Aquatic Predators > silver aro and jardini

Killer7777777

Mar 20 2006, 10:22 PM

Hi, I'm new to this site. I was wondering if I could put 6" silver aro, 5" jardini and 8" black aro in the same tank. Introduce them all at the same time in a 75g tank. I'll upgrade into bigger tank soon.

Killer7777777

Mar 20 2006, 10:24 PM

My mistake I mean 3 fish not 2 fish

MKStL

Mar 20 2006, 11:15 PM

You'll hear that you are not supposed to keep multiple aro's in the same tank period. The Jardini in the meantime will eventually kill any of its tankmates, especially other aros. I personally think that it is possible to keep silvers and blacks together but be wary if you do that because they are also known for their aggression towards each other.

-Matt

snogard

Mar 21 2006, 10:55 AM

QUOTE(Tunajive @ Mar 21 2006, 05:15 AM)

You'll hear that you are not supposed to keep multiple aro's in the same tank period. The Jardini in the meantime will eventually kill any of its tankmates, especially other aros. I personally think that it is possible to keep silvers and blacks together but be wary if you do that because they are also known for their aggression towards each other.

-Matt
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i agree with matt. even with silvers and blacks is a gamble. you put a jardini with the mix then its just real trouble.

ofish14

Mar 21 2006, 11:19 AM

is jardini there common name?

black_arowana

Mar 23 2006, 04:30 PM

try it. im bout to that in the future with an RTG also.

it is a gamble, im willin to try it though

Dracofish

Mar 23 2006, 08:07 PM

I say no simply for the fact that they are highly territorial. I'd say you have a 99.9% chance of never having perfect finnage and a good chance that the Jardini will kill the other two.

Killer7777777

Mar 23 2006, 10:01 PM

Thanks for the warning.

ckk125

Mar 24 2006, 05:16 AM

not a good chance that the jardini will kill the other aro..it WILL happen..

AROFREEK2K5

Apr 13 2006, 06:06 AM

I currently keep all the aro species together at the moment and true the jardini is the most aggressive but so far so good, blacks, silvers, jars, lecharti, and pimas the only aro im missing is african

ckk125

Apr 13 2006, 07:07 AM

how big is the tank and how big are they?

AROFREEK2K5

Apr 13 2006, 07:55 AM

they are currently housed In a 132X48X36 and sizes range from 5" to 7"..

Dracofish

Apr 13 2006, 10:51 AM

Just wait till the Jardini gets bigger. Mine didn't turn into a holy terror till he was about 10" and then it got progressively worse.

xxblwn408

Apr 14 2006, 11:21 PM

Here is my failed attempt at keeping a silver and jar together. The jar was constantly harassing the silver. Sometimes he would mimic a grey reef shark about to strike.

ckk125

Apr 15 2006, 12:07 AM

what happened to them in the end?

Juntau

Apr 20 2006, 02:47 PM

Can't really tell from the pic whether the silver got bullied too badly

black_dragon_i

Apr 20 2006, 05:43 PM

QUOTE(black_arowana @ Mar 23 2006, 05:30 PM)

try it. im bout to that in the future with an RTG also.

it is a gamble, im willin to try it though
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you are right, that is definitely gambling, high stakes at that with such an expensive fish.

Apocalypse

May 1 2006, 03:47 AM

As everyone has mentioned, it is a bad idea to mix the two. However, silvers can be housed with other silvers.

I used to have a 14" Jardini (Scleropages jardini) that would even kill plecos in his aquarium.

angeladay

Jul 6 2006, 10:00 PM

Try this. Remove the Jar, let silver establish its territory. Re-introduce the jar and see what happens. I was able to reverse hte packing order this way. Probably having another large silver could help with the mix too.

Killer7777777

Jul 7 2006, 11:04 AM

QUOTE(angeladay @ Jul 6 2006, 09:00 PM)

Try this. Remove the Jar, let silver establish its territory. Re-introduce the jar and see what happens. I was able to reverse hte packing order this way. Probably having another large silver could help with the mix too.
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I already tried dat it didn't work. As da jardini got used to tank it started to fight back.

bettachris

Jul 7 2006, 01:30 PM

b4 i knew anything, my jara killed one silver and attacked my other, but now i have them in different tanks. i wouldn't risk it ever again.

edge3233

Jul 11 2006, 03:07 PM

I got a 22" Silver and recently added a 12" Jardini. The only fish the Jardini is harassing is the Zonatus who harass it back. Nobody messes with the Flowerhorn. I don't know. Maybe when the Jardini gets a little bigger I might see some changes to it's behavior.

Apocalypse

Jul 16 2006, 07:07 PM

QUOTE(edge3233 @ Jul 11 2006, 03:07 PM)

Maybe when the Jardini gets a little bigger I might see some changes to it's behavior.
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For sure

edge3233

Jul 21 2006, 11:00 AM

Well it happened. The Jar attacked all it's tankmates. It shredded one of my Red Devils tail. Nasty fish! Had to trade it up.

mike123

Aug 26 2006, 12:08 PM

i definately wouldnt, but hey its your money.

Danh

Sep 9 2006, 01:44 PM

I know this is old, but I just wanted to add that a lfs near me has 24"ers in about a 600 tall tank. 1 Jardini and 4 or 5 silvers. The jar stays on the left side, and the silvers on the right side. I have watched them a lot and they don't bother each other at all.