Largest & Smallest Arowana Species?

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Chub_by said:
Yeah.. People write a lot of bull on the internet :(

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Yeah like 4.5 foot silver aros
 
Bderick67 said:
You have to put a little info into your research. Not just visit one web page



Yeah like 4.5 foot silver aros
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Ask him yourself ;)

This is a 1.5 year old video when it was exactly 4'. It may not be 4.5' now but definately over 4'....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evEEN_q5Akk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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Not intended to confuse the issue but, the smallest Osteoglossiformes species is Pantodon buchholzi; the African Butterfly fish. Excellent "dwarf" aro for smaller accomodations.

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Vanimal said:
Ok thanks, that's the answer I was looking for. Why waste the time to reply if your just going to hate?


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I have a bunch of stock that I am accumulating information on (including arowana.) Needless to say, I went through a LOT of posts and a lot of searches on MFK, planetcatfish, cichlid-forum, etc. looking for max size and growth rates. I was surprised to find that there really aren't a lot of posts on this (in general) and even less on growth rates. (A "lot" is a relative term, since I didn't count, but my searches often seemed to take endless amounts of time.) I was able to find contradictory information on a number of sites as well including sizes (in a couple instances) that 'seem' to exceed what MFK indicated (at least within the posts I found.)

Max size depends on a lot of factors (more than I can adequately list) and more than a few experienced hobbyists 'seem' to think some sizes are still not known because many species are being raised in too small a tank or under less than perfect conditions, or are simply so rare that the the owner hasn't posted it. (I'm not an experienced hobbyist, btw, so I have no claim on this.)

Generally speaking, on some of the well known or popular species, you can get a decent idea if you ask here, but I would suggest that the internet has much of the same information as well, in many/most cases not as good, but in some cases I would suggest it may be worth the search.
 
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