tejaswa - 2011-10-08 What can we do 2 prevent drop eye in our arowana????????
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Alex Burleson - 2011-10-09 You can prevent drop eye by performing weekly 25% water changes. Given no other fish in your aquarium has this disease. If other fish in your aquarium have this disease, then it is advisable to treat the disease accordingly, in addition move your sick fish to another aquarium.
AjinkyaKulkarni - 2011-02-08 What is the minimum tank size required for two silver arowanas?
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josue - 2011-07-29 Arows can get very big and it all depends on how big your arowana is. I have seen an 7 inch. arow in a 10 gal. with no other fish and only gravel, then latter on it died of stress. I think it was because the tank was 10 gal. Any way it depends on how big the arow is. p.s. it is not very smart to keep 2 different arow types.
jayzak - 2011-06-20 For all the NOOBS out there(like me), if you put an arowana in a small tank (below 75) DO COVER THE TANK AT ALL COST because they love to jump with precision. i have 2, one is 3-4 inch and the other one is 5-6 inch. I have saved them 5 TIMES already, as in pick them up on the floor and put them back in the tank. the smaller one 4 times and the bigger one once, dont know its me lucky or they are but cover it up ASAP and cover it tight, my tank have only a gap of 2cm wide and 10cm length between the filter n the center bar but somehow they still jump out of that little hole... amazing.
John - 2011-04-11 I have two Silver arowanas . One is kept in 55 gal tank and is about 4 inches long. The other is kept in a 900 gal indoor pond/aquarium (it's built in) , and is about 13 inches long. Amazing and easy to keep fish although would not reccomend for a novice . The smaller one is kept with a small alligator gar and a small spotted gar along with a raphael catfish and a stinging catfish. The larger one is kept with 16 blood parrot fish a small shovel nose and two 6 inche red tailed catfish as well as four walking catfish (all of which are legal to keep in my country) . One question - can two different types of arowanas be kept together? I'm planning on getting a 5 inch pearl arowana which will be kept with the small silver.
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Charlie Roche - 2011-04-12 The Animal World article says that 1 Arowana would require a minimum of a 100 gallon tank and you have 2 although the larger is in the 900 gallon tank. Is that where you would put the 4 - when they are approximately a similar size? They are carnivores and I am sure you know what you're doing but these guys get big - almost 50 inches.
Scott - 2009-06-01 I have one 12" silver arowana, two 8.5" black ghost knifes, one 4" gold nugget pleco, one 13" rope fish, one 5" tiger shovelnose x redtail catfish hybrid (which will be in a 6x8ft indoor pond soon). All in a 200 gallon tank 72"x24"x24" with .5" glass top 5/8", so it is 200 not 180 gallons. This is a minimum for one aro. The tank needs to be atleast as wide as the fish is long and two or three times the fishes length. Silver aro's top out at three feet in most tanks, so the bigger the better. They also need a 75% water change atleast once a week to mantain the water quality they need to live. That makes this type of fish not for a novice, but a fantastic fish if you can house and feed it! I bought my aro at 3" and in two months it was 1 foot long and still not slowing. They are supposed to start to slow in the one to two foot range I've heard. Best of luck.
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Jan Wong - 2011-01-31 My Silver Arowana is about 20" long and approx. 4 yrs. old. I didn't realize that my tank was too small. I am debating whether I want to care for it anymore now that my kids are away for school. It's either a larger tank or to give him up. Any suggestions. I am also concerned because I was told that they die many times if they are transported at an older age.
Anonymous - 2009-06-02 I have heard that feeding them goldfish is bad? May I ask why? I feed mine a gripp couple alot... then I'm scareed for my arowana. He's always on top not doing anything. Is there a cure for it, I need help pl;zzzz.
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Anonymous - 2010-06-05 NO LIVE FEEDERS they carry tons of bacteria and disease.. if you want to feed them meat stick with chicken, pork, crickets, pinky mice stuff like that.. nothing from your yard. Believe it or not you may have contaminated soil..I recommend freeze dried krill, pellets, or any of the frozen foods for cichlids.. They love beefheart...
rajesh - 2010-11-16 Feeder gold fish will invite disease to your Aro and Aro are top swimmers and rarely goes to the bottom of the tank.
well alapide - 2010-01-05 Mine is a silver arow, 8inches. She was 5" when I got her 2 mos ago. Her name is 'tisay'. She's in a 50gallon tank which I think is my mistake of acquiring for her since I only knew a little about that arowana's need quite a bit of space as they grow bigger. And keeping them in a small tank is not appropriate for this fish. I have quite a stack of worms in a container and the reason that I do this is so I could select from them those that have shredded their skin. So I could give my arowana the softest & skinless worms there are and no worm scales stay in her stomach, only fresh newly skinned soft meal worms. Since then, we spend a lot of time with the kids watching the arowana in her tank and it's really fun, fun. Fun wathcing her devour her meal is quite a show! Actually, I can't imagine my house not having one.
Jenna - 2009-12-14 Hi, my boyfriend bought me an arowana for my birthday. He's still a baby and very cute. I am feeding him plankton at the moment and he loves it. I will be switching him to Hirakari Pellets when he gets bigger. I have had one before and he loved being mixed with other community fish. He is in our 200 Gal tank now and he lives with 6 green swordtails, a very large pleco two rainbowfish, a freshwater flounder and one sailfin molly. Everyone gets along great. I have had one arowana before but due to a power outtage while I was at work one winter, he died due to the water getting too cold. But I have learned that these fish mix well with community fish if NOT fed live food and kept on pellets and other non live foods. I never had any problems even when he got bigger. Wish me luck this time, I hope to see him get very big and happy!
mitchell - 2009-07-26 Hi, I own 2 silver arowana's and they live in a jewel 180 L aquarium. They are about 8 inches. I plan to move them to a 250L aquarium and get rid of 1. I live in england and am selling him/her for
The Arowana is related to early primitive fishes and is sometimes called the "Bony-tongued Fish"!
