I'll post a few pics when the lighting comes on tomorrow. Any tips from current Aro owners would be greatly appreciated. 
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Just bought 4 - 2.5"-3.5" Silver Arowanas for my 600G (96x48x30) Cute little suckers. I was told they were eating flake at the LFS but when I tried to feed them at home they ignored the flake so I chopped up some of my Cichlid sticks and they attacked them I'll post a few pics when the lighting comes on tomorrow. Any tips from current Aro owners would be greatly appreciated.
I'll post a few pics when the lighting comes on tomorrow. Any tips from current Aro owners would be greatly appreciated.
I think the key to a good colorful silver, is to be sure and have them on a variety of foods. I feed mine cichlid sticks, pellets, fresh shrimp, catfish, blood and black worms as well as earthworms. just switch it up here and there and they will love you for it. Good luck, I know you will enjoy them. They are a trure treat to have in your tank. I can't wait to see some of your pics and watch them grow. Here's a few pics of mine. He's about 16-18" right now.
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Great looking Aro you have there. I was thinking about setting up my 29G and using it to breed convicts as live food for my Aro's when they get a bit bigger. That way I also know they arent carrying any disease and then having to treat 600G. Also has anyone ever fed their Aro's Trout Chow? I have access to an unlimited supply if its a good addition to a varied diet. Oh and pics comming soon.
Convicts are a good choice for feeders. They breed and grow fast. The only thing I see is that you will need more than one tank to breed them. I would have at least 3 to deal with their various needs as they grow to feeder size.
As far as the trout pellets are concerned, I think the operative word there is Trout. It may be ok, and not harm them but as far as nutritional value, I would do a lot of comparing to the pellets you use now and see what the difference is. I personally wouldn't use them, but that's me, and it doesn't mean that it's a horrible idea. I just don't know what's made of.
As far as the trout pellets are concerned, I think the operative word there is Trout. It may be ok, and not harm them but as far as nutritional value, I would do a lot of comparing to the pellets you use now and see what the difference is. I personally wouldn't use them, but that's me, and it doesn't mean that it's a horrible idea. I just don't know what's made of.
Feed it with lot of food that contain carotene. It will make the fish more pinkish red.
Thanks for the tips especially the carotene advice. I'm working on the pics but I didnt get to the lights today. I just built the tank and everything up to this point was the tank itself, filters and the lid.
Finnaly took a few pics but between the cloudyness from adding the substrate the Blackwater Expert its still a bit hard to get a good picture only one of them is worth posting. Ever since the lights came on all 4 stay together cruising the surface of the water.
Whole tank shot. Still looking for some good wood to drop in. When I'm done there will be drywall up so you'll only be able to see the glass framed into the wall.
Whole tank shot. Still looking for some good wood to drop in. When I'm done there will be drywall up so you'll only be able to see the glass framed into the wall.
Holy crap! You've got 3" aros in a 600g??? I would be horified every time I went to try to find them! lol.. A good site though... someone who buys monster fish to grow out in a monster tank. I doubt I've EVER seen that before.
If I had an unlimited supply of trout pellets I would definitely look at the ingridients, but I'd probably use it as a staple for whatever would eat them!
Breeding convicts may help now, but as the aros get bigger you'll never be able to keep up with their appetites. And in that big of a tank, they MIGHT be able to snag a few fry, but most of the fry will probably go to the bottom of the tank and never get eaten. Then you'll end up with 4 aros with a colony of convicts hiding in the rocks and wood.
Hope that water clears up for you!
If I had an unlimited supply of trout pellets I would definitely look at the ingridients, but I'd probably use it as a staple for whatever would eat them!
Breeding convicts may help now, but as the aros get bigger you'll never be able to keep up with their appetites. And in that big of a tank, they MIGHT be able to snag a few fry, but most of the fry will probably go to the bottom of the tank and never get eaten. Then you'll end up with 4 aros with a colony of convicts hiding in the rocks and wood.
Hope that water clears up for you!
Waters clearing up nicely. Bit of bad news tho. I bought some Four Line Pim cats for clean up that were about 5" which was fine for about 3 days then one morning I was 2 baby Arowanas short and there were 2 fat Pim cats 
. I tried like hell to get the cats out but I decided the easier thing to do was take out the 2 Remaining arowanas and mover them to the 29G for a few weeks to get a few inches bigger. They have been growing pretty good tho, I went back to the LFS where I got them and mine are noticably bigger than the 2 remaining there. I'd say close to an inch bigger. Mine are also starting to lose the transparent body and coloring up a bit and instead of eating one piece of cichlid stick they are eating two in one feeding. I looked at the trout chow and Its better to stick with the Cichlid sticks there is more Protein and less fat in the cichlid sticks.
