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View Poll Results: Discus or Arowana?
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15 Discus
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Red Arowana (medium size)
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August 21st, 2008
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Fish Addict
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Discus or Arowana?
One of your friend is giving you a 5ft aquarium  with filter, light, heater and everything because he/she will be migrating to another country. He has two types of fish and one of them he wants to give away, the other give it to you. Which one would you choose?
15 Discus fish or 1 Red Arowana (medium size)?  |
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August 21st, 2008
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Fish Addict
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i would love to do a planted discus tank with really good lighting
...theres just not much u can do for a tank with a 3 ft fish in it lol
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August 21st, 2008
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Fish Addict
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Arowana most definetly. I just think they look wayyyyy cooler than discus and I've always wanted a large, carnivourus pet.
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August 21st, 2008
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I've had an Arrowana  ........................There great fish but you better make sure you have a good secure top on your tank............The one I had knocked the top off and killed himself, and I had a pretty good top on it.
Rick
Last edited by hockeyref88; August 21st, 2008 at 01:49 PM.
Reason: typo
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August 21st, 2008
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Moderator
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Discus.
The arrowana grows to be around 3 ft, and the tank is only 5ft. It needs more than twice its length to feel comfortable, in my opinion.
On the other hand, the discus would be a really neat group of fish in such a huge tank.
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August 21st, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Definitely the discus, because there is fifteen going to be given to you. The arowana gets way to big for this tank.  |
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August 21st, 2008
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Fish Addict
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FishKing
Definitely the discus, because there is fifteen going to be given to you. The arowana gets way to big for this tank. |
haha yes...at around $60 per discus fish... |
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August 21st, 2008
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Fish Master
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Quote:
Originally Posted by peacemaker92
One of your friend is giving you a 5ft aquarium with filter, light, heater and everything because he/she will be migrating to another country. He has two types of fish and one of them he wants to give away, the other give it to you. Which one would you choose?
15 Discus fish or 1 Red Arowana (medium size)? |
Discus but not 15 of them...you will have problems. Start off with like 8 and see what sex ratio you come up with. Discus get stressed easily and 15 in 1 tank is not a good thing. Over crowding isn't not good for discus. Not to mention, most people I know have lost more discus when they first got them.. Start small and slow.
Any arrowana is too big for any in home tank unless it's over 200gs even then it's too small. |
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August 21st, 2008
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Fish Bum
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Only medium size for so long...
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August 22nd, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Quote:
Originally Posted by peacemaker92
One of your friend is giving you a 5ft aquarium with filter, light, heater and everything because he/she will be migrating to another country. He has two types of fish and one of them he wants to give away, the other give it to you. Which one would you choose?
15 Discus fish or 1 Red Arowana (medium size)? |
lol migrating |
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August 22nd, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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I voted discus (SO jealous of you for getting this offer!!!) but I agree with Allie... not 15 of them. That seems like an awful lot unless you're already a really experienced discus keeper. Fifteen sounds overstocked, but I'm not sure how many gallons 5 ft works out to be atm.
Arowana are amazing and would be a wonderful fish to keep... but not in a 5 foot tank.  |
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August 22nd, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Discus!!
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August 22nd, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Allie
Discus but not 15 of them...you will have problems. Start off with like 8 and see what sex ratio you come up with. Discus get stressed easily and 15 in 1 tank is not a good thing. Over crowding isn't not good for discus. Not to mention, most people I know have lost more discus when they first got them.. Start small and slow.
Any arrowana is too big for any in home tank unless it's over 200gs even then it's too small. |
Its actually hard to introduce new fish to an already established group. Its better to add them all at once.
I'd pick the discus for sure. A 5ft tank, but what gallonage? |
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August 22nd, 2008
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Fish Addict
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Discus for sure. I'll take all 15 too and just keep the best ones say 8-10 and then sell the rest. 
Can I do that? |
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August 22nd, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Depending on the gallonage you could keep all 15...
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August 25th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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I would so keep the discus
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August 26th, 2008
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Fish Addict
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I would keep all of the discus.
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