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I have seen aros breaking weighted glass covering the tanks. They are jumpers. Leave no opening on top, however small.
It will always be a question of luck and of not spooking the aro.
 
Miguel said:
I have seen aros breaking weighted glass covering the tanks. They are jumpers. Leave no opening on top, however small.
It will always be a question of luck and of not spooking the aro.
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+1

Even if the lid is airtight (which is nearly impossible) oxygen still enters the water thru bubbles, sumps, etc.


Seems like some kind of DIY mesh/net would be smart, then the aro can't hurt itself on the lid or canopy and if properly attached there is no way it could jump out!

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You guys, are scaring me! I have a 28" silver arowana and I am afraid this day will come. I cover my tank with a drizzle filter which is close to 50 lbs with water. This however does not cover the entire top, perhaps 30% is still open which I use for maintenance and feeding. I have prepared a metal screen to be put on top of my tank and now it seems I need to work with that one to avert a likely tragedy.

To OP, sorry for your loss. 20" of an arowana is too much of a loss.
 
Ajohnson2882 said:
I've always been told you cannot competely cover an entire tank with glass/ or whatever covers you've got on your tank as no air will escape.. When I bought my previously owned tank they had glass over the top, I have since cut out pieces of quarter inch thick plexy glass to fit into the sections of my tank, with about a 2" gap on the back of two of the three peices to make room for my two aquaclear 110's. Before I purchase an arrowana I want to seal off the small open areas next to my filters. The rectangular sections are about 2" wide by 6" long.. but I'm not sure if I should completely cover those excess areas with extra peices of plexy glass, or possibly some sort of mesh/netting material to let some air escape.. what do you guys recommend?
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dont cover all with plexiglass ... some net should enough to cover :)
 
azura said:
dont cover all with plexiglass ... some net should enough to cover :)
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I think that's probably what I will do is use some sort of mesh/netting material. Just need to figure out how I can get it tightly secured incase the arowana decides to go crazy and jump into the netting.
 
Thanks for all the replies guys. I miss him terrably. It just sucks so much aspecially since i know they are jumpers and i took all the precautions i could think of. The tank is sealed and weighted all the way around. It is a total mystery how he got out. The lids were even closed and nothing disterbed on top of tank when we found him.
 
There is a good reason their nickname is "water monkey".

Have you ever seen videos of arowana in the wild? They leap out of the water to catch insects that walk on branches a few feet above the water in the Amazonia flood plains during the rainy season.

Watch this National Geographic documentary its actually kinda cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiCwfVGkNRo

These guys can catch some massive air time. They are built to jump.

This is a good video too to see some sweet arowana hang time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3hUJZ9vjQk&feature=related
 
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