Thinking to get an arapaima.

[giar]

My outdoor tank is 8m long x 2m wide x 1.5m tall. I wonder if i can keep an arapaima for life in there? Im kinda hesitant because the tank is just 2m wide. I keep the Water level at 1.2m. So what do u say? can i get away with it?

 

[islandguy11]

My outdoor tank is 8m long x 2m wide x 1.5m tall. I wonder if i can keep an arapaima for life in there? Im kinda hesitant because the tank is just 2m wide. I keep the Water level at 1.2m. So what do u say? can i get away with it?

Personally never kept them but I'll bet you could get some good info on this thread:

Smaller pima in 4500 gal, ~16"-18"

Video update on the two arapaima. They are about the same size now 4.5'-5' and have been in the same 4500 gal tank for half a year. After hurricane Irma (Sept 10, 2017) and the subsequent fasts and light feeding, Sima, 4' at the time, decided to start test-tasting all possible tank mates to...

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[fishhead0103666]

Beat me to it Barrett.
If you really want an arapima then a pond would be the best, is it possible to put in a pond?

 

[AquaDERP]

My nearby LFS keep more than one full grown pimas in a dirty cement block which is surely smaller than yours(not sure 'bout size) and they are there for many years now but I don't think they are happy. (a lot of black Gars and some Pima) I always frozen my dead mate and bait for them, loved the gluttony splash of them (even the water's stink) lol

 

[d033ie]

Around 26 feet long, 6 1/2 feet wide and almost 5 feet deep roughly on outdoor tank. That's one hell of a big fish bro. Best of luck!

 

[TheReefer]

Never kept them long term, but seeing as they hit around 10 feet in length, I think you'll need a wider tank. Aside from that I think it will be fine

 

[d033ie]

He will love this one!

 

[Fishnerd360]

Hope your tank is big enough get one, since these fish are massive but cool too. I think your tank is big since it's like the length of a house.

 

[fishhead0103666]

Never kept them long term, but seeing as they hit around 10 feet in length, I think you'll need a wider tank. Aside from that I think it will be fine

When did you have an arapima, wsc?

 

[TheReefer]

Hope your tank is big enough get one, since these fish are massive but cool too. I think your tank is big since it's like the length of a house.

Yeah, it just isn't big enough width wise