can i keep arowana in this aquarium

[Bderick67]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoise

Tortoises or land turtles are land-dwelling reptiles of the family of Testudinidae, order Testudines. Like their marine cousins, the sea turtles, tortoises are shielded from predators by a shell. The top part of the shell is the carapace, the underside is the plastron, and the two are connected by the bridge. The tortoise has both an endoskeleton and an exoskeleton. Tortoises can vary in size from a few centimeters to two meters. Tortoises tend to be diurnal animals with tendencies to be crepuscular depending on the ambient temperatures. They are generally reclusive animals. The biggest operational difference between tortoises and turtles is that tortoises are unable to swim; indeed, they cannot float, whereas turtles can.

http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/st_tur&tor.htm

There are 250 species of turtles alive on earth today. Seven of these live in the ocean and are called sea turtles. The remaining 243 species live on land or in freshwater ponds and marshes. The terrestrial turtles, those that live solely on land, are called tortoises.

 

[CICL]

silvers grow pretty fast and very long, as a rule of thumb, always have a tank's width of the same length of ur aro or longer. if not ur aro will get drop tail and its incurable. length of ur tank should be twice or thrice the length of ur aro. height is not a problem, aro needs more surface area than height

 

[jay17]

that is way to small for your silver.. add the fact that it has "housemates". you can put your silver there for now but you really need to get a bigger one probably 8 feet long for your silver.. silvers tend to grow long.. very long..

 

[CICL]

depth is not very important, but instead surface area. and again number of gallons also is not a problem. 5'x2'x1.5' is enuf. silver needs a lot of space and mainly a the top coz that's where they swim most of the time. ga

 

[jcardona1]

depth is not very important, but instead surface area. and again number of gallons also is not a problem. 5'x2'x1.5' is enuf. silver needs a lot of space and mainly a the top coz that's where they swim most of the time. ga

this is enough for what? a silver arowana? i hope your kidding cause this is the worst advice ive ever heard

 

[Hawkfish3.0]

this is enough for what? a silver arowana? i hope your kidding cause this is the worst advice ive ever heard

A silver aro can reach lengths of ~36". You need a tank with surface area dimensions that allow the aro to turn its full body length. A 6' long tank is good, but an 8' is better. Front to back the tank should be 36" if possible, the deeper (front to back), the better.

 

[CICL]

this is enough for what? a silver arowana? i hope your kidding cause this is the worst advice ive ever heard

yeah that's enough for a 2'. maybe u didnt know that when turning they wont use the full 2"?

 

[jcardona1]

yeah that's enough for a 2'. maybe u didnt know that when turning they wont use the full 2"?

WOW! 8 posts and your off to a great start. Please do everybody a favor and do some research before you give some delusional advice like that. A 5x2 tank is big enough for an adult silver arowana? That is like telling somebody they can keep a pacu for life in a 10g tank. Apparently you've never seen how long an arowana can get, or maybe somebody at Petsmart told you a 5x2 would be ok??

 

[CICL]

WOW! 8 posts and your off to a great start. Please do everybody a favor and do some research before you give some delusional advice like that. A 5x2 tank is big enough for an adult silver arowana? That is like telling somebody they can keep a pacu for life in a 10g tank. Apparently you've never seen how long an arowana can get, or maybe somebody at Petsmart told you a 5x2 would be ok??

if u say duh. better 8 posts than 563 noobs one -.-'' yeah that's y i raise asian arowana only maybe. ah i guess stupidty is inborn. duh

 

[jcardona1]

well then you should know that asian arowanas dont get as long as silvers. let me try to explain it in a way maybe even YOU could understand.

lets say you have an adult silver aro at about 36", thats 3ft. Put him in a tank thats 5x2. You still with me? Ok, now lets say the aro is just floating the middle of the tank. That leaves roughly 12" (thats 1ft) on each side of the tank. Where is he gonna go? He cant swim anywhere? Yeah he can turn around but then what? He's just gonna float there again.

Do us all a favor and take some more math classes and try to find some common sense while you're at it. Then maybe you can add some value to your completely worthless posts. have a nice day