My Silver Arowana
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So my fish tank at the office was once filled with goldfishes. I either totally underestimated how difficult goldfishes were to keep or I just wasn’t meant to keep goldfishes. One day all of them would be happy and swimming around and then the next morning I would find most of them upside down.
So after a year or so of trying to keep goldfishes, I decided to trade in the only one I had left (trooper) for a silver arowana. I always wanted a red/gold arowana and although they are illegal, I’m sure you could find them if you looked hard enough. But they’re also super expensive running into the thousands of dollars for a single one. yikes! So since I never kept arowanas before, I decided to give one a try and went with the legal silver ones.
It’s about i’d say 4-5 inches long right now and they can supposely get HUGE. Like 46+ inches. That’s a big fish. Heck, it’s in a 48″ long tank so that means once it’s full grown, it would be almost as long as my tank? amazing! but ofcourse that’ll never happen as i’ll have to upgrade (oh no!) to a bigger tank. haha. It’s a matter of necessity. i HAVE to upgrade. haha. where to put the big tank? I’ll figure that out later. haha.
Hello that is a real nice fish, just a newb question why are the red ones illegal?
i believe b/c they are on an endangered species list in the United States. If you live in Asia, you can find them there.
AWESOME!! Ive got one too! Mines a tad bigger than yours though. Hes about 5-7 inches. Mine loves Krill, Crickets and Bloodworms. Thats about all h will eat right now. Everything else that I have tried he spits back out. LOL. ve read they only get 46 inches in the wild and that there is no known report of them getting that big in captivity. Ususally in a tank they get 24-36 inches (females obviously being smaller). Im looking forward to seeing him grow and sharing with ya!! :p
oh cool! so far i’ve fed him dried krill. i haven’t seen him eat it when i put it in but when i come back later, it’s gone.
how often do you feed yours?
I was feeding him everyday cause he was skinny. But I just started feeding him every other day. It took him about a week or so, but now when the lid goes up hes right there wanting fed. I read too (and saw on You Tube) that they will eat (size apropriate) Mice!! And I geuss that its good for them. O and DONT feed him goldfish, Ive read alot of bad stories about it. And they seem to enjoy eating from the surface anywayz.
[...] it’s been a little over a month since I got my silver arowana so I thought I’d share some pictures. It’s going quite well…I’ve noticed [...]
i have one about 6 inches, he stopped eating today, only because i found little food in the garden for him, see if i find a creature in the garden, he eats it! i also feed him baby guppies, flies, chicken if its fresh, and crickets, he is doing ok and will move to my five foot tank, which means i will have to take some fish out the five foot so he has space!