Why I Stopped Keeping Arowana Fish...
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Why I gave up on keeping Arowana fish as pets...
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The lids are NOT secure. If you can easily lift them with yoyr hands, they can easily smack themselves on them and burst out of your tank. Make sure the lids are either heavy and hard to move, or they have a lock system that prevents them from being opened
I know this because I lost 1 silver arowana and I managed to actually see the second one burst through the lid and land on the floor because it saw a butterfly flying above the tank. You'd be surprised at how powerful their jumps are which is both amazing but also frustrating
He’s just dumb bro sorry if u loose 1 fish u would just put chicken wire on top like 99% of arowana tanks 😂😂
Excellent video. This is as clear a warning on the challenges of keeping an arowana as I've seen on the internet. You've probably saved many others from a great deal of heartache. Thank you,
Thank you!
This problem can be easily solved with placing a mesh net over any openings, my Jardini loves to jump when he see's bubbles at the top of the tank; they are easily spooked as well, heavy walking or quick movement.
Yikes , I’ve heard they can jump with enough strength to actually make the lids go up and they land outside while the lid lands back where it was an you would never know that they pushed the lid up . I’m just bringing that up seeing that your one arowana was too wide to squeeze through that opening . I’m not a big fish person but thought I would share .
Exactly 🤦♂️
Thats true
Lesson well learned. I will definitely think twice now about getting an Arowana. Great video...Thanks for sharing 💪🏼
Thanks for watching!
@@dwsdarius How did you cook up that arrowana? What is a good recipe for that bastard?
Honestly, this has to be the best aquarium channel on RUclips - professionally edited, amazing multifaceted stock and setups, and a great, down-to-earth perspective from a seasoned and passionate hobbyist. I just didn't realize you were so young - being fresh out of highschool in 2013! Makes it all the more impressive - and those lost Arowanas weren't your fault; that's some escape-from-Alcatraz shit they're pulling.
Lol, thank you!
@@dwsdarius for a quick fix you can use the stick on plastic hooks and cheap bird netting to just stretch over openings and easy to remove.
My silver is about 30 inch and over the years and has survived 8 trips to the floor. I built straps out of hanger like metal bands that strap all the lids to the tank front and back. Hasnt been out in quite a few years since. The size of the tank doesn't matter if there's not a secure lid and no exit points.
Reminds me of my uncle's arowana that met its end by jumping out. There was a cover to the tank but it broke through the cover. Must have seen a lizard on the ceiling that caused it to jump since there are a lot of house geckos from where I am. The death of that arowana was unfortunately what ended his interest in fishkeeping.
Back in the early 1970's my cousin had a large silver arowana. He was big and beautiful and my cousins favorite fish. My cousin got him when the arowana was very small. My cousin knew that the arowana was a jumper and would find the smallest opening to jump out of. So the tank had a solid covering with only the necessary openings for filters and heater etc. But those openings also had stuffing around the small openings. So my cousin felt that his arowana was safe but he came home one day and the arowana was laying in the floor. The fish had hit the top closure so hard that it moved it over a few inches and the fish jumped out. So you can never be careful enough when it comes to arowana fish. My cousin was devastated, he loved that fish. Years later he still had the fish frozen in his freezer.
Wow, its incredible how arowana always find a way out
I really enjoyed the style of this video with the moments where the screen goes black and you post the words you are saying in rapid style. I don’t know the name of the style but it was cool and different.
On the fish keeping side, I’ve never kept arrowana but I’ve felt this same frustration with the killifish I’ve been dabbling in for the last 2 years. I keep the lid 100% secure but sometimes they can squeeze through just that tiny little gap where the airline just lifts the lid a fraction of an inch. I gave up on Golden wonder killis altogether because I couldn’t keep them in the aquarium
Thank you, it was my first time trying that type of video. I still need work though because the words are not aligned fully
For future reference: you must put heavy weights on the lids of the tank. Arowana can easily jump out of a tank even with lids. Weights are vital! I would put a decent weight on each corner of the lid and in the middle. Besides not having weights, your 2nd Arowana setup was perfect! Your other fish look amazing and massive respect for being able to say Arowana aren't right for you at this point. Being able to admit that shows that you aren't in it for ego but genuinely for the love of fish. Subbed!
Thank you
I have seen arowana freak out in small tanks and its sad. They really need tanks over 1,000g long term but sure they will survive in less depending on tankmates.
Great video. This will help other fishkeep keepers think long and hard before purchasing one of these amazing fish on impulse.