Here's the tank now
. I tried like hell to get the cats out but I decided the easier thing to do was take out the 2 Remaining arowanas and mover them to the 29G for a few weeks to get a few inches bigger. They have been growing pretty good tho, I went back to the LFS where I got them and mine are noticably bigger than the 2 remaining there. I'd say close to an inch bigger. Mine are also starting to lose the transparent body and coloring up a bit and instead of eating one piece of cichlid stick they are eating two in one feeding. I looked at the trout chow and Its better to stick with the Cichlid sticks there is more Protein and less fat in the cichlid sticks. Here's the tank now
Tank is lookin pretty freakin sweet. Sorry to hear about the lost aros though. In a 600 you'll have plenty of time and space to add a few other things though. Good luck
Shoulda got cories.. lol.. Sorry man. I hope your others do well. Can you get some bigger ones?
Well after moving the 2 babies to the 29 G the larger of the 2 beat the snot outta the smaller so I'm down to one Silver and he's just over 4". Good news is I put the swim shorts on and got in the 600 and pulled out the 2 cats so he's back in the 600. I'll be hitting a few LFS up tomorrow looking for some much smaller cats probably some cories (good sugjestion Danh 
) till I find a nice Megladoras Irwini or some other cool looking compatible cat. I'll be looking for 1 or 2 more silvers about the same size as the one now while I'm out looking for the replacement cats.
) till I find a nice Megladoras Irwini or some other cool looking compatible cat. I'll be looking for 1 or 2 more silvers about the same size as the one now while I'm out looking for the replacement cats.
If you have an 600 gallon you clearly have the money to dropping it on Asian Arows in my opinion they get way more beautiful then the silvers. Then you could get a assortment of different colors. But that is an amazing tank, I can;t wait till I have a house and con afford stuff like that!
QUOTE(coel @ Jan 14 2008, 10:45 PM) 
If you have an 600 gallon you clearly have the money to dropping it on Asian Arows in my opinion they get way more beautiful then the silvers. Then you could get a assortment of different colors. But that is an amazing tank, I can;t wait till I have a house and con afford stuff like that!
I would love to own an Asian Arowana but I'd get a HUGE fine, my tanks taken down and prob go to jail since they are Illegal in the US. Besides I cant afford an Asian, I didnt go out and buy the tank it took me about $1500 over about a 6 month period and I'm still not 100% finished with it. I'm by no means wealthy!
First of all, asian arowanas are listed on the endangered species list, so getting one is not legal. and if you have the money, aquabid.com, if you are unfamiliar, is basically an ebay of fish. beautiful arowanas are always on sale there, but not usually too cheap. It will give a nice selection though if you are interested
great pics! good luck
I've read all the thread and I am sorry for your loss man. Get the pims back, they are wicked looking catfish, but at the same time, set up a few 33gal setups as growouts for the silvers.
In that size of a tank you could easily do a community tank and the sooner you get them the better. Once they grow out then it's harder to introduce new aros in the tank.
May I suggest rays and some other moster catfish as tankmates?!?
That's on sweet tank, 1' wider and 3" higher than my 400gal, but what a difference in the water volume
My 400
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=y0crm4kBowc
Preferably 33gals, because you pretty much want to raise healthy fry for feeders and ensure your aros are getting very good food. In a setup that is too small the bioload would be too much and you'd either end up having a lot of deaths, or not decent enough growth rate for the fry.
In that size of a tank you could easily do a community tank and the sooner you get them the better. Once they grow out then it's harder to introduce new aros in the tank.
May I suggest rays and some other moster catfish as tankmates?!?
QUOTE(gator @ Dec 21 2007, 10:04 PM)
Just bought 4 - 2.5"-3.5" Silver Arowanas for my 600G (96x48x30) Cute little suckers. I was told they were eating flake at the LFS but when I tried to feed them at home they ignored the flake so I chopped up some of my Cichlid sticks and they attacked them I'll post a few pics when the lighting comes on tomorrow. Any tips from current Aro owners would be greatly appreciated.
I'll post a few pics when the lighting comes on tomorrow. Any tips from current Aro owners would be greatly appreciated. That's on sweet tank, 1' wider and 3" higher than my 400gal, but what a difference in the water volume
My 400
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=y0crm4kBowc
QUOTE(Chubbs @ Dec 22 2007, 09:37 AM)
Convicts are a good choice for feeders. They breed and grow fast. The only thing I see is that you will need more than one tank to breed them. I would have at least 3 to deal with their various needs as they grow to feeder size.
As far as the trout pellets are concerned, I think the operative word there is Trout. It may be ok, and not harm them but as far as nutritional value, I would do a lot of comparing to the pellets you use now and see what the difference is. I personally wouldn't use them, but that's me, and it doesn't mean that it's a horrible idea. I just don't know what's made of.
As far as the trout pellets are concerned, I think the operative word there is Trout. It may be ok, and not harm them but as far as nutritional value, I would do a lot of comparing to the pellets you use now and see what the difference is. I personally wouldn't use them, but that's me, and it doesn't mean that it's a horrible idea. I just don't know what's made of.
Preferably 33gals, because you pretty much want to raise healthy fry for feeders and ensure your aros are getting very good food. In a setup that is too small the bioload would be too much and you'd either end up having a lot of deaths, or not decent enough growth rate for the fry.
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