tsn and arowana compatibility

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dudefish82

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well i used to have aro about 13 inches and a tsn about 9 inches. unfortunately the aro jumped out and died and all i could find was a 8 inch silver arowana. the tsn is in a 800 gallon pond. i have put the aro in a growout tank of 80 gallons until he gets bigger. but iam worried the tsn might eat him in the future my tsn only grows 1 inch per month and new aro grew 1 inch in 2 weeks. i will put him in the pond when hes 13 inches. is this a good choice since my tsn is very passive. he live with smaller id sharks and havent eten them. and i f=dont wont to let him go
 
i heard no stories of tsn eat arowana only rtc which grows very fast andalso rtc x tsn. and i have known many people keeping this combo together. tsn mouth is small
 
Had a tsn eat two silvers about 6 months ago. The aros where 3/4 of the size of the tsn at the time.

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TSN's are more picky.. but are true predetors ime... my TSN prefers live food to dead every time.. But if yours is fine with smaller fish he may also be fine.. there really is only one way to find out..and the bigger the arrowana is the better. If you have rock-work decor ect in the 800 you may try adding or subtracting things or moving them around before adding the arrow.. they will often help disperse territorial tendancies in other fish but also change up the LOS and throw your TSN off abit until the arrow settles in. You may also try moving the TSN into the 180 for awhile and letting the arrow establish itself in the pond.. but tbh at those sizes you've got enough water volume imo to let everyone have their space. I will be moving my 12" RTCxTSN and 14"+ TSN into a 1,100 pool in the next few weeks with my group of gar 16"+ and worry more about fish jumping out ( like unfortunately happened to your other arrow) then predation at this time... I'm sure in the future I will have concerns..But whenever houseing ANYTHING with bigs cats it's a gamble. I've seen pond/pools with big cats and oscars that are just fine, and others where the only thing is big cats because they eat anything and everything includeing other big cats on this site. and others where they do fine for years with tank-mates then suddenly tolerate nothing and no-one with them.
 
yes thanks for the advice but some mistake tsn for rtcxtsn which is similar but larger. and if youre not recommending this i have a small rtc in the pond as well but i can get rid of him because iam not into rtc that much. but if you guys are saying arowana and tsn wont work then how about tc and tsn. still there is a risk since rtc will outgrow tsn and eat it. plus tsn dont grow that big mainly from what i have heard most of them top out at 30'' inches. i have never seen a hand raised one growing larger than that except for an rtc or the hybrid.and my tsn is growing slower than my aro. plus he had been with that other aro i had for about 5 monthes since they were babies.
 
i dont want to get rid of em since i started hanfeeding him and he is so friendly. and i already am building a bigger pond in the future for him.
 
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