Would Arowanas be a good beginner Monster class?

[Bderick67]

That wasn't really his question. IMO no monster fish is good for a total beginner, the question was would an aro be someone new to keeping monsters, ie someone who has experience keeping smaller fish, knows about water changes, the nitrogen cycle etc, but has never kept anything "monster". If they know the requirements of a large fish like an aro and are willing to provide a suitable sized tank then I would say yes an aro could be a good first "monster".

Really, I did not get that from either of his questions as shown below. You description is far from a beginner. Although with your quote, hilited in red. I would still not recommend to anybody who has not had any experience with large tanks or large fish, period. Alot of difference betwee keeping up a 20g tank with some tetras and a large tank with large fish.

Would Arowanas be a good beginner Monster class?On behalf of all those new to Monster Fish Keeping.

My question was more along the lines of "Would Aros be ok for anyone who hasn't had a single monster tank in his life till that point?"

 

[David R]

I suppose you could interpret the question either way, he certainly didn't say "total beginner with no clue about keeping fish" but he didn't say "someone with fishkeeping experience who has never kept monsters" either. I went from a 10g community to a 75g 'community' with sevs, bala sharks, CL's, firemouth etc to a 150g with a black aro in a little over 12 months, so it certainly can be done if you're willing to learn.

 

[henward]

yes
if you are willing to learn you can. you must make sure you dont get lazy with big fsh too
i found that if you dont change the water, it pollutes quicker. due to the massive amount of waste.

a community tank lets say might eat a spoon full f pellets.
a single arowana will eat a handfull of prawns plus more! the waste coming from one fish would be alot more from alot of little fish collectivly crapping the water.

with monsters, i believe that you must invest a good amount on filtration. first andforemost.
then cycle the bio media first.
then put the monster in.