compatability of silver arowana

Ive read they can be a little aggressive and eat anthing smaller than them...but what are the chances of keeping one with red bellied piranahs and oscars??

I'd be more worried for the arowana I think. I thought piranhas could only be kept together?? My LFS had a piranha and Oscar in the same tank and the Oscar ended up with half its mouth missing...

as rule of thumb they advise you to keep it species only BUT if raised together from very small they should be fine. Ive known piranhas to live with guppies and not be bothered. BUT if anything does start to go missing, things will be moved around to accomodate

Ive been trying to find out some info on this phishy. The only thing I can find out is that they are a nasty BIG fish, surface dwelling, like to be fed live fish and should only be kept with fish bigger than themselves.

Should also be kept in a tank with a lid because they will jump out.

I think they look like Neil from The Young Ones - the same gloomy expression. :lol:

They do sound nasty little beggars, one article I read suggested feeding them live guppies or goldfish!. Also said they might bite the feeder!

so do you reckon they'd be compatible with piranhas then? with them being the same temperament as each other

you do realise that arowana grow to about 48 inches thats a lot of fish you are going to need a very large tank

That's not a fish, it's a baby shark!!

Ooh they sound a mean bad fishy! :lol: In fact they sound a BIG mean bad fishy!

Watch your fingers phishy :lol:

phishy07 wrote:

so do you reckon they'd be compatible with piranhas then? with them being the same temperament as each other

I'll show my ignorance now! Arent piranhas smallish?? Reading about these fish makes them sound like the fish from Hell, that will scoff anything that moves!!

I would imagine that would include its tankmates unless they were bigger than it. I might be talking rubbish though :lol:

Piranhas (red bellied ones that im getting) will grow ROUGHLY the same size as oscars, so i wouldnt class them as "smallish" depends how you define "big fish" lol

BTW after gaining info from another source im not going to get one lol just stick to my 2 plecs, oscars and piranhas (for now). I actually bought an oscar today cos he was soooooooo nice and cute (about 2-3 inchs) and so ive put him in my fluvel 124 for now with my perch until tanks ready. I think i want a mix, hes black with orange (not the tiger oscar though) i want a couple of tiger and albino tigers too

phishy07 wrote:

Piranhas (red bellied ones that im getting) will grow ROUGHLY the same size as oscars, so i wouldnt class them as "smallish" depends how you define "big fish" lol

I didnt know pirhanas grew so big, thanks phishy, I learn something every day! :lol:

phishy07 wrote:

BTW after gaining info from another source im not going to get one lol just stick to my 2 plecs, oscars and piranhas (for now). I actually bought an oscar today cos he was soooooooo nice and cute (about 2-3 inchs) and so ive put him in my fluvel 124 for now with my perch until tanks ready. I think i want a mix, hes black with orange (not the tiger oscar though) i want a couple of tiger and albino tigers too

Just reading your sig phishy, thaqt's a lot of fish youve got there, must be great to have all those tanks.

Yeah, its just the maintainance lol. And who would of known only been keeping fish for 7 months. Im still cycling my new 400l tank that will accomodate piranhas and oscars

Hows that going phishy, are you near the end of it?

What's made you think of pirhanas phishy? Got to be honest I dont even know what they look like, so they might be a great looking fish, but it's a strange one to keep isn't it?

Not getting at you by the way!! Just interested what makes certain fish appeal to people :lol:

Ive always wanted them. I only really like the red bellied ones though:


Although this pic does NOT do them justice. They're not as agressive as everyone thinks they are (kind of like rottweilers lol) they're very timid and nervous/shy fish

This ones a bit better, they have what i call "glittery scales" when caught by the light they're fantastic beauties to look at

jammy wrote:

Hows that going phishy, are you near the end of it?

Nearly there, another week maybe, although ive bought an oscar today already and only went in for "a look"

Thanks for the pics phishy, they are a good looking fish but I dont think that I would want to have them tbh - too fond of my fingers! :lol:

lol, true BUT they can recognise their owners (like oscars) theres even a man on a piranha forum that trusts his red belly THAT much he can kiss it!! Now THAT i'd love to see

I would imagine that they would be OK. Just make sure the aro isn't to small

Im gunna give it a miss i think, dont want a £60 fish to die! lol