Silver and Pearl Arowana in the same tank Yes/No?

[cichlid7]

can a Silver and a Pearl Arowana live in the same tank with out any problems?

thanks

[livingart]

it depends on size of the tanks, personality of fish and numbers to break up agression

[cichlid7]

Ah i knew i forgot something.

tank is L 8ft x W 2 1/2ft x H 2ft

currently in the tank are

2 15cm silver dollars

2 18-20cm oscars

1 25cm silver aro

3 pleco 25 - 32cm

3 Birches 35 - 42cm

i could put the pearl aro into another tank to grow a bit bigger as they are only 10cm at the moment

[Morcs]

The jardini will be slow growing, so will be a while before it attains a size big enough to go with your silver, and the silver will grow substantially in that time...

if you want a jardini, personally id sell the silver.

[livingart]

jars aren't slow growing if they have the food and room

[Morcs]

jars aren't slow growing if they have the food and room

But compared to a silver?

[livingart]

never had one from a real youngster to compare with

a jar will give an aro a hard time even when only half the size

[cichlid7]

So not a good idea then.

[livingart]

it depends on size of the tanks, personality of fish and numbers to break up agression

[cichlid7]

All the current fish get along fine no fighting that i have seen

[livingart]

meant more the personality of the jar and aro

[cichlid7]

ahh i see

im thinking it might not be worth the risk then

[livingart]

you can house the jar and grow it on seperately for awhile

in the 8 footer you may just end up only housing the jar though

by the time it grows bigger your plans may change

a few of the jars for sale will reappear next year fr sale when some come to regret that impolse buy

mine came out of a 620T at less than retail ones now, was originally bought for 450 and passed through a few hands

my favourite fish

[henward]

1 on 1, your success is not good even if your tank is big, you can be lucky, but i doubt it.

if your tank was MASSIVE, then perhaps, you hav a good chance.

the silver will attack the smaller jar.

if the jar was to survive...it would fight back.

if you were to separate it by a separator, maybe you can observe them if any agro comes up, almost guaranteed though.

then sometimes they get used to each other after a couple of years.

but that is nto ideal though.

i would say, sell the silver, settle with one.

[henward]

i tried to mix silver and jar ages ago, when i first got my jar.

silver attacke jar as it got introd to the tank. then jar attacked it.

i separate dthem, cos the silver held onto the jars fin and would not let go. literaelly, was hanging on lol

was ugly!

[Fruju]

IMO put silvers in a pond, jardini in a tank, look cooler that way, but i think to have success keeping them together more fish are required in a tank, tank should be like 300gallons, would look awesome if you could let them get along, I thought about it when I was looking at thm in the store :roll: