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Looks like I'm going to have to get rid of my silver arow. He's half the size of my cuban gar, but has decided to push him around. Hard to believe such a small fish could bully a larger predator. Anything I can do to stop the conduct? Adding another fish or something?
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Posted 14 October 2004 - 05:13 PM
Possibly adding visual barriers like floating plants for the cuban to hide in? Arowanas aren't my speciality...
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Posted 14 October 2004 - 05:23 PM
QUOTE (MJJM @ Oct 14 2004, 07:13 PM)
Possibly adding visual barriers like floating plants for the cuban to hide in? Arowanas aren't my speciality...
already did that. Big time. Does no good....he slipps around and nips. I'm mainly afraid he will spook him into the glass. Thanks though.
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Posted 14 October 2004 - 05:54 PM
I went ahead and traded the arow off. I was afraid to take chances with that gar. No way to replace him in the near future.
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Posted 14 October 2004 - 06:53 PM
Sorry to hear that. I have found that silvers are the least pushy of the arowana, except maybe the blacks. Maybe you just got a "bad egg". I would try again sometime, or try with a Leichardti if you are going for 'oddballs'.
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Posted 14 October 2004 - 08:03 PM
My Aros have always gone after anything that stays at the surface, has the same general body shape, or is silver in coloration... 
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Posted 15 October 2004 - 12:01 AM
get an asian arowana like a green or somthing those r nice
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Posted 15 October 2004 - 07:42 AM
QUOTE (Dracofish @ Oct 14 2004, 10:03 PM)
My Aros have always gone after anything that stays at the surface, has the same general body shape, or is silver in coloration...
Or looks like my arm or finger (I guess I either look like food or just look tasty). Either way I have cuts on a few fingers from feeding the aros a couple days ago, they clamp on good until they realize finger doesn't taste good. Both the Jardini and the Silver got me this time.
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Posted 15 October 2004 - 11:24 AM
QUOTE (Chad @ Oct 14 2004, 09:07 PM)
A Jar? wouldn't he woop ass all over the tank?
No, Alex is talking about S. leichardti. There are two species of Australian Arowana, S. jardini and S leichardti. The main difference between the two is that Jars have bands of color on their scales wheras Leichardtis have two dots of color on each scale. I've never seen one in person and don't know if these two fish have the same sort of temperment. If they do, I would never, ever risk one with Rays. My Jardini is now down to living completely by himself except for a Synodontis cat that has oddly enough survived with him for a couple years now.
Supposedly, S. leichardti are about as hard to find in the U.S as Asian Aros, maybe even harder because I can go find an Asian for sale today if I wanted, but I have no idea where to find a Leichardti.
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