As always happy fishkeeping to you sir.
Thank you Andy, much appreciated
Yap my 6"guy Jumped too from a 120g tank it had gotten out of an off-center gap with no direct way out like climbed out just can't believe how it did that. now I have to start with Arowana proofing that tank. thanks for sharing your experiences in such detail. just love the layout of your Fish room will try to do something like this, it's on my bucket list.
Thank you for sharing this story! it is so vital to our hobby
Thank you!
after my first one died i was 14 at the time i learned my lesson. there are no gaps on any of my tanks only A small hole to lift the lid, arowana are a lot different from other fish ive had to shove mine back in almost every water change i really know the struggle.
try another jardini but get acrylic lids and cur the holes for your filter and heater so they fit snug. this should solve the arowana issue
might need to weigh lids down the bigger he gets
i did enjoy your video btw :)
They tend to jump near the back
Thanks, I'm setting my attention on another fish that may have a similar affect as the arowana, the gar...just idea's though, I don't plan on getting one soon
My first one jumped out. After that bought another one and I tape down all the glass cover and tape down any opening. Now my aro is over a foot long. Hope it grows more and stay alive
My jardini jump last month It was weird because I was asleep and idk but something made me get up when I found him his skin was already dried up and coved with debri off the floor. I reacted quickly grab and held in inside the tank close to power head that i attached a airpump to blast him with air bubbles I'm lucky his still with me. I learned my lesson I quickly replaced my lid with a steal one.
I'll tell you what I think of this video. Your tanks are amazing and your fish are beautiful and healthy. But in relation to the topic, I think you finally worked out what it would take to stop your arowana from jumping out of your tank, and then gave up. Those flimsy acrylic lids wouldn't help any, either. If you want to keep them still and want them to be able to jump as they do in the wild, why don't you build a surround that sits on top of the tank. You could make it 3 or 4 feet higher than the top of your tank, and then allow a bigger gap so that your fish will land back through the hole. You could stain the surround the same colour as your tank stand so that it looks like it's supposed to be part of the setup. If you secured an acrylic lid at the top with screws, he won't be able to push past it. You could make a door that opens from the top and hinges at the bottom so that you can get access to feed the fish. Have it go all the way across. Cut out slots for any hoses or cords. Finally, make it out of plywood so that if you need to remove it for maintenance, it won't be too heavy. Heck, if you did this, you probably wouldn't need any cover at the top of the tank, the one screwed into the top of the surround would be enough, and you would still prevent too much evaporation. I know it's a bit of work just to keep an arowana happy, but if I could afford to keep them and wanted them to be able to jump as they do in the wild, I'd definitely consider making something like this, just so that I could enjoy having these fish.
My buddies jumped out as well... It was 12 inches. It killed the hobby for him... Thankfully his lil bro still keeps fish
That sucks
Can't blame you for not wanting to keep them again lol. Good story
Thank you!
Some fish just don't belong in tanks. These are 100% one of them. To live their best lives, they would need to be in something MUCH bigger with the stimulation that they'll get in the wild. I doubt that anything but maybe a zoo could provide that. I always feel sorry seeing them in tanks.
I bought a Arowana and 2 days after I found my arowana dead. I dont know what happened. It sad because its very expensive to buy one.
Can’t agree more. Some species are just not meant for long term captivity (in most situations). The arowana is one of those. Awesome fish room, BTW 👍
Thank you!
Great video and yes I did i haven't gotten Another one yet
I have my rtg arowana kept securely using strong lid which is the only option to keep arowana safe. Keeping arowana is enterily different experience and I love it
I totally agree!!! I love them and have had the same problem. They also “spook” easily and panic, then jump. I’ll never forget the sound of panic, glass tops getting hit, as I slept, possibly over a shadow or “something” that caused it. I had one in a 180 and at the time thought it was HUGE. But it’s not and even your HUGE tank isn’t enough. Again I love them, and as much as I want another, won’t for the same reason. They r very powerful, all muscle so the can launch themselves. 😕
Yes that was also something that I didn't like about them, mine had nips and body damage from jumping, hitting the lid or something, all because I moved to suddenly
Sad but I totally understand, my dream fish is an Asian arowana. I would definitely like to see an arowana in your future videos when you figure out the housing situation. Great work 800 gallon looks phenomenal.
Thank you!
arowanas are really pretty strong as you said and could easily just bust out of lids that just easily flap open like the ones on your second set up.
