Jardini aro

[chirohorn]

I've had this jardina arowana for about a year now in a 240 gallon tank. He's about 15". Got him when he was 1/2 that size. Eats anything (pellets, shrimp, nightcrawlers, tank mates, etc.) He's single handedly gotten rid of 5 big clown loaches & all the bristlenose plecos.
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n125/chirohorn/Jararo.jpg
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n125/chirohorn/240gallon-1.jpg

[flamenco-t]

That's what jardini does...they're cute until 8" and they become evil...

That's why i keep leichardti..they;re mean, but not deadly..

stan

[bra8ndy8]

WOW he's a fat guy! Gorgeous fish!

[Holey_Rock_of_Texas]

wow that thing is a true tank buster!!! very nice. do you ever feed it large gold fish?

[doughboy]

What else do you have in that tank? I always read that they don't tolerate any tankmates.

[Typical Tony]

man i want one. looks bad ass.

heard a story about a friend of my parents who had one and it almost took out his hand when he goes to feed it.

[cichlidkeeper]

winnies fish and pets on pipeline has an 8"er for $50.

[guppyfreak2]

WOW:eek:

[cichlidkeeper]

i had $21 in store credit, so i would have bought it on impulse if i had had $25 more.

[chirohorn]

I've never purposely fed him live feeders. He just made meals out of the tank mates. :mad: Only a few remain that've manage to escape his mouth due to multiple hiding spots under the driftwood. He's also killed a couple of super mean Midas cichlids that I thought could hold their own...guess not. Found them both laying on their sides the next morning.

[tezr]

Nice Jar but yeah I suspect he is going to live a solitary life....

That is why I love my Black Aro big smart fish that does not take any crap but does not kill for fun either...

[chirohorn]

You're probably right. His source of entertainment is occasionally chasing the tank mates. Of course, they don't consider this 'fun'. :twitch:

[T-Angel]

Story sounds like my dad's mammoth Silver Barb. He added some Africans to his 110 and next morning the Tin Foil has a tail hanging from his mouth... :(

[EAST_TX_RN]

That's a big boy there! Thanks for posting!

[chief]

That's a nice one.

[Austin]

i miss my jar...

[northtexasfossilguy]

I've seen the video of these guys going after insects in the branches above the Amazon river. They are amazing. They eat pretty much anything.

As a suggestion, you ought to buy some convict cichlid fry and see if he'll eat those. People sell them for .50 cents each usually, if you kept a pair they have about 50-100 babies and that could be a good food source for you. And they will at least not be as ugly as goldfish in that tank.