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Arowanas Anonymous
Has anyone on /an/ ever seen one of these full grown or raised one to a considerable size? I'm just mostly curious and always dreamed of having a huge habitat built for one...
>> Anonymous
Never seen any full grown but there are a lot of youtube videos that might. I used to have the same dream. I'd go to my local specialty fish store and watch the little arowanas swim around. Then I glance at the price tag and wonder if I will even be able to own one.
>> Anonymous
There's a Chinese restaurant I went to some times, they had one in there for a few years, and it was about two and a bit feet long. I'm pretty sure it was the same one all those years, it didn't look like it was going to get eaten.
>> aNON
I've seen that fish in a sushi place nearby me, the poor thing has a dislodged eye that only looks downward. It's been like that for years now though, it's about 3 feet long.

*damn he's a big fish now I think about it*
But he's a sweet one though. You go there and if you pay attention to the tank he looks to follow whereever you may be looking at. And he eats goldfish :)
>> Anonymous
Yeah i've seen a large one with some nigger-feeding fish at my local Chinese restaurants

They kept it in a huge tank that was probably over 50 gallons
>> Anonymous
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ok thats either a asian arowana or jardini in the pic both of which are very large freshwater fish i keep a jardini myself and i can say that it is an awesome fish. it is my favorite of all the fish i keep. mine it about 24" in length and he is in a 200 gallon tank by himself. and the price is a bit steep for a freshwater fish, however in the grand scheme of things its not the bad compared to saltwater fish or just a tank with lots of cheap fish. also i have seen juv specimens for sale as cheap as $65. if you have any questions about keeping this fish just ask.
>> Anonymous
>>316978
It's an Asian Arowana in the OP pic.
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Asian arowanas are illegal in the US unfortunately. I'd love to have one, but all we get is jardini/leichardti/silver and black arowana, They are still cool but the colors on asians are just REDIC

pic related
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>>317049

almost forgot african arowana and arapaima, but still!
>> AnonymousPrime !/RDa1B/y1o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks4AyVx8DWM
Here's a video of a guy swimming in his indoor pond with a few Arowanas, it's a pretty good size comparison.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjm_f1pLaUE&feature=related
Here's a video of an Arowana and a baby Duckling playing, very cute.
>> Anonymous
Some notes about the arowana...
-Asian one is Illegal in the US and they get around 70cm
-Austrailian one is similar in shape and size but are very aggresive compared to the asian one
-SA arowana (silver/black) gets to be about 1m and develop a condition known as drop eye which is assumed to be caused by various factors
-180 US gallons seems to be the standard tank size; heavy protien diet so over filtration is recommended
-www.monsterfishkeepers.com can give you information should you want to own one