Oh so sad, I hate losing any fish. I get attached. 😕🐟🌿👍
Good video, I just recently got a silver, now my brain is already working for his forever home tank lid, he's only about 6 inches but they grow fast..
I feel you champ as bad as I want one I’ve seen too many of you guys lose them to jumping so I haven’t purchased one for THAT REASON
There is a video on YT of one jumping out with a light weight cover. It went out like there was no cover. It went right back in.
Great video great fish. I’m definitely interested in getting a black arowana n this information is very useful.
I’ve only been in the hobby for a year and change. I have a 20” silver arowana in one of my 125 gallon tanks. I actually bought a sheet of acrylic and some wood, and cut openings that only my hoses fit through. He has jumped and hit the top several times because the Oscar is a butt hole fish, but that top is heavy and secured...... wish me luck. I’m gonna have to build another lid like it when I build my super monster tank.
I’ve had a lot of luck with lowering the water level to about half and keeping the arowana all by itself.
I had been keeping Golden Arowana Fish for the past 50 years and I had NONE jumping out of the tanks.
I am sorry you had bad luck with the Arowana, this is really sorrowful for a hobbyist like you.
I have had a silver arowana for several years. I use a heavy top screen and no issues so far (when I say heavy I mean it. My 3 years old can't lift it). Thanks for the video!!!
I plan on getting a 100-130gal tank with oscars, silver dollars and couple other biggies and would love to get an arowana but after researching them I dont think a 100+ gal would be enough
No they get to big, a nice alternative would be asian needle nose gars or some hujeta gars
@@dwsdarius cool thanks👍
I have silver arowana i am using ACRYLIC HEAVY LEAD for the tank... And create small holes for ventilation and for pipe and wires....so it is almost impossible for arowana to escape from there...btw huge respect for you for your hardwork and for your patience....my advice is you should keep arowana once again... GOOD LUCK 🤞
Sometimes you just feel cursed keeping certain fish. I had a 13” male *Red Terror* jump out the tank the day before it was going to shipped to me. (Haven’t seen one that size for sale since.) I had a 9” male die due to Fed Ex negligence. And I’ve loss them growing them out for various reasons. I think a lot of us just have bad luck with certain fish. For me it’s Festae.
That 21" x 2" fish was definitely big enough to jump through any one of those lightweight UNSECURED acrylic hoods.🙄
Powerful water circulation is the solution for any monster fish tank. This keeps the fish active, hungry and healthy. For Arowana's, the circulation should be on the top level. A wavemaker or a powerhead does the job.
Good morning. Very interesting your fish and aquariums. Like. I wish you all the best my dear friend.
Thank you!
I noticed that you also have a flowerhorn in the tank, arowanas are very sensitive fish and can be easily stress. The most common cause for arowana to jump out of the tank is stress. Flowerhorns are a super aggressive fish, so you won't know if your arowana are being bullied and causing great stress making them jumped! Flowerhorns are also not recommended to be tank mates for any kind of fish, even in ponds. In my country it's illegal to abandon Flowerhorns into any pond or reservoir because they will cause great stress to any other fishes. In the end the pond or reservoir will have fewer fishes.
Over that 2" gap in the back you could put a cover with a mesh or slits to prevent anything big going through it.
You just have to get better lids mate. Your lids should be heavy enough so they can`t smash them. Your lids are way too light, think your aro pushed through them and jumped out, not through the gap. Just get heavier lids that you can`t lift easily and you should be good to go.
Great Video brotha!!
Thank you
Thanks you for reasoning me out of it cant have escape artist, great tittle
Alternative (accurate) title: "How I never learn from my mistakes"
Thanks for this video
Yes true
I think they escaped through the lids(too lite) not the small openings
Hey bro you what's feeding for arowana?
I fed hikari jumbo carnivore sticks as a staple
Ive never had issues with em jumping but my jardini is a monster in that he has tried to kill everything. Im hopeing that will change when he goes into the 180
but Love the aquariems I just got me 1 and Im loving it thinking about starting a youtube
You should put some heavy things like bottles of water on your tank cover and make sure there's no little tiny hole to raise an arowana
Ir is not about the sixe of the arowana but the power in its body to push through narrow openings. They can leap 5 times their body length. With that much power and force they will push through most small openings that can be forced to be larger. What you needed on your cover was a bunch of concrete cinder blocks to keep the lid in place.
