update on my silver aro project 2/11/10
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they are all three cohabing now and are doing fine...no fighting...i belive the higher arcy is established now, this should stay smooth...i will introduce the fourth after the three are bigger...
Hesh69;3905019; said:
thanx...i can't wait till i can add them to the other one...just the 3 could be eatten by my larger aro and my payara...
i woke up yesterday to find that the bigger one had killed the middle sized one...so i moved it to my a different 55gal that i thought it would be fine in instead of just putting the divider back in 
...i was thinking, i put the pbass into the 180 so that tank is fine now for it...it is 4-5"...my sens coulndn't eat that...oh by the way my sens are 8"...as you problibly guessed, i woke up this morning to see that one of my sens had eatten it in the night
...i should have known better, but it was a move that i didn't think through...now i have a 2.5" in the 20gal and the 6" in a 55gal...idk if i will get more at this small ever again, but i may get some 5-6" to keep my project alive...i am thinking about selling my jar as it has become the a-hole i was tring to avoid...
...i was thinking, i put the pbass into the 180 so that tank is fine now for it...it is 4-5"...my sens coulndn't eat that...oh by the way my sens are 8"...as you problibly guessed, i woke up this morning to see that one of my sens had eatten it in the night...i should have known better, but it was a move that i didn't think through...now i have a 2.5" in the 20gal and the 6" in a 55gal...idk if i will get more at this small ever again, but i may get some 5-6" to keep my project alive...i am thinking about selling my jar as it has become the a-hole i was tring to avoid...
sbuse;3913630; said:i woke up yesterday to find that the bigger one had killed the middle sized one...so i moved it to my a different 55gal that i thought it would be fine in instead of just putting the divider back in
Sorry for your lost. But its funny reading this. From my experience, buy a bunch like 20-30 and let them grow out together. Eventhough they still fight, it will not be as bad. The aggression is spread out.
Last year, i had 80 silver. Grew them all out to be 7-8in, living together peacefully. Even when i only put two in the tank, they dont fight; same with some of the other i sold. I end up selling them all.
I brought another 50 last week, tryign to repeat process. So far so good.
i have been thinking of doing more, but current tanks are too dangerous to put alot of aros in...also aros are more spendy up here so i may just go with some larger aros say 5-8" to start again with this project...i will never again get aros with yolk sacs...
aww.. i guess it didnt work sbuse.. but you should try again with more this time.. i love my silver.. hes about 6.5" to 7" ive had it for about a month and a half to 2 months and i got it at 5" 
KEEP TRYING
KEEP TRYINGhow do u have money to buy 70 arowana?
I think his main problem is having a large enough tank for his silvers. i say buy em big and just drop them into your main tank
or find a bigger tank(120) for a growout, and start small
I think his main problem is having a large enough tank for his silvers. i say buy em big and just drop them into your main tank
or find a bigger tank(120) for a growout, and start small
i think the problem was that they were all too small to start with...i went the cheaper route and it got me this...when i do try it again i will do bigger aros, but still "small"...it will have to wait though...i just got some other fish...i still have 2 silvers that i will try to mix...i may get some more silvers after i sell my jar
