Hey, come here for a second. I need to talk to you
Okay, so listen. I'm on my way to the airport
I'm going to pick up some tank mates for you
But that's the last time I do it so I'm warning you right now you have to get along
Got it good. I'm on my way
Before I show you what I got it's more important to talk about why I got it
Now this guy has had tank mates in the past, but the bigger he gets the more aggressive
he's gotten he won't allow anything to go in any tank with him however you guys know that I've recently built the
375 gallon System, and he's being moved over into it
I'm hoping that the move and the change will be enough to kind of mix things up for him and accept new tank mates
It's not going to be that simple though first and foremost
I've had this guy for a few years, and we've been through a lot together. I actually like him a lot plus
he's an Asian Arowana which means he's a really expensive fish so obviously I can't have tank mates that are going to attack him or
Potentially put him at risk so what can I have? well!
I do want tank mates for this tank, but I'm not going to have tank mates just to have them
I actually have to like them as well second thing
I'm looking for is they have to be able to take a beating and bounce right back
Because I fear that when they're first added together the arowana will go after them and while
I don't think he's going to continuously pummel them
I think that the first few days will be his most
aggressive time
So I need a fish that could take the abuse but then go right back to normal I also need a fish that's an aggressive
Eater and will eat almost anything this is the most important
They're going to be going into a tank with a big fish. That's a big eater
they need to be equally aggressive when it comes to feeding if not more aggressive
I'm even more so looking for an
Omnivore hoping that they'll eat almost anything that I offer now because the arowana might potentially be aggressive for the first few days
I need a fish that will school to help defuse that aggression so that it's not easy to single one out
I also need a fish that actually gets pretty big anything that I can fit in his mouth
He's gonna eat now because I need something big and he's already 22 inches
I need to be able to buy them big I also want something that's active and actually adds to the tank looking for a fish
That would hopefully swim throughout the entire column of the tank so now you can see why he's always had no tank mates
At a smaller size he had discus and stingrays in with him
But the bigger he grew the less tolerant he became and it's truly
Narrowed it down to what I can keep with him with all of that said I did find something. So what did I get?
Red hook silver dollars now silver dollars are an extremely popular fish within the Hobby
but these are wild caught red hook's what that means is that these guys get really really big and display a lot more color than
Your common silver dollar would these guys are like a miniature pakku they get huge getting to about 12 inches
Now truth be told I've always wanted to keep these guys, but they're just not that common
Plus, they're pretty expensive
especially since these guys are wild caught I guess you could say I lucked out the reason being is this all of them are between
4 & 8 inches long which is great the Arowana
Can't eat fish that big they also school together
Meaning that the arawana is not going to be able to single out a single one. They're also extremely
Aggressive eaters and can bounce back immediately after something happens and just go right back to normal
They're also almost like garbage disposal. I can feed these guys almost anything and they will eat it now
I've only had these guys for about 15 days now
and they're occupying the
375 Gallon Tank
as it is I
Added them to this tank because they came in a lot bigger than I thought they were going to be and I just didn't have
A quarantine tank big enough to hold them for the time being however
Since the 375 is already cycled and bare I can use that as their quarantine now
when it comes to quarantine a new fish?
There's a couple of things that I look for
External symptoms and in turtle now these guys are wild caught so they were beat up a bit
They'd gone through a lot in their journey from the wild into my aquarium
However their fins are growing back beautifully, and I attribute [that] to clean water also since it's been about two weeks
I've noticed no external parasites or any issues with their appearance, and it's definitely been long enough for anything to pop up
However, when it comes to wild fish the number one thing that they have an issue with is having internal parasites
But like I said these guys are extremely aggressive
Eaters, so I'm able to medicate their food directly and treat them beforehand since I already know what to look for treating them and speeding
Them through the quarantine process is a lot faster
Probably within another week or two
I will move the Arowana to their tank
That will be the most
Exciting time for this tank as we'll get to see what unfolds and how he reacts to them
I of course will fill moving him and adding him to the tank
And I hope that you guys join me for when that happens in the meantime
I've been entirely excited to get new fish into this tank. I fell in love with these guys immediately
hopefully it will work out in the long run
This is really the last chance for the Arowana to have tank mates
And I think this is the only option I potentially could have gone with given the availability that I had with that said
I'm not done with the tank the tank is bare right now
But it needs a few things
It's going to get something on the bottom and something else within the tank I also want to add in more tank mates
But I'm going to add some bottom dwellers
So bear with me because this tank is far from done with all of these new tank builds on the go
I have to admit that one of the most exciting parts is getting new fish. It's been so long that
I got new fish that I almost forgot how exciting that really was anyways
I know that you guys have been dying to see what's been added to this tank
And I hope you enjoy them as much as I am in the near future
I'll have more in-depth videos on this fish as well as adding the arowana to the tank and seeing how everything plays out
So if you're not subscribed to this channel yet
I highly suggest you do if you don't want to miss any of that anyways hopefully you guys enjoyed today's video
But I guarantee you didn't enjoy it as much as I enjoy getting these new fish