Are those real rocks or fake in your big tank? They look great 👌
Yes they are
I just picked up an 18” jardini, I have light diffusers on top with a brick on top, hopefully that works
I would guess that last one just pushed the lid-hatch, not squeezed through that little slit.
i had a massive thick 10" clown loach jump through the gap where my filter pipes enter the tank and it literally made no sense ....he must have gone completely vertical up at a certain angle to even have a chance of getting through ...it was literally a 1 in a million jump ...bizarre how they always manage to do it ........i remember the day i bought my flagtail the guy in the shop took his off the bag for second and he was out and down the weir between massive rows of tanks
Had this happen to a friend of mine. He was very upset, he had raised that silver for over a year.
Year isn’t that long for big fish ngl
Ive seen arowana jump out of tanks before the most advice i can give is that leave the tank with sone open air space so the arowana does not fill that crammed so it can fill the atmosphere above its not tight
Then put floating plants and stuff for cover as arowanas in the wild love cover of branches and plants that help them hide of predators and catch insects
Thats all i gotta say
Yes next time I'd need something like a giant paludarium
Your the only human that a fish can outsmart
The fish are beautiful but it's too much stress. Glad I don't have that itch 😂👍
I had one that met a similar ending 25 years ago. Mine would coil up tight then explode straight up. "Buster Douglas" would actually knock the lid door up and the brick set on top of it would fly to the floor waking me up on 2 different occasions. 3rd time I didn't hear it. He seemed to be more active like this after 3 days without goldfish, understandable.
I’ve had my arowana jump out 5 times, I have 35lbs weights and have no gaps at all now
why not try an albino one since their eye sight is not as great might be less prone to jump
I agree with your decision not to keep an Arowana. I feel they should not be kept in aquaria as they naturally like to jump. Even with secure lids they will still jump and bump there heads.
Yes the only appropriate arowana tanks I've seen are at zoo's and aquariums...huge tanks with open space for them to jump and land safely back in the tank
Maybe they saw a little bug near the gap (someone probably said this already) RIP to your beautiful fishes. Nice aquarium thou👌🏻
love the subtitles on this vid 😂😂😂 i too like to grow out my Marowana
I lost it at "crust and skeleton" sorry lmaooooo
Wow amazing..
I just lost my 18in this morning. I came down to my garage and the arow was like 8 feet from the tank dead. Ughhhh
That sucks, sorry to hear
I mean...a lot of people get a custom lid with at least 2 locks, maybe that's the only option people have to make sure accidents like these don't happen.
I have arwana super red 35cm beautiful fish 👍
lol, who never lose a dried silver/asian aro , a tight and heavy lid .... your mistake is using acrylic lid which is light , man you need to think like a arowana ...
I live in Asia and they only fill the tank 3/4 and they never jump out
Persistent 😊
Your flag tail is huge, I have one in a 125 with frontosa and others but its only about 6 inches
I just start grow arowana, this fish jump twice. First one while i was cleaning aquarium, they fin tear but luckily manage to save on time. Second one while feeding lizard, the fish jump out aquarium. Luckily i was there to save it. Yes even when feeding need to be careful, it need close hood aquarium.
Maybe try an African arowana next? ;)
Ye true since they dont jump and are a lungfish that look like arowana and arapaima
Maybe
They look more like an eel. SERIOUSLY tho?!? It managed to get thru that small opening?!? It’s super clear that these fish are too smart for aquarium hobbyists. You don’t have bad luck w these fish, it happens more often than not w every person I’ve heard about. They’re a serious problem fish that don’t want to live in an aquarium. It’s hitting the lid of the tank tho & once it hits the lid it’s also managing to fling its body through the opening of the lid being hit.
Yes I think most people forget that these fish in the wild precisely measure a bug as far as 3ft out of the water and can attack it. Eyeing any small opening in a tank is no challenge for them
Or cuz they saw something crawling there insect or whatever it was so they went for it! Btw I once heard people say about if you give your first one away or sell it that you would have bad luck! And there’s also another similar story to that where this lady started either a store or a company but her business wasn’t successful till one day someone talked her into buying an arowana and ever since she got that arowana her business was bringing in mad money then one day she gave it away cuz she got tired of taking care of it and along goes her money and business. And either she tried to buy it back or buy another one (forgot how the story went) but her luck/business/money went along with the fish! So I guess moral to the story is if you’re blessed with that first one keep it till the end! Heard of that expression beginner’s luck? So if you’re blessed with whatever keep it till the end cuz you may not get it again for a long time till that cycle comes back!
Oooooh! What about a large arowana paludarium? That way they can jump safely and land back into the water? You could even hang food! That would be absolutely amazing.
