Arowana Planted tank

[mrnyunus]

nice rtg bro...cool setup....but your other tankmates going to be feeders soon....

[dominik]

wahhh....so nice

thanks.

good effort !
But are the fishes going to be moved to another tank for rescapping after a few years when the ferts looses its nutrients?
They will be very big by that time...

will see how it goes.

Personally, I think it looks fine. Lean and trim. I feel some arowana owners overfeed their fishes. And there is a theory that droop eye is caused by fat accumulating behind the eye. Some Japanese guy dissected an arowana with droop eye and discovered fat deposits behind the eye.



Re-scaping big tanks are a logistically nightmare... you need just as big a container to hold the fish while you re-scape which could be a day or more. You have to keep the filter viable during that time (run it on the holding tank). Then you need to wait at least two weeks for the new tank to cycle (even with the old filter. Plus you still need to filter the holding tank during that time). Can't take chances with such big and expensive fishes.

will only do minor rescape...

Hi folks

I'm in the midst of doing 6ft paludarium , now seen this arowana planted tank...i drooling so much saliva and its dripping crazy!

I must say this is CRAZY! I thought of scrap this paludarium at first, but because of this, I'm gonna be a insane man and thought of getting another 8ft tank to keep this amazing arowana next year. Do you know what my wife say....why dont you keep this stupid 8ft tank in IMH when you are a patient there!!!!

This is a passion , bro a crazy passion!

waiting for your setup

you know eddy

I was looking at your paludarium, then i saw this


hate the both of you


life is full of tough choices

haha. just bite the bullet

nice rtg bro...cool setup....but your other tankmates going to be feeders soon....

thanks. but my aro is a XB...

[mrnyunus]

Oopps sorry bro...my 1000 apologies..

[dominik]

YouTube - Arowana Planted Setup

[Cyworld]

HOLY MOLY!
You can keep an arowana with discus AND angelfish?!!!

[huhengyi1986]

haha 1st gone the tetras. next de angels when xb grows bigger? or he will get used to them?

[vinz]

I've kept an arowana in a planted tank with other small fishes before, like tiger barbs, SAEs, and khuli loaches. Only one SAE was ever eaten and that was by accident (story documented in one of my posts from years ago). In a large and fully planted tank, the small fishes will be able to avoid and hide from the arowana... and not in a stressed out way. The arowana will also not bother to exert effort to eat something that is very likely to get away.

It helps that Arowana is kept well fed. In my case, I only fed with market prawns, so that it does not get used to eating live food.

As for the angelfish, they are too big to be swallowed, so it will leave them alone. Predators do not kill for fun. Arowanas also do not normally exhibit territorial behaviour towards other type of fish. So the angels should be safe.

[David Moses Heng]

i have ever saw an arrowana planted tank with 200 cardinals and the owner reported no loss on the cardinals.

From my experience, arrowanas in planted tanks are generally more peaceful and loving. But of course keeping the fish well fed and having an old fish helps.