Arowana babys

[lukep77]

Does any one breed arowana's , and does any one have any baby's for sale. I'm not looking for any thing fancy, I was just thinking it would be really neat to watch 2 of them grow up in my 90g.

[street cypher]

Arowanas are pretty hard to breed, i have never heard of a private hobbyist breeding them, closest i have heard is one layed infertile eggs.

They need huge ponds and usually large groups in order to breed (and even then you have no guarantees), as well as the fact that they are mouth brooders, you must physically force the babies out of the parents mouths.

And i hate to break it to ya, 90g is not large enough for 2 let alone 1.

[lukep77]

I know that as adults a 90 would be too small for 2 of them. But getting them when there 2 or 3 inches and watching them grow up would be cool. And Iam sure it would take a couple years for them both to mature.

[Froggie]

I know that as adults a 90 would be too small for 2 of them. But getting them when there 2 or 3 inches and watching them grow up would be cool. And Iam sure it would take a couple years for them both to mature.

Depending on the species they could out-grow that tank in a year or less.

Edited March 9, 2006 by Froggie

[Toirtis]

A silver aro, with proper care, feeding, and water-changes, would go from 3" to 24" within a year...close to 36" within 18 months....two would be cramped in a 90 within 8 months.