DragonfishExotics
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Would like to give a hello to our new member Biggs, he is the president of the Greater Victoria Aquarium Society. I had a chance to some of his collection on the weekend, very nice stuff.
welcome Biggs
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taureandragon76
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Welcome to the new board Biggs
ninjaturtle
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welcome biggs
CHILLI RED
New Member
WELCOME!!!
WOW!...Thanks for the Warm Welcome!! Our local society had a tank tour day on Sunday. We had 14 people visiting 8 homes so I got a chance to see Bills setup and his fish. I may have caught the Arowana bug!! Wonderful Fish!! I love how aggressive they are when feeding. I also watched the video that was linked from here of the pair spawning.....Amazing!!! I run around 30 tanks when running full steam with the largest being a 180. What size tank is reccomended for a full size Aro???
Biggs:
I feel that 6'x2'x2' is a good size for a full grown aro, if you intend to keep only one with some tankmates.
Protoxeno:
Yes, I also have read many times that 4'x2'x2' is the bare minimum. But If you like seeing the fish swims, 4' length won't let the fish swims that much. I personally think that how the arowana swims plays a big role in his majestic look.
I feel that 6'x2'x2' is a good size for a full grown aro, if you intend to keep only one with some tankmates.
Protoxeno:
Yes, I also have read many times that 4'x2'x2' is the bare minimum. But If you like seeing the fish swims, 4' length won't let the fish swims that much. I personally think that how the arowana swims plays a big role in his majestic look.
Good to see you show up here. Please advise what type of Aro., how many aros. you are going to put in the tank, then I may put my suggestion here for you.
If it is me, I will put one aro. (either cross back or red), 1 ST. 1 Fei Feng, 1 PNT. Make sure your filtration system is about 10 times the volume of your tank. Don't over feed them just to make sure it is about 80% full. Based on that, you only need to change water once every 3 months.
If you think it is too long, then reduce the filtration down to 8 times, then change the water once every 2 months.
If you think it is too long, then reduce the filtration down to 8 times, then change the water once every 2 months.
You said that. Then I bring you the solution and being quite responsible for what I said. If you think it is too long and you want to do more often e.g. once every month, then you can bring your filter system down to 6 times of the water amount in your tank.