Arowana Fish Care - The Basics To Owning Your Arowana

Rearing Arowana fish can be considered as aAnother thing to note is the chemicals in the
very tedious job for so many pet lovers. If youwater. Tap waters have chlorine to dissolve some
want to know the steps in rearing these sensitiveof the known germs living in liquids. However, it
fish types, you may want to research on it somewould be dangerous to expose your fish in a tank
more. Making guesses and leaving everything towith chlorine. Use chemical agents to minimize the
chance may make you suffer the consequenceschlorine content of your Arowana's water.
of not having the proper knowledge. Here areAccompanying Fishes
some things you should bear in mind.The usual option in choosing what fish should
Tank Sizeaccompany your golden Arowana or your silver
A typical Arowana living in its natural habitat canArowana is fish types that are bigger than your
reach up to three feet in length. However,Arowana's mouth. Make sure, too, that the fishes
experiments have been done to prove thatthat you will select do not have a very fast rate
dragon fishes in a manmade habitat can onlyin swimming since it can damage the scales of
reach 2.5 feet. If you were to house a fish thatyour Arowana fish.
big, it would be suitable to provide an aquariumCleaning
tank that can be big enough to let it swim freely.Replenishing the water in your aquarium should be
Its dimensions could be a foot or two longer thandone little by little. As recommended by expert
the actual fish. Decorations are also needed sinceveterinarians, for an aquarium with Arowanas, you
Arowanas are irritated living in a barren aquarium.should replace 10% to 20% only of the water in
Water Statusthe tank. In this way, you are preventing your
For a big tank, four to five gallons of water arefish from being shocked by the sudden change in
needed to fill it up. Make its temperature a little bittheir environment. Automatic cleaning mechanisms
warmer than the usual, because Arowanas areare also fine given that they are not exposing
tropical fishes. You can track the temperature byyour pet into harmful chemicals. Strong ripples in
using electronic gadgets designed to help petthe water can also distract your pet's overall
lovers see the temperature of their aquariums.disposition, so keep your tank stationary.