Raising healthy & Beautiful Arowana

                       Arowana                            

Silver Arowana fish swimming in a tank

                      Arowana is a freshwater bony fish. It is highly predatorial fish. They are kept in huge aquariums as they are a large fish species. Arowana fish are mouthbrooders which means they keep their eggs in their mouth for as long as the eggs hatch and even after the eggs hatch. In case the Arowana feel there is any kind of threat he will keep the baby fry in her mouth until the threat is long gone.                        

Arowana fish in an aquarium

 Generally, a lot of Arowana species have already gone extinct and efforts are being made to save the few species which are also on the brink of extinction. In some countries like the U.S. selling of Arowana fish is totally banned. Usually, Arowana fish are highly expensive as they are very hard to breed & due to this the only available species you see in the market is a silver Arowana.

                                                                                                                                               

                       Arowana fish (Osteoglossum) is also known as "Water Monkeys" because they are seen catching their prey by jumping out of the water. Usually, they are solitary fish are not comfortable with other fishes in the same aquarium tank but there are still some fishes which can dwell in the same aquarium with an Arowana. But it is recommended not to keep Arowana with any other fishes in the same fish tank.                    

                       Important Factors & practices to keep your Arowana fish happy & healthy are as follows :

• Water Condition: The optimal tank water temperature for Arowana fish is between 23 to 28 °C. A single Arowana fish need at least 150 gallons of water in an aquarium.

• pH Level: The ideal pH level for Arowana fish is between 5.5 to 8.0 which is slightly acidic.

• Water Filtration: Generally, Arowana fish doesn't create a lot of dirt as they eat their food by swallowing the whole fish or other foodstuffs. And because of this, the aquarium water remains clean for most of the time. But a good aquarium filtration machine is highly recommended to clear any debris and wastage produced by the fish in the aquarium.

• Feeding: As Arowana are carnivorous, they feed on live fish, shrimps, krill, worms, insects with a not too hard outer shell, pellets, etc. Arowana is usually surface feeders and it also feeds on pellets which float on the aquarium water surface.                                                                         
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