Was supposed to get this post out months ago but only found time now. Apologies for that…
Ok. what do you do when you are ready to bring your arowana(s) home? IMPORTANT …. BEFORE I EVEN DO THAT… REMEMBER TO CYCLE YOUR WATER WELL… I CYCLE MY WATER FOR AT LEAST 3-4 WEEKS BEFORE I EVEN BRING THEM HOME… REMEMBER THIS CRUCIAL CRUCIAL STEP!!!
Ok .. now back to the topic… 
When the arowanas are brought home, you should put the plastic bags with the fishes into the tank. This is to allow the temperature in the bags to approach that of the tank water.. If the water temperature is too much, this will stresss your fish unnecessarily. So be patience with this step. I usually leave the bags in for about 30 min to allow thiis to happen.
After this, slowly open up the bags and fill them up with the water (everytime with a single scoop or two of water into the bags) from the tank. Do this several times until the bags are almost full of water. Should be an interval of about 20 minutes or so between each time. This is also to help ‘equalize’ the water.
Look at the four photos below to get an idea…
Your arowanas can be a bit jumpy when they are in a new environment.. so don’t get too worried. They will probably also not eat for the first couple of days. ALL THIS IS NORMAL OK…. So don’t go pulling out your hair worrying about something normal..
Below here are my new golden babies in their new tank.. Enjoy and take care!
I moved my 20 ” Golden arowana from my garage to my office. I did the same thing what do you said. I have a bit of experience of keeping arowana.
After he is in his new envirnoment I knew he will be a bit quite and hiting in the conrner all the time , but after a week he started to swim a bit but alway go back the same conrner if he see anybody walking near the tank. How after 4 weeks he do the same thing have not change at all. Also he have not be eating now for 6 weeks. Even thought he was like that not be eating he is still very strong., Please advise ?? would he be back to normal himself?? How long does it take??
Thank you for your help and comment.
Henry Ng in UK
hi
first of all i wanna thank you for the post and ya its very use ful to us who love arovan bub dnt knw hw to take care of it ..
thank you very much and post me more about arovanas
Hi… tks for e great info given…. actually i know e method already… hehe
Btw u have a very nice XB comm… Good Catch!! Drooling.. Care to share wats e damage n where to buy such a gems?? : )
I am highly appreciate your secrifice for this lession.This teaching will be very usefull to me when i start breeding of silver Arowana in Sri Lanka for first time(No body breed Arowanas in Sri Lanka upto now)Now i have 5 years old silver Arowana 3 feets long.I am working in Abu Dhabi,so my wife feeding and looking my Arowana.Once a two days replacing 3 gallons of water.Feeding well and very healthy.I learn lot of technics from you.Thanks a lot mr.Henry.Thank you very much.
iya, saya biasanya sebelum ganti air yang baru, air mesti di endapkan/didiamkan 3 atau 4 hari supaya ikan nanti bisa menyesuaikan diri di akuarium yang baru.
Hi Steven: Thanks for your tips By the way your arrowanas looked great.
Could you let us know the size of your tank because changing of tanks at a later stage is a costly affair and space constraint. My arrowana is almost 24ins and is in a 5ftX2ft tank. Is this acceptable to the fish without causing any stress what soever. So far the fish is happy and eating well and is now 4 years old. Colourwise it is golden at the scales but no visible red as yet.
Hi Steven, your advice on Arowana care is highly appreciated. Thank you very much and keep up the excellent work.
Hi Steve,
I am still maintaining with my huge silver arrowana pair.They eat lot of cotfish.
Hi! Looks like you have nice golden arowanas. Nice pictures and you write nice tips that help us take care of our arowanas. Thanks a lot for the tips and the patience to write your experiences down.
hi steven….wont it be dangerous if you keep 3 aro in a comm??I thought its advisable to keep more that 5 in a comm.BTW you aro from which farm?Looks damm nice
hi steven…. thank you very much for the time spent in sending me some infos about arowana…. yupe i really like arowanas but as of now cant afford to buy one…. my tank is empty and i don’t know when….. if just in case you want adaption of one of your arowanas…. dont hesistate to call or send me message….
Just a thought….. Anyway thank you very much…..
I love you
thank you very much for your useful information
good luck
Hello sir,
Actually i just bought a 5 inch silver arovana. I feed blood worms to it. it doesnt eat pellets or shrimps. Probably they are too big for it. Wen can i start feeding them with pellets and frozen shrimps. Is it advisable to feed it with live fishes. How to check wether they r hazard free. Pls reply
good infos
Hey steven i finnaly got your email i got my 200 gallon tank on june 5 and it took 3 days to fill and install everything i still havent got an arowana but i am aiming to put one silver 2 greens and one chili red ( i am very happy my local aquarium shop has a male chili red 6 inches reserved for me) getting backon topic is it good to keep a silver arowana with 3 asian arows plase email me this information , thanks for all the advice you have gave me , Jack
Thanks Steven.
Useful tip.
useful tips and i have pearl arowana which is quite large and i placed it in 4 feet tant. Is this ok or else please suggest
i have 2 silverarowna how ican understant witch one male and femail plese replay
thank you sir!!!
@Saman Priyantha:
Hi Samantha, great idea that u try to breed silver aro, i would like to share with u ur experience, i am also a sri lankan. i have a one silver aro i year old.
I moved my 12 ” Maleshiyan arowana from my shope to my home. I did the same thing what do you said. I have a bit of experience of keeping arowana.
After he is in his new envirnoment I knew he will be a bit quite and hiting in the conrner all the time , but after a week he started to swim a bit but alway go back the same conrner if he see anybody walking near the tank. How after 4 weeks he do the same thing have not change at all. Please advise ?? would he be back to normal himself?? How long does it take??
That was very informative. thanks for sharing.
You you should edit the page title Bringing your new arowanas home … to more generic for your blog post you make. I enjoyed the the writing yet.
i have 1 silverarowna how i can understand which one is male and female?
Do arowana make sounds?
Hi Guys,
I’m new here but find this place really useful and interesting. I juz got my 1st Aro yesterday. ( 15 cm XB Blue Base )
Tank : 4 x 2 x 2
Seems like he is pretty scare of his new home. Haven gave him any food yet as i think he is to afraid to us too.
Think he is still very young. Now sure when will he be stable n starts eating.
Any guys here got experience with young Aro’s ?
Kindly advise.
Have you considered applying to be a magazine writer? Very winderful grammar!
HI
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