Arowana and a Gar

FishLoveLax · 07-02-2006, 04:09 PM

As the title says, would these two be able to coexist in the same 55g tank? Thanks!

flamingo · 07-02-2006, 04:48 PM

There are no species of arowanas or gars that will live in a 55 for long.

If you must have something like a gar try needlenose fish, hujeta gars/ rocket gar, african pike characins, african needlenose fish, they aren't gars but the closest thing you can probably get to one in a 55 gallon.

The only thing I know of that looks somewhat like an arowana are african butterflyfish, they're actually called the poorman's arowana. Pretty neat little things, look somewhat evil, and they readily eat live , flake, and frozen foods. Great jumpers too. Had them before and liked everything about them except the fact that they only get about 4 inches.

Scuba Kid · 07-02-2006, 05:49 PM

yes, no arowana or true gar will be able to reside in a 55 gallon tank for life.

However, if you ever upgrade into the huge tank range, ive heard both good and bad stories. The arowana reaching the smallest size would be the Jardini or Australian arowana, however they are incredibly mean and territorial and not many people are able to keep them in a tank with other tankmates with the jardini destroying them. A silver arowana is probably all you would be able able to get, unless you are incredibly lucky to find a black arowana whose requirements are about the same as a silvers, or if you are outside of the US and can shell out enough dough for an Asian aro.
So, assuming you are looking at a silver arowana, they get incrtedibly huge, and way, WAY too big for a 55 gallon...you'd be looking at a tank that is 180-200 gallons PLUS. Gars don't get quite as huge but depending on the species can get way up, and are less flexible. This means it would be harder for them to turn around in a cramped tank, so a lot of width would be needed.
So, unless you are able to get a tank in the 200 gallon range, i do not reccomend purchasing either species. If you have a chance at a larger tank, I have heard of people successfully being able to keep both species in one tank. www.aquaticpredators.com is a good site for information on both of these predators. Browse around if you like.

**Cichlid Man** · 07-03-2006, 10:43 AM

Gars and arowanas are compatable, but not in a 55g.

07-02-2006, 04:09 PM	#1
FishLoveLax lacrosse playing fishman Join Date: May 2006 Age: 19 Posts: 24	Arowana and a Gar As the title says, would these two be able to coexist in the same 55g tank? Thanks!

07-02-2006, 04:48 PM	#2
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 1,878	There are no species of arowanas or gars that will live in a 55 for long. If you must have something like a gar try needlenose fish, hujeta gars/ rocket gar, african pike characins, african needlenose fish, they aren't gars but the closest thing you can probably get to one in a 55 gallon. The only thing I know of that looks somewhat like an arowana are african butterflyfish, they're actually called the poorman's arowana. Pretty neat little things, look somewhat evil, and they readily eat live , flake, and frozen foods. Great jumpers too. Had them before and liked everything about them except the fact that they only get about 4 inches. __________________ I'm still around from time to time. If you'd like to chat, send me a pm and i'll tell you where to contact me

07-02-2006, 05:49 PM	#3
Scuba Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,225	yes, no arowana or true gar will be able to reside in a 55 gallon tank for life. However, if you ever upgrade into the huge tank range, ive heard both good and bad stories. The arowana reaching the smallest size would be the Jardini or Australian arowana, however they are incredibly mean and territorial and not many people are able to keep them in a tank with other tankmates with the jardini destroying them. A silver arowana is probably all you would be able able to get, unless you are incredibly lucky to find a black arowana whose requirements are about the same as a silvers, or if you are outside of the US and can shell out enough dough for an Asian aro. So, assuming you are looking at a silver arowana, they get incrtedibly huge, and way, WAY too big for a 55 gallon...you'd be looking at a tank that is 180-200 gallons PLUS. Gars don't get quite as huge but depending on the species can get way up, and are less flexible. This means it would be harder for them to turn around in a cramped tank, so a lot of width would be needed. So, unless you are able to get a tank in the 200 gallon range, i do not reccomend purchasing either species. If you have a chance at a larger tank, I have heard of people successfully being able to keep both species in one tank. www.aquaticpredators.com is a good site for information on both of these predators. Browse around if you like. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

07-03-2006, 10:43 AM	#4
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,093	Gars and arowanas are compatable, but not in a 55g. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

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