my new Aro

[cowis]

I just got a silver aro off pat tonight. Hes about 9 inch or so. I have to relocate a flowerhorn and he will have the 75 gallon to himslef. Any tips or helpful thuoght please pass on. Any name ideas feel free to offer as he is nameless. Here are a few pics:

[snow]

Nice fish but are you going to upgrade him in the next few weeks?

[cowis]

out of a full 75 gallon? in weeks?

[snow]

I would say so. Silvers grow the fastest out of all arrows. By this time next month we will need a 125g to make him happy. I would just get him a 180g though so you are good for awhile the. You could also add some fish with
Him if you like. Nice fella though what is he eating?

[cowis]

pellets, pat said hed eating kingworms and feeders if i wanted him to. but right now pellets.

[bonsai dave]

I would say so. Silvers grow the fastest out of all arrows. By this time next month we will need a 125g to make him happy. I would just get him a 180g though so you are good for awhile the. You could also add some fish with
Him if you like. Nice fella though what is he eating?

Silvers grow fast but not that fast .if you were to only feed him feeder gold fish and over feed him then he will grow pretty quickly. alot of time silvers get over fed. I have had mine for over a month in a 4 ft 120 gallon and he is growing at a good rate . Mine is eating blood worms , home made beef heart with a bunch of other stuff. I also have him with my discus they all get a long well together.

[cowis]

yeah pellets and kingworms for him for now.

[eternity302]

Awww... that's the one I wanted to buy from Pat! But dun have a tank over 120 gallon, so i've been staring at him for months! Godo luck on upgrading... that 75 gallon ain't gonna last long~

[Fish Whisper]

Cowis Nice Aro,
really looks nice

mines a bit more wider but shorter....female maybe...

Yeah I think 75 gallon should be okay to hold him in for a while, (yes we all know they'l grow out of it )

Mine grew about 1 inch in 2 moths months exclusively on pellets.

Try not to give him to many live foods, in a row. for the first week i was so excited to give meal worms that i gave it for 3 straight days..... It was a challenged to wean him back on to pellets.

So my advice don't give him too many live food in consecutive feedings. (unless ur okay to feed him exclusive live food)

At that size i would feed him 1 to 2 times a day, or if your like me 3 times a day with a pellet or two only.

[Fish Whisper]

Awww... that's the one I wanted to buy from Pat! But dun have a tank over 120 gallon, so i've been staring at him for months! Godo luck on upgrading... that 75 gallon ain't gonna last long~

King Eds has a sale on, i was surprized to see how low the prize was, although there not as good looking as Cowins