Where can i buy a Black arowana [Osteoglossum ferreirai]

[mikeeandike]

chinatown has them for like 200

 

[AnDr3w]

Yes, they have bred in the past and when i said "bred" i meant laid eggs fertilized and cared for by daddy :]. Unfortunately i don't have pictures because it was about 7 years ago. The specifics for their breeding would be about 84 degree water temp, smooth light water and this is practically a MUST, they should also be alone practically the whole time also, Tank size can range from 150-200 gallons to JUST mate/courtship at the time the room was dark with a dim light setting [not bright at all, just enough to see a bit]. After mating is completed and if the male has fully fertilized the eggs, MAKE sure you just leave the male in that tank for about a month and move the female it was our first mistake, we naively thought the male and female could get along but we ended up being completely wrong. I cant really think of any specifics, dont attempt to feed the male much and especially DO NOT do anything to the water, no changing,no adding any chemicals, no nothing until the fry have hatched and are about 2 months old. I'll give a call to my uncle to check up on them and see how they are atm, i know they are atleast 2.5 feet long or 3 feet long atm. If you have any other questions on what we did feel free to ask, but lets try to stick to topic and see if anyone can help me find fry black aro :]/

What is smooth light water?

 

[T1KARMANN]

why would you want fry anyway 6-7inch is a much safer size to buy a black aro at

 

[jigzzor]

What is smooth light water?

Water has texture, Rather difficult to explain, but you can instantly tell what the texture is by just touching it.

why would you want fry anyway 6-7inch is a much safer size to buy a black aro at

Fry aro's are risky to raise seeing how their mortality rate is low, but i believe i'm skilled enough as a fish hobbiest to raise a fry, i have done so in the past. Secondly not only are fries risky to keep raising them from fry to adult is fun and heart warming to watch them grow big. BTW the younger the fish are the better it is to keep them together with other agressive fish, by simply raising them together would mean they would most likely not fight as adults, so long as you know how to do so, for example i had 2 flower horns [fry] and a african cichlid [fry] live together for years and even now as adults they live together in harmony without ever attacking each other [tank size 150g], i also dont want to introduce them to feeder fish i've also heard when they eat feeder fish or learn to eat them they find it okay to just eat anything including fish pets.

 

[T1KARMANN]

Water has texture, Rather difficult to explain, but you can instantly tell what the texture is by just touching it.



Fry aro's are risky to raise seeing how their mortality rate is low, but i believe i'm skilled enough as a fish hobbiest to raise a fry, i have done so in the past. Secondly not only are fries risky to keep raising them from fry to adult is fun and heart warming to watch them grow big. BTW the younger the fish are the better it is to keep them together with other agressive fish, by simply raising them together would mean they would most likely not fight as adults, so long as you know how to do so, for example i had 2 flower horns [fry] and a african cichlid [fry] live together for years and even now as adults they live together in harmony without ever attacking each other [tank size 150g], i also dont want to introduce them to feeder fish i've also heard when they eat feeder fish or learn to eat them they find it okay to just eat anything including fish pets.

well a aro with a yolk sack/fry will grow to 6-7inch in about 4 months so its no big deal its still a baby at 6-7inch

i dont know anyone who has had trouble keeping a black aro with other tank mates they are not that aggressive

smaller black aros seam to fight more when fry i have seen a tank full of black aros with yolk sacks fight to the death

better and safer to buy a 6-7inch fish