I’ve never lost that many Arowana fish before ever. You should seal every opening on the tank.
Subtitles keep telling me I'm watching a video on Marijuana
we all have bad luck with that one fish. mines is flower horn. also in my culture with arrowanna its bad luck if it dies in your care. that why i never keep arrowana
I have had arowanas for half of my life. I am too old to have fish now to be able to take care of them. But the arowana not only jump through cracks that you have in your aquarium but they can bust through your lid even if you have a brick on top of it. I had to change my glass lids to wooden lids so I can put 10-lb weights on top of them keep the arowana from jumping out and busting the lid into a thousand pieces. Arowanas can get over three feet long. Not only can they catch bugs but they can actually catch monkeys in the trees that's why they call them monkey fish
Wow never knew they hunted monkeys!!!
Natives of the Amazon river call them water monkeys because of there ability to jump up into trees and branches to grab insects spiders and small birds
Wow birds too!
I lost one baby Asian arowana last Saturday while changing water... due to my negligence, I did not cover back the tank when I got any urgent matter to attend for 15 mins. It jumped out! Now I really have to be super cautious with my other bigger one 😅😅😅
Wow an Asian Arowana😱
The way I see it they should only be kept in riparium style setups where jumping is encouraged. Jumping for prey is a natural behavior they have evolved to perfect over thousands if not millions of years, Why should we deprive them of this? take corydoras for example, with cories we reccomend a minimum group size of 6 since they are a schooling species and that they are to be kept on a sand substrate since they take in mouthfuls of sand and sift through it for microorganisms to eat. these reccomendations are based on their natural behaviors that the fsh have evolved to have and allowing them to exhibit them. Why should arowana be any different? when people reccomend a tight fitting lid for them all thats doing is preventing a natural behavior and causing them harm if they try to do so. There are many stories of arowanas hitting lids when attempting to jump and getting injured or worse killing themselves because of it. a riparium style habitat with overhangig branches and plants with regular live feedings of insects onto branches and plants would be ideal, with either very tall walls or mesh/netting stopping them from jumping out to the side but not resticting their jumps.
an additional consideration should be the footprint of the tank itself. realistically under proper conditions a silver arowana for example should be exceeding 3ft in length. this is an active fish that rarely stops swimming how many times the length of the adult fish should we provide it? looking at the general recomendations for smaller species such as say cardinal tetras for example which reach about 2 inches area generally reccomended a tank length of about 24 inches making a tank of about 12x length ideal. scaling that up a 3ft silver arowana would be wanting a tank of 36 feet. now obiously thats a far bigger tank than anyone can provide (which does make you think should they be kept at all). a more common rule that is used for larger species is the 6x rule (or sometimes 5x for less active species). this would still lead to a 3ft arowana being in an 15-18ft tank which is still enormous and realistically can only be achieved by a public aquarium or a massive tropical pond (or some super rich guy really into arowana). a similar thought process could be given to all "monster fish" and also makes you look at how these monster fish often fall short size wise compared to the wild relatives depsite being free of predators, an endless supply of food and acess to medications for if they fall ill. realistically there is no reason as to why these fish in captivity shouldn't exceed the sizes of their wild cousins. yet they fall short far too often, which makes you wonder is it really ethical if their growth is being restricted by the environment that we are giving them
just something to think about (this turned out longer than I expected it to), I also have a feeling this might be controversial in the eyes of some...
I definitely agree with you. Arowana are amazing fish and that jumping behavior is what makes them even more incredible. Considering their unique traits, most fish keeper can't even come close to an ideal home for them
What is the height of tank buddy.
48 inches tall x 48 inches wide x 96 inches long
Very late u came to knw tht, u can have tht arowana again only thing is tht ararange another tank with all side tight close don't left the lid open
Same thing happened to me. I eliminated all holes in the lid
I’ve bin keeping 4 arowanas in one 220 for three years
In my experiences, even if you put a perfect seal, the fish is going to die. They will jump as hard as possible and banging to get outside. Maybe for mate. I don't know. That why I prefer guppy they don't jump and thay mating like crazy.
I recommend you to put full gold guppy in 120 gallons tank. Because it gold. And thay eat their fry.
maybe get asian arowana they get more relax and less jumpy or hyper like wild arowana? or u could keep snake head instead they eat pretty much everything like like arowana, if u keep long body form fish i think u need to keep a net on top and put r large pebble stone on it to weight it down too, the larger your fish or smaller the aquarium is they gone jump esier
really now calking in the holes