Adding Silver Arrowana??

[bicyclekick69]

Is it even possibl eto add a silver arrowana to my other 150gal cichlid tank.?? Dont pummle me here..LOL....all i want is honest answers.:twisted:

They are just soo beautiful and i cant help myself:rofl:

[punkypuffer]

i would say you would need a bigger tank than that even.... like 200 gallons or more. Also, it depends on what other cichlids you have, what sizes they are, and what size arrowanna you are willing to buy (the bigger the hardier, also, the more expensive). I would recommend getting an arrowanna that is like 6 inches when you get it, i've gotten small ones like 2inches and they didn't do so well. Also, our store has problems with small ones sometimes. Its kind of unpredictable.

[bevoman]

I think for a full grown silver you should have 300g at a minimum. Also, they will dominate the tank when full grown. I personally don't like mixing them with cichlids. When full grown and mature the aro is a much more powerful fish. If you can get over a 300g, then try two aros.

[FrankRago]

i don't know much about aro's, except i want one....... ;-)

[rsabatini]

I agree with bevo on the tank space issue,125 is noted in several articles just for 1 ARO,On another note I'd have to disagree with not mixing with cichlids,the Silver Arowana comes from the amazon where there are literally s''t loads of cichlids,however what type of cichlid is very important,they have to be big,(I would'nt recommend anything that does'nt at least reach 20 inches)IMO some possible good tankmates would be large oscars,True red terrors,tilapia butterkoferi,Dovii for a few,any cichlids you have that don't attain large sizes will be a Large snack,LOL,good luck and take care
P.S.the sil aro also attains a length of over 3ft if given the proper enviroment.

[bevoman]

I agree, if you are going to mix, the cichlids have to be large.

[Jahwah]

LOL, YOU GUYS ARE FUNNY. Look i have lot so tanks enought to scare all of you lol. The ones that have arrowanna's in them are some of my favorite. You are goin to want atleast a 6 inch specimen for that tank so it can fend for food. Established fish are more dominant than new fish, so.. in other words your arrowanna might not only be fish shy but people shy too. You may have to put a blanket over the tank and roll it back a little each day so the arrowanns gets used to you. that really depends on the amount of thru traffic that walks by the tank.
300 gallon, I don't know any of my friends that have 300 gallons unless there dentist or doctors. I've raised arrowanns up to a foot in a matter of weeks in a 20 long and then put it with redtails and large clown knifes. The key is to feed this bugger and get him real use to you( the blanket trick) helps get the fish use to you on his terms instead of bright light and open space it feels safer with the blanket and gets more use to you and, lol mine are hand feed shrimp from walmart now. HINT the shrimp keeps this rich pink blue color, almost as nice as a black arrowanna. Just watch the fish, have atleast a 20 L to hold him in incase he needs more time to mature. Large arrowannas are the pimps, big, and powerful. This only occurs in a tank that it feels comfortable. I saw someone say the word TILIPIA or somthing like that. Don't get it dude, nice fish but mean as hell and it has teeth, a small one streessed one of my largest arrowannas till his blood vessels in his head tightend up becuase he was stressed his eyes sunk in and he almost kicked it, but i kicked the TILAIPIA. GOOD TANKS MATES FRESHWATER STINGRAY( if you got to keep water clean for arrowanna get a stingray too, one hangs on bottom one on top). If you wanna scare an oscar tank get tigershovel nose, or clown knifes, or redtail catfish. F.Y.I not really proud of it but my first tank about ten years ago had an arrowanna in it that i raised to 24 inches on pellets in a 55 gallon.

IF you get anything out of this it's GET AN ARROWANNA

GET AN ARROWANNA YOU'LL LOVE IT BEST CHOICE YOU CAN MAKE

take time, cover tank let the fish adapt to new place, maybe get a holding tank till he is big enough to fend for food.

[Jahwah]

HEY, i forgot an important thing DO NOT PUT MORE THAN ONE TOGETHER

DO NOT PUT MORE THAN ONE ARROWANNA TOGETHER!
now for the people actually reading the small print, look two small arrowanna will kill eachother get 10 or 20 and they can't pick on eachother to kill eachother, or like a saw up there if you put two little ones in a 150 they probally will be ok, I've seen two arrowannas together, i have two together in a 150, but it's not easy. Think about it your best fish killing your other best fish. not a very pretty thing for owner or fish....... so unless you want to gamble just get one, or realize what your are risking

[bevoman]

If you had your aros in a size tank that would make them comfortable and feel like they had sufficient space, maybe you could get two in a tank. I don't care how successful you believe you have been, but raising your aros in the cramped quarters you have described would be like locking yourself in a closet and asking you to survive happily in there. I do not think your opinion is even close to accurate. Fish keepers on this forum tend to be much more responsible and truly care about their fish. They are not just there for our entertainment. We have a responsibility to give them as good a home as we can.

[cichlidkid123]

how big does the aro grow too anyways. i wanted one that was 4 inch at petco. it was 14 dollars if you had a savings card. my tank is a 55 gallon. if i am going to go buy it i have to move my cichlid but i think aro grows too big and my midas and jack is ony 3 inch.

[punkypuffer]

you're probably seeing the silver arowana, and they grow at least 2 feet, sometimes up to 4.

[fire mouth man]

Arrownas grow over 3 feet!!!