Arowana and Redtail Catfish

mutha · 08-14-2007, 11:46 PM

Hello,

I was thinking about starting fresh with some new fish and i want to get a silver arowana and a redtail catfish, along with a needel nose gar, im going to get all of them in the baby stage.... so i got rocks in my tank with fake plants, its an 82 gallon tank 3 ft long high and real deep... so i was wondering if i need any live plants, what should i feed them? should i take the rocks out and leave open space ( rocks preety much go almost halfway up the tank and the full width)... what are there feeding habits? and any information you can give me to help me out housing these fish!!!!

Thanks, Hope to hear from all of you

Tbx · 08-15-2007, 02:11 AM

you would only be able to keep them for a year they both grow to 3 feet long and yes I am sure of that so I would say you couldn't of picked a worse pair unless you wanted a tiger shovel nose cat that would be worse but you might want to rethink your decision a minimum tank for the fish would be a 200 gallon.The gar also gets big but it would do fine in the tank.

pappyy3 · 08-15-2007, 08:03 PM

Agree with TBX. These are monster fish you have chosen and will grow BIG.

You'll need a much larger tank and excellent filtration if you want to avoid problems in the future.

Tommy Gun · 08-15-2007, 08:58 PM

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These are monster fish you have chosen and will grow BIG.

I agree completely...these fish may be one of the reasons why the word 'ginormous' finally made it into the dictionary! One of my LFS has the same fish as you are thinking about, as well as a couple other 'monsters', in a 900 gallon tank; which is ginormous IMHO and along the lines of what you might need.

mutha · 08-15-2007, 09:30 PM

im hoping they will grow big, but what about pirhana where can you get those, im looking for a crazy freshwater agressive fish that eat fish mice what ever.

tweaks · 08-15-2007, 09:54 PM

you want a mean cool fish get a Red Devil cichlid

Tbx · 08-15-2007, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by mutha buckka1

im hoping they will grow big, but what about pirhana where can you get those, im looking for a crazy freshwater agressive fish that eat fish mice what ever.

look up African tiger fish they are super aggressive and have dagger like teeth but if you want piranha's stick with gold's and red belly's the black kind can get 3 feet or what ever species I had in my pond.

ZeroSystem · 08-16-2007, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by tweaks

you want a mean cool fish get a Red Devil cichlid

I second that. Red Devils boarder on the verge of psychotic!

mutha · 08-17-2007, 01:47 AM

OMG dude those fish are sick were do you get the african one?

Tbx · 08-17-2007, 02:18 AM

If you are interested in one pm me I will warn you they are $150.00