My Arowanas and tankmates...not too long ago

My one year in the making Arowana fishroom with 7 different arowanas...with assorted tankmates which includes red hooks, yellow hooks, silver dollars, clown loaches, siamese tiger, red tail catfish, tiger shovelnose catfish and motoro freshwater stingrays

Great looking fish there.How many tanks and litres do you have in your fish room.

here's my friend's fishes...sorry I'm the one taking the video (kidding! YOu see me there every now and then)...turn on the speakers!!!!

If you wondering whats PALHS.....its Philippine Arowana and Lou Han Society - the Organization of fishkeepers i founded in 2002.

Orca wrote:

Great looking fish there.How many tanks and litres do you have in your fish room.

I had 7 tanks in that room...smallest one is a 200litter... total gallons would be around 500-600gals thanks!

here's one for the road...in my friend Johnny's house! Speakers up!

Very very nice.

Is that a small red tailed cat about 2:02 into the first video?

I have know Ian for a long time now, called into me a while back, he has an amazing collection of fish....which is growing...he is very knowledgeable!!!

Great post, nice vids

tm2204 wrote:

Very very nice.

Is that a small red tailed cat about 2:02 into the first video?

Yup rtc I grew it from a 2in fry to around a foot

serratus wrote:

I have know Ian for a long time now, called into me a while back, he has an amazing collection of fish....which is growing...he is very knowledgeable!!!

Thanks drew, the 10 year silver is still under my care remotely! One thing I can say about taking care of arowanas which are quite hardy fishes - In all the 13 years I never used a test kit....and never lost a fish except one that jumped out when I was in the office and the helper didnt close the lid....else it all came to "daily" partial water changes and I kept aged water in a big container. I always religiously clean the first 50% of my filter media with tank water and replace them every 3 months. I also used natural 'ketapang' leaves to soften my water...those trees grow quite big....I only used an electronic PH tester before and even pushed the limit on my silver to have a 3.8 Ph.....he's 10 years and still going...

Some very nice fish there Ian...
Haven't seen flag tails for sale in a long time.
Not so sure about that dodgy music though

Did you buy small Arowana & grow them on or purchase them big?
Didn't notice any red tailed golds, have you kept these before?
Are the tanks in the last video outside?


Cheers,
Patrick.

2poc wrote:

Some very nice fish there Ian...
Haven't seen flag tails for sale in a long time.
Not so sure about that dodgy music though

Did you buy small Arowana & grow them on or purchase them big?
Didn't notice any red tailed golds, have you kept these before?
Are the tanks in the last video outside?


Cheers,
Patrick.

Hey Pat, seen nice size Fei Feng's (Flagtail) in Long Mile...selling 60-70 a pop. Sorry about the music hahaha...I usually buy arowanas small and grow them...though I had bought 1 big redtail golden asian arowana (Panda Aquatic Farm) at 19in and transported it in a box for 3 hours once. Quite a bad experience hearing fish jumping all about while your stuck in traffic...

In the vid you will see 2 juvinile RTGs...one swimming about and one in still shots. One came from Qian Hu farm the other from Merlion. I've owned a total of 5 rtgs, 2 super reds, 2 banjar reds, 2 jardinis, 3 silvers, 1 green, and 1 black in my arowana keeping hobby so far.

A lot of the tanks are semi-outdoor. They are still sheltered but mostly surrounded by natural air if you know what I mean....thanks!

Wow you've kept quite a selection Ian..
Which is your favourite?

Black Arowana are stunning as juveniles, shame they change colour as they grow.

I find the red tailed gold the nicest variant, any of the reds are stunning too.

You might like this:

www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=215161

I spoke to the guy Koji about shipping to Ireland. before & he will ship no problem.

2poc wrote:

Wow you've kept quite a selection Ian..
Which is your favourite?

Black Arowana are stunning as juveniles, shame they change colour as they grow.

I find the red tailed gold the nicest variant, any of the reds are stunning too.

You might like this:

www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=215161

I spoke to the guy Koji about shipping to Ireland. before & he will ship no problem.

My old time favorite is my N1wan Red. But my high back RTG is next as I've enjoyed him for 4 years...before it went to a breeding farm.

Blacks are great, recently considered extinct but not in the CITES - easy to teach to eat pellets when young. They are a bit skittish though compared to silvers but they have better eyes! price had been expensive could command RTG prices just because of supply.

Yes I have an account there in monsterfishkeepers...I've had so many and I couldnt control by activity amonst different fish forums...I once was an active moderator in arofanatics.com (website based in Singapore)...

check back monster and see my user account....i like the snow silver arowana less the plj = protruding lower jaw

Patrick,

You can check this link and you can see my RTGs etc.

www.arofanatics.com/members/ian

I couldn't find you on monsterfishkeepers Ian, do you use the same username?

You really have had some stunning fish.
Are you still interested in flowerhorns?
It seems interest in them has waned over time.

Same with blood parrots though they were never popular here.
(although I did see some pink, green, red & yellow ones yesterday )

You must let me know if you're ever going to import an Asian Arowana to Ireland, I might be interested in combining an order so we could split the shipping.

2poc wrote:

I couldn't find you on monsterfishkeepers Ian, do you use the same username?

You really have had some stunning fish.
Are you still interested in flowerhorns?
It seems interest in them has waned over time.

Same with blood parrots though they were never popular here.
(although I did see some pink, green, red & yellow ones yesterday )

You must let me know if you're ever going to import an Asian Arowana to Ireland, I might be interested in combining an order so we could split the shipping.

I'm there in the link you just shared to me, I only have 7 posts there. I still have 2 flowerhorns in two 50 gal tanks they are 3 years old average. I used to be more Flowerhorn crazy than arowanas and for every arowana I kept I kept a variety of 3 fhs and successfully bred them. I will check relative prices and financial conditions. I certainly need more space which I don't have right now. I saw my ideal tank with a 50 gal sump but maybe need to wait for that In a year.

2poc wrote:

I couldn't find you on monsterfishkeepers Ian, do you use the same username?

You really have had some stunning fish.
Are you still interested in flowerhorns?
It seems interest in them has waned over time.

Same with blood parrots though they were never popular here.
(although I did see some pink, green, red & yellow ones yesterday )

You must let me know if you're ever going to import an Asian Arowana to Ireland, I might be interested in combining an order so we could split the shipping.

I'm there in the link you just shared to me, I only have 7 posts there. I still have 2 flowerhorns in two 50 gal tanks they are 3 years old average. I used to be more Flowerhorn crazy than arowanas and for every arowana I kept I kept a variety of 3 fhs and successfully bred them. I will check relative prices and financial conditions. I certainly need more space which I don't have right now. I saw my ideal tank with a 50 gal sump but maybe need to wait for that In a year.