David R

What does your stand look like, ie does it have a flat bottom to spread the weight or is it all on four legs? I don't think I'd risk it, what is the footprint of the tank/stand?

ooo you've got one with a spot! Let me know if ever you're thinking of selling it.

How large? palmas?

Whey protein! Yeah it costs a bit, but lasts for ages. And I got a big jar of it for free from a friend who's mum owns a Health2000 store because it had expired!

I've been shopping there for close to 25 years* and they've always looked after me well. I'm glad to support those who support the hobby, and often don't even bother doing price comparisons as I'd rather support them than some dodgy TradeMe garage-trader. * My parents bought my first goldfish from there back in about 1984 when Dad taught at Mt Roskill Grammar. But not including that I've still been shopping there for around 10 years. :lol:

Aquarius (the importers) might still have some greens available from the last lot, ask your LFS.

I feed my crickets a mix of dog food, fish pellets (cheap ones) and that protein powder stuff that all the jocks at the gym take to get buff, can't remember the proper name of it... :roll:

I remember a pet store in Hamilton when I lived there a few years back, they had a ~2' silver in a tank that looked about 5' long, 2.5' tall and 18" wide. Along with a giant gourami, and a huge piece of driftwood. It didn't look happy....

Asians aren't as flexible too, but regardless I don't think its good to keep any aro in a tank that isn't as wide as the fish is long.

That question is asked and debated on an almost weekly basis in the MFK Arowana forum, and the general consensus is that an 8'x3'x2' (obviously 3' wide) tank is the bare minimum to house a silver for life. You should budget on it hitting 24" in around 2 years if well fed and housed in an appropriately sized tank, and from there it should grow slowly to at least 30-36", and would probably get bigger still if housed in a bigger tank. They might be flexible, but they are still big fish! They are really powerful, and spook easily if kept in too small a tank. Jardini and asians slow in growth a lot earlier, but ultimately should get to 2'+.

Tanks should be fine if its only for a few hours. My biggest concern was with the tank in the living room getting hot and the oxygen content in the water getting low. Lucky its the loach tank so they can handle the high temp, but only if its well aerated. I was at work when it happened, and everything looked fine when I got home.

Yeah it might do, it will with some species. Just make sure you keep the direction on the logs so you know which end to stick in the ground! :lol:

My green is a bit shy of my hand, but is only about 10-11", I bet if it was starved for a day or two it would probably take shrimp from my hand, and would be so enthusiastic it would get my fingers too! I was bitten a few times by my black, but only while hand-feeding my fire eel.

Looks like sunburn, that species is notoriously soft and doesn't develop much of a woody skeleton. Cut the tip off, take it as big as you can with out getting into damaged flesh, give it about 3 weeks to dry off then plant it in a pot.

Tell us how big the tank you're going to keep it in is so we can get a rough idea of how big you can grow it before it needs to be re-homed, then we can start answering questions like that....

Yes, but that doesn't mean you'd want to keep one in a tank narrower than the length of the fish. Even short-term a small tank will cause the fish to be skittish which could lead to it jumping or damaging itself from bashing into the sides of the tank. Long term it can lead to spinal problems. Ideally the OP would have told us a bit more (something, anything) about his setup so we could offer reasonable advice, I was imagining a 4' planted tank... :lol: And does that mean assume is now a naughty word?

You want H3 treated timber, and H4 for where it comes in contact with the ground. I'm fairly handy with a hammer and used to work at Carters so know a bit about timber, give me a text if you need a hand one weekend.

I suppose that is the question I should have asked first. If you come to a prior arrangement with someone like livingart, and have a 6x2x2 tank so you can grow it up to a large enough size to go with his aros then its not so bad. Anything under 6x2x2' will be out-grown in under 2 years (on average), if not then you've either got a stunted fish or a runt.

Thats a bad idea. Would you buy a great dane puppy if you lived in a single bedroom apartment, or would you adopt a kid if you weren't prepared to raise it to adulthood? If you're not planning on housing it for life then don't buy it, IMO. http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... hp?t=36281 There are 6 (or 9 if you split the asian ones up) different species of fish from 4 continents that get called "arowana".

Nope, no gars. Well, not legally anyway, might be the odd one floating around from years ago. Get reading the DIY forum on Monsterfishkeepers.com as there are some really good write ups on big custom made tanks.

Could be one of two things, or a combination of both. Either stressed fish, or another sad case of easy to breed fish being unscrupulously bred by people who don't care about quality and just want to make a buck and/or have the bragging rights. Make sure you shop around and get the most colourful fish you can find, and if you're going to breed them grow out a group of 10+ young, preferably from different sources.

Its impossible to say with out at least a pic of the plant.

^ if you move to america perhaps. I'd love to build a big concrete tank/pond like in the links I posted, but in NZ most of the monster fish you can't get hold of so it would nearly be a waste. No peacock bass, no Lates Sp. (perch), no barras, no lower jaw polypterus, no rays, no big catfish, etc etc. When we buy a house I may consider building something along those lines, but on a smaller scale, and have it set up as either a big south american tank with geophagus, uaru, discus, silver dollars, fancy plecos, various catfish etc, or as just a general monster tank with arowanas, dats, large cichlids, big loaches, polypterus etc. One day... :lol:

Could well be a rot from damage, or sunburn if it has recently been moved from inside to out, or turned. Best bet at this time of year would be to cut and re-establish the tip, depending on how big it is.

How can you guys make that recommendation based solely on the length of the tank? I'd say a pair of blue acaras would be fine in a 3'x18"x18" tank. Who knows, it could be a 3' cube, or only 3'x1'x1'.....