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Why Do Arowana and Tiger Fish Fight?
Arowana and tiger fish usually fight over territory or food, or during breeding season. Give them enough space and ample food, and separate or divider them if fighting is frequent. After injury, separate at once and treat wounds with potassium permanganate or erythromycin, keeping water stable at 28-30C.
Which Fish Are Suitable Tank Mates for Arowana?
Arowana is large, territorial, and aggressive, so pick tank mates carefully. Relatively safe choices are tiger fish, flying phoenix, stingray, crown cichlid, and Black Spade A silver dollar - mostly bottom or mid dwellers that rarely clash with the upper-swimming arowana. Avoid very small mates that could be eaten.
What Fish Can Be Mixed with Arowana?
Arowana is large and fierce, so mixing isn't ideal, but suitable mates include crown cichlid, parrot fish, and tiger fish - mostly mid-to-lower dwellers that don't clash with the upper-swimming arowana. Ensure ample oxygen, space, and food, and keep the tank clean. Avoid small or timid fish that get eaten or stressed.
What fish can be mixed with the star-spotted arowana?
It can mix with oscars, blood parrots, Siamese tigers, peacock bass, and stingrays. As a top-dwelling fish with strong territory sense, pair with mid- and bottom-dwellers to avoid fights; avoid large size gaps and control density to prevent bullying and territory fights.
What Fish Can Be Kept With an Arowana?
Arowanas are large, aggressive, territorial fish, so tank mates should be other big, fast swimmers such as parrot cichlids, oscars, datnoids, and rays. Use a tank large enough for each fish's territory, match water parameters (pH, hardness, temperature), and similar diets to avoid conflict.
Silver Arowana
The silver arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum) is a large, dragon-shaped fish named for its silver scales; adults reach 90–100 cm. It needs a big covered tank, plenty of light, and a meat-based diet of shrimp, fish and insects.
What Causes an Arowana to Become Startled?
Arowanas look fierce but are timid and startle easily—mild cases refuse food or jump, severe cases crash into the glass and risk death. Common triggers include poor tank placement, new environments, bullying tankmates, water changes, and pets or children. Identify the cause quickly and address it.
What to Do When Your Arowana Is Startled
Arowanas are large but very timid and startle easily; severe cases jump or crash into the glass and can die. Learn the common triggers (placement, noise, sudden movement, pets), help them adapt, keep tankmate sizes matched, and tame shy fish with gentle, regular interaction.
Why Do Arowanas Get Gill Eversion and How to Treat It?
Gill eversion is common and hard to control because many causes overlap: foul water, overcrowding, temperature swings, and a misplaced water pump. Early: improve water and add oxygen. Mid: add current therapy (about 50% success). Late (hardened tissue): only surgery. Mild cases refuse food or surface; severe ones suffocate from infection.
What Fish Can Be Kept With Pencil Fish?
Silver arowana, oscar, blue shark, gar suit mixing with pencil fish - similar size, complementary temperament, little fighting. Avoid big size differences; pencil fish are fierce and large, and will bully smaller tankmates, causing injury/death.