What can we do 2 prevent drop eye in our arowana????????
You can prevent drop eye by performing weekly 25% water changes. Given no other fish in your aquarium has this disease. If other fish in your aquarium have this disease, then it is advisable to treat the disease accordingly, in addition move your sick fish to another aquarium.
My silver arowana 3 month aged lost a anal fins. Is it re-growth able? Any other problem will happen for this loss?
Feed it well and the fin will grow back. If you have other fish, check there temperment toward the arow.
What is the minimum tank size required for two silver arowanas?
Arows can get very big and it all depends on how big your arowana is. I have seen an 7 inch. arow in a 10 gal. with no other fish and only gravel, then latter on it died of stress. I think it was because the tank was 10 gal.
Any way it depends on how big the arow is. p.s. it is not very smart to keep 2 different arow types.
For all the NOOBS out there(like me), if you put an arowana in a small tank (below 75) DO COVER THE TANK AT ALL COST because they love to jump with precision. i have 2, one is 3-4 inch and the other one is 5-6 inch. I have saved them 5 TIMES already, as in pick them up on the floor and put them back in the tank. the smaller one 4 times and the bigger one once, dont know its me lucky or they are but cover it up ASAP and cover it tight, my tank have only a gap of 2cm wide and 10cm length between the filter n the center bar but somehow they still jump out of that little hole... amazing.
I have two Silver arowanas . One is kept in 55 gal tank and is about 4 inches long. The other is kept in a 900 gal indoor pond/aquarium (it's built in) , and is about 13 inches long. Amazing and easy to keep fish although would not reccomend for a novice . The smaller one is kept with a small alligator gar and a small spotted gar along with a raphael catfish and a stinging catfish. The larger one is kept with 16 blood parrot
fish a small shovel nose and two 6 inche red tailed catfish as well as four walking catfish (all of which are legal to keep in my country) . One question - can two different types of arowanas be
kept together? I'm planning on getting a 5 inch pearl arowana which will be kept with the small silver.
The Animal World article says that 1 Arowana would require a minimum of a 100 gallon tank and you have 2 although the larger is in the 900 gallon tank. Is that where you would put the 4 - when they are approximately a similar size? They are carnivores and I am sure you know what you're doing but these guys get big - almost 50 inches.
I have one 12" silver arowana, two 8.5" black ghost knifes, one 4" gold nugget pleco, one 13" rope fish, one 5" tiger shovelnose x redtail catfish hybrid (which will be in a 6x8ft indoor pond soon). All in a 200 gallon tank 72"x24"x24" with .5" glass top 5/8", so it is 200 not 180 gallons. This is a minimum for one aro. The tank needs to be atleast as wide as the fish is long and two or three times the fishes length. Silver aro's top out at three feet in most tanks, so the bigger the better. They also need a 75% water change atleast once a week to mantain the water quality they need to live. That makes this type of fish not for a novice, but a fantastic fish if you can house and feed it! I bought my aro at 3" and in two months it was 1 foot long and still not slowing. They are supposed to start to slow in the one to two foot range I've heard. Best of luck.
My Silver Arowana is about 20" long and approx. 4 yrs. old. I didn't realize that my tank was too small. I am debating whether I want to care for it anymore now that my kids are away for school. It's either a larger tank or to give him up. Any suggestions. I am also concerned because I was told that they die many times if they are transported at an older age.
I have heard that feeding them goldfish is bad? May I ask why?
I feed mine a gripp couple alot... then I'm scareed for my arowana. He's always on top not doing anything. Is there a cure for it,
I need help pl;zzzz.
NO LIVE FEEDERS they carry tons of bacteria and disease.. if you want to feed them meat stick with chicken, pork, crickets, pinky mice stuff like that.. nothing from your yard. Believe it or not you may have contaminated soil..I recommend freeze dried krill, pellets, or any of the frozen foods for cichlids.. They love beefheart...
Feeder gold fish will invite disease to your Aro and Aro are top swimmers and rarely goes to the bottom of the tank.
Mine is a silver arow, 8inches. She was 5" when I got her 2 mos ago. Her name is 'tisay'. She's in a 50gallon tank which I think is my mistake of acquiring for her since I only knew a little about that arowana's need quite a bit of space as they grow bigger. And keeping them in a small tank is not appropriate for this fish. I have quite a stack of worms in a container and the reason that I do this is so I could select from them those that have shredded their skin. So I could give my arowana the softest & skinless worms there are and no worm scales stay in her stomach, only fresh newly skinned soft meal worms. Since then, we spend a lot of time with the kids watching the arowana in her tank and it's really fun, fun. Fun wathcing her devour her meal is quite a show! Actually, I can't imagine my house not having one.
Hi, my boyfriend bought me an arowana for my birthday. He's still a baby and very cute. I am feeding him plankton at the moment and he loves it. I will be switching him to Hirakari Pellets when he gets bigger. I have had one before and he loved being mixed with other community fish. He is in our 200 Gal tank now and he lives with 6 green swordtails, a very large pleco two rainbowfish, a freshwater flounder and one sailfin molly. Everyone gets along great. I have had one arowana before but due to a power outtage while I was at work one winter, he died due to the water getting too cold. But I have learned that these fish mix well with community fish if NOT fed live food and kept on pellets and other non live foods. I never had any problems even when he got bigger. Wish me luck this time, I hope to see him get very big and happy!
Hi, I own 2 silver arowana's and they live in a jewel 180 L aquarium. They are about 8 inches. I plan to move them to a 250L aquarium and get rid of 1. I live in england and am selling him/her for