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Old April 9th, 2008  
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Arowana tankmates?

As a much younger man I inherited a mature (~2 1/2') silver arowana and a pair of ~8-10" oscars in a 100 gal tank. I cared for them for about a year until I went away to college and then turned the whole set up to family friends. The time I had them, they got along just fine and appeared to have plenty of room to move and stay out of each others way...but I was young and didn't have the luxury of an internet by which to research suitable tankmates. Fast forward 20 years:

I've bought a 100 gal tank (4' long, 2' deep) and have option to buy 150 gal in about a year. I am enamored with the arowana and have been researching tankmates. I'm getting conflicting info on suitable tankmates, and haven't found any recommended tankmates with color to off-set a silver aro.

Please, I need some ideas on tankmates!


Other considerations: I'll probably end up buying a small aro, so growth rates may be a factor. I'm still cycling the tank, and I'm giving living plants a go...but I usually can't grow mold on yogurt, so may end up with artificial plants.
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Old April 9th, 2008  
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Here are a few articles I have read when we had our 2 silver arowanas babies.
http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com.../arowana2.html
Fresh water rays is what a friend of ours has with his arrowna.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Freshwater...anas&id=415187
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