Zzsharks Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 hi! I was wondering how many people on this forum have a arowana? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Do you have one yourself? 🙃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenman Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 I had one way back in the distant past. (Maybe forty years ago now?) I had an empty fifty-gallon tank and wasn't sure what to do with it. I was wandering around one of our bigger fish stores then in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania called World Wide Aquariums and talking with the manager and he suggested an Arowana as they were getting in some baby ones in a couple of weeks. I thought, "Why not?" I bought five hundred feeder guppies for the tank (which was heavily planted and fully cycled.) Then went back when the Arowanas arrived. I knew to get one with a yolk sac still attached and did so. (At that time, they were around $9.99 for babies.) He went in with the five hundred feeder guppies (which with fry were probably closer to five thousand at that time) and just swam around watching them until the yolk sac was absorbed. Then it became a feeding frenzy for him. Within a year he was over eighteen inches long. He'd plowed through the feeder guppies in a couple of months and then graduated to small feeder goldfish. He got moved to a bigger tank and was about 22 inches long when he jumped one night and crashed into the top of the tank and died. He was probably the meanest fish I've ever kept. I had to keep a net between him and my hand whenever I did anything in the tank. He'd attack your hand and even with the net he'd try to swim around it to get to you. Very neat looking fish though. Having kept one, I'm over it now. They aren't overly personable. They look impressive, but they're pretty much just an eating machine and don't show much personality. They're a good showpiece fish and fascinating to watch, but not much else. Oscars, Midas cichlids, and other cichlids are much more "fun" fish. At least to me. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zzsharks Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 I have an 2,000 gallon tank in my warehouse. An I have 1 arrowana and 4 oscars. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 On 10/11/2022 at 6:27 PM, Zzsharks said: I have an 2,000 gallon tank in my warehouse. An I have 1 arrowana and 4 oscars. That sounds pretty awesome! I think we need some pics! 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luciferkrist Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Just got one actually, very young one, he is set to be the king of my 210 tank. Yes, I know I only have about a year or two before he may be too big for that size tank - Hoping to get something custom by then, but I always wanted one and really love their graceful swimming... and it was 20 bucks at the show in Chicago... Luckily I already accidentally started a guppy/endler colony in the tank when transferring some plants, so he will have something to hunt, but he is already eating pellets and shrimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 How are those pics coming along @Zzsharks? What does the scape in your 210 gal look like, @Luciferkrist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luciferkrist Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 On 10/12/2022 at 9:56 AM, TheSwissAquarist said: What does the scape in your 210 gal look like, @Luciferkrist? Still having a hard time getting good pictures on it, always shows up yellowish for some reason. Still waiting for the plants to fill in, added some recently, and ahve a new red lotus bulb growing now as well! He is hiding behind the gourami on the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 If I were you I’d try some sort of carpeting plant up front, it hides fish poop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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