Sliver Arwona Info Needed!

[Insomniac]

Wouldn't an indoor pond be suitable? Just build a frame with cinderblocks or lumber, then put in a pond liner...you would need a pond filter and heater as well, but it would be cheap and easy to make a big enough tank that way. I'm planning to do that when I have the space!

 

[andywg]

An indoor pond would be fine (so long as it meets the size requirements).

But a lot of people don't like just viewing tropicals from the top...

You can down the route of side windows fairly easily, though that is for another thread.

I myself would not want to use liner, since I know how often a number of people who have ponds seem to have to repair it. I would sooner use Fibre glass (Expensive but perfect as it will hold the weight of the water itself) or some from of liquid paint on sealant like liquid rubber.

If you go the wood route you could in theory use plywood for the sides and use a non toxic sealant on the insides.

There's plenty you could do, but the bottom line is: you are definately not an average fishkeeper if you have either an indoor pond or a tank of the size necessary to properly accomodate an adult Silver Aro.

 

[Ethos]

I've seen those inflate-aquariums, they certianly are interesting. They hold 800G's, but are made as a temporary koi pond if you can't keep them outside during the winder.
You could buy that for relatively cheap (in the $400 range). It'd be hard to keep heated, and you'd have to view it from the top...but hey, its 800G's of useable space.
I don't know how long they last, but I read that they were temperary.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

I've seen those inflate-aquariums, they certianly are interesting. They hold 800G's, but are made as a temporary koi pond if you can't keep them outside during the winder.
You could buy that for relatively cheap (in the $400 range). It'd be hard to keep heated, and you'd have to view it from the top...but hey, its 800G's of useable space.
I don't know how long they last, but I read that they were temperary.

he doesn't mean an inflatable aquarium or a temporary set-up. he means a large box with a pond liner in it that sits in your basement--a permanent installation.

 

[Valyrian]

The rule about the minimum width required to allow comfortable turning is somewhat different for aros because they curl unlike most other fish.

 

[Paul_MTS]

Although a 2ft arowana is more manovarable(sp ) than say a 2ft cichlid, arowana have very large scales so still need alot of space to move, you also have to take into account that a arowana can move at 1 hell of a speed.

So once the arowana becomes full grown in the tank and then leaps on it's food from 1 end of the tank then this length soon runs out resulting in damaged jaws, making the width wider you increase the swimming space by quite a bit.