subject: Arowana Fish - Simple Tips To Remember When Setting Up Your Arowana Fish Tank [print this page] Arowana Fish - Simple Tips To Remember When Setting Up Your Arowana Fish Tank
Arowana fish are not as hard to keep as everyone would lead you to believe. The most important thing about starting to keep this type of fish is the initial set up work which has to be done. Get it right at the start and you are less likely to have problems later. Isn't everything you want in life worth the extra effort.
Here I'm going to highlight three important items to remember when setting up an arowana fish tank. The reason I have these steps ingrained in my mind is due to a lot of rushing and mistakes made by myself in the past. Hopefully I can help you avoid initial set up problems.
1. An arowana from a baby can grow quite quickly and can reach lengths of between 3-4ft at maturity. So you are going to need a bigger than average tank from the start. No point in going through the whole set up process only to have to get a bigger tank and do it all again 8 months down the line. I recommend setting up an initial tank of 180cm x 75cm x 60cm or bigger right from the start.
This will ultimately save you a lot of hassle down the line.
2. Before starting to fill your tank with water make sure you have it located at its final position. An arowana tank is a larger than average tank and when filled with water I would not recommend lifting this tank. When filled the tank will be very heavy. Even if you have 3 or more people to lift the tank it is still ultimately made from glass and anything can happen.
Another point here is to make sure that the bench or table that the finished tank will be sitting on is strong enough to support the weight of the finished tank. This size of a tank when filled with water will be heavy so always think ahead about the position and support for the tank.
3. Now that you have the tank positioned and ready you are going to need a pump for the tank for circulation. There's two types of pumps which you can use, an internal submersible pump or an external pump. Personally I only use an external pump for a few reasons. The first reason is for the aesthetics of the tank. When I have a great looking arowana in my tank that's what I want to look at, not a black box stuck to the inside of my tank. The second reason is I don't want an internal pump taking up any room in my tank. I want the fish in my tank to have all the room they can get as they are the main feature.
I hope these few tips can save you some time and energy when setting up your arowana tank. The set up of the tank is the hardest part and once you have the initial set up done and correct then looking after your fish shouldn't be a problem.
