What Type of Arowana Should I Buy?

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Anything not aggressive that won't fit in its mouth. You should look at some Youtube videos of African Butterfly Fish before you buy one though. I did and chose not to buy one. They do not move around very much.
 

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Welcome aboard ☺ you could easily have a group of 3 or more in the 90 they get into territorial spats but just nudging each other lol. You could add mid water and bottom dwellers since ABF are surface dwellers.
 

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3x Senegal Bichirs + 2x cigar shark + 3x ABF
Awesome 90g stock! :)
 
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Oh, I see. That's good then. At least I will be able to include other fishes and decorations in my aquarium. Can you recommend me fishes that I can mix it with?
Basically anything that isn't aggressive and won't fit in its mouth. There are quite a few schooling fish you can put in with African butterflies.
 

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3x Senegal Bichirs + 2x cigar shark + 3x ABF
Awesome 90g stock! :)
Cigar sharks are a no-go. They get huge!
Sens are good
 

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Cigar sharks are a no-go. They get huge!
Never had them, I only know of them from people's 75-150gal bichir tanks :eek:
 

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I have personally seen a 16" one
 
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I think I'm going to put 2 Senegal Bichirs. How about plecos or bull shark? Anything that won't harm the African butterfly fish is fine with me. :)
 

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bull shark?
Plecos are great tankmates for almost everything. Just make sure you don't buy that grows to 3" or one that grows to 24".
 
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