In Asian Culture,, The Arowana Is Believed To Bring Good Health & Wealth To It's Owner,, So A Perfect Name Would Be "Lucky",, Not Just For The Good Fortune It Brings,, But Also Because Of The Arowana Being "Lucky" To Be Saved & Be Given A Better Life.
A friend of mine had an arowana. He had it in the backyard koi pond. It ate all his coy as it got bigger. Then a rainstorm came. Quite serious rainstorm. And it flooded out the pond. One year later the fish was found in a irrigation ditch almost 3 ft long
I am sure I break all of your demographics. I am a 69-year-old woman who is a retired science teacher. I used to have a 125-gallon tank with cichlids, and a 150 with a 4ft snakehead. We had other tanks but my favorite was a kid's pool filled with turtles and feeder fish. I love your enthusiasm and intelligence. I love your ponds and pools and videos.
You are the best kind of science teacher! I always loved science and the teachers with cool stuff always made it better. Thank you for your years of service…. Because kids are hard! Lol
There were some lucky kids walking around that had the lucky fortune of having you as their teacher. People who break demographics are my favorite people.
I planted an amazon sword plant in the 55 gallon tank I kept my Arowana in, my thinking was they are native to the same region of the world. The tank had a sand bottom on top of substrate filter which worked out surprisingly well. The plants original leaves withered and died to sand level and shortly after started pushing healthy green leaves through the sand to the height of maybe 14"- 15". The fish seemed to enjoy swimming through the leaves of the plant in search of gold fish and other live food I released in the tank that would hide amongst the leaves. I bought the fish when he was maybe 4 1/2 " and grew to about 11" before he decided to take the leap between the 4" opening between the light fixture over the center of the tank to the front glass. The tank was a pretty thing to see with the sword plant pushing a bloom spike above water level with a silver arowana swimming below. Best of luck to you.
Fish mostly jump out of their tanks when they’re stressed which is probably why he would jump. The environment he was living in wasn’t the best or even great conditions at all. The bump is from his lack of health from being in that uncomfortable tank. Glad he’s doing better in a bigger home but honestly he will need more space to swim. ❤
Hey, parrot fish are a member of cichlids specie's, you should take them out of your koi pond if you value any of the fish you have in it. I don't know what your plans are for the tank you just bought but having 2 different species tanks for the agressive and the less agressive species would be amazing. If you do the research, and fix the tanks to look like their natural habitat, you'll be amazed at how beautiful (sick)they can be. I'm seriously just wanting to help you make good decisions. I'm 58 and have been keeping fish since my younger teenaged years. I don't claim to know everything, but I definitely do research to give my animals the best life possible. Happy fish keeping 👍🏻👍🏻😁
They will be fine in there. I believe this guy is in Texas. Similar climate to the fish that make up the parrot cichlid (Central American). Parrots are all bluster and about as much danger as a wet tea bag. I doubt very much that they would cause much bother to a koi carp.
The person who kept that big of an arrowanna / fish in general in that small of a tank has a serious issue and needs to learn some things. Thank you for saving that arrowanna as he didn't look happy at all in that tank. I pray he recovers well and lives out a happier life with you since you have the proper home for him. And yeah i dont dount that hes jumped a bunch in the past; when their tank is too small and they feel they dont have enough room, arrowanna will jump
For that new tank can I suggest a really well planted aquascape with lots of plants and a whole school of pacos. They’d look like a school of piranhas and you could add to them as you catch the pacos
i don't think it's big enough to fit a whole bunch of plant and a school of pacus. i think schools of different types of smaller fish (tetra,guppy and danios or mollies) with lots of plants would look cooler
I think you should look into more durable ponds ,if the plastic pool wall ever gets cut or something will leak out quick plus they degrade over years. Poly rainwater tanks cut in half is one idea
Being A Native Floridian,, No Matter How Many Tanks/Ponds I've Had Set Up,, I ALWAYS Have A Least One "Native Tank" With ONLY Native Florida Fish In It..So That Is My Suggestion For The New Tank,, A "Florida Native" Tank. 🐟 🌞
I'd put those parrot fish back in the tank jic they start picking on your koi when they get older. Plus, we'd get to see more of their derpy little faces. I think now that the massive arrowana is out of there, that should be plenty big enough for them.
For the new tank, I'd suggest separating your African and South American Cichlids. The Jaguar, JD, and Texas Cichlid, the parrots, have different water and habitat requirements and will thrive if you set them up separately. Of course, they seem to be doing just fine, and as many are wild catches as invasive species, I'm sure they have a wide range of tolerability. So that might be more of a preference thing than a health thing at this point, but I do feel like you might get some better personality and color out of your SA Cichlids if you put them in a tank that fits their species preferences a bit more. I did want to suggest you look up Hole in the Head syndrome. If you are not already familiar. You mentioned some damage on the Arowana's head and it's hard to see, but that is an issue you might have, as it was a large fish in a cramped tank. It would be odd to me if it had an issue and not the cichlids, as cichlids tend to be much more prone to HITH. But it might be worth looking into, just so you can get ahead of it if that is the problem. It's VERY difficult to treat and the earlier you get it the sooner. Good thought on moving it, though. I was a bit worried with the size of that Bass's mouth. He could definitely do some damage.
Raised a Arowana until he was 2ft long he jumped out multiple times knocking lid and 2 bricks off the tank. When we gave him to the pet store for their 2000 gallon display tank on the first night a red tail cat swallowed him whole. RIP
Nice and early bro I like that 👍 love your videos bro. Don't forget about naming the j. Cichlid ditch lol love that fish. I have a datnoid about 13 inches. He'll look great in your pond😉 I'm gonna dm you. Hope u can take him. Peace love fish and reptiles 🤙 BOBBY'S FISHING WORLD
I had one of these in a 220 . Never stopped moving always on the move.A pond is alot better option for these . He will be happy there. My second alltime fish behind my snakeheads .
If I owned a fish of this size and my backyard was large enough to accommodate the construction of a suitable aquarium, I would definitely go ahead and build one. It is obvious that you have the necessary area; therefore, you should go ahead and construct an aquarium for him or her.
I had fish and turtles before and suckers and tadpoles that tuned to frogs they really love you..everytime I called my fish they got so happy and knew it was feeding time
The last video I watched, you were talking about one of the fish dying after your dad turned the light off, I didn't see your other Pakus in there with the arrowana, so I thought he was the dead one, but I'm so glad this video is newer lol
I watch you guys and I learn a ton of fishing and you guys are like the best RU-vidr ever and yeah, you’re the best RU-vidrs in the whole in tire world
He has never saw but two other fish in his life..... The density even know how to fear something.. it's like releasing those cows that have never touched grass into a field.
Dude, I am 66 earth years...Robert My Grandfathers name was " Ira"...an old school name from German farmers. Would fit the Arowana well. Have had one in the past, learned quickly that one cannot put neons, or small fish in the same tank, Ha! As you know, leaning experience.
You should go back to that overpopulated pond, grab a few pounds of flagfish, and put them in with the arrowana and the pakus to see how long they last, either you get an infestation or go a while without having to worry much about that pond
Sup Bobby. Awesome video again. Simple name like Adam or Adrian? Maybe pull up a bush from yard or cut one put in pond? Or a nice tree branch? Or both? It's natural? Ty tc
