what aro can be kept with tank mates?

[asianmick]

well I am building a tank for my work about a 250 to 300 gallon i have not bought the tank yet but i want to know what kind of aro can be kept with tank mates and what kind of tank mates would be fine with it? The tank is pretty much mine just going to keep it at the restaurant cause i don't have room for it yet. and since the owner said it was fine I am going to do it. At first i was thinking jardini but now i have read that they are evil fish that need to be alone. so now I am wondering what kind would go well with the other fish i plan on putting i was thinking a few clown loaches and maybe 2 bichir's and may be a knife fish of some sort and of course the main attraction would be the aro but I am new to aro's so can any one help me?

 

[n4red]

Im no expert but i guess Silver is the best community tank Arow.

 

[asianmick]

would that do fine in a 250 or would it need the 300

 

[Eoibio]

Hmm 300 for a community with a silver in it..
1 x Black Arowana

1 x P.B.B

Hows that for 250 gals?

 

[asianmick]

could u house one in a
210 gallon glass aquarium. 84x24x24

 

[Eoibio]

1 black aro? Maybe..They are smaller than silvers but they have a nicer colour. They are nice fish IMO. They are quite rare and exspensive but they are worth it.

 

[Eoibio]

You probally know this already but I would add the aro last =/

 

[Bderick67]

would that do fine in a 250 or would it need the 300

Tank volume is the result of the dimension of the tank. So unless you can provide dimensions a proper answer cannot be given.

could u house one in a
210 gallon glass aquarium. 84x24x24

No, that tank will become too small, need to go with more width.

1 black aro? Maybe..They are smaller than silvers but they have a nicer colour. They are nice fish IMO. They are quite rare and exspensive but they are worth it.

In the following thread you can find a couple of examples of how big black arowana can get, How much it worth? Why would you recommend keeping a 30" long fish in a tank that is only 24" wide?

 

[selki]

^ I agree

 

[Cypher]

1 black aro? Maybe..They are smaller than silvers but they have a nicer colour. They are nice fish IMO. They are quite rare and exspensive but they are worth it.

Black arowanas are generally not smaller than silvers. They get around the same size. But their growth rate is slower than that of silvers.

IMO, they are expensive, but not rare. Here is a picture of a local selling his black arowana.

You tell me if its worth the extra $300+ lol.