the work and money to making it work.

Good luck.