When I lived in NYC the NY Aquarium had a tank with an Arowana with a school of harlequin rasboras. The rasboras were small enough that the arowana most likely wasn't interested as it was quite large. It was fun to watch each trade ends of the tank. The tank was not heavily planted but did have cover for the rasboras. I have wanted to replicate that ever since.I first saw a silver Arowana in a public aquarium when I was a boy; it was easily 2-feet long, and I was fascinated by its graceful undulating method of swimming. Years later, when I was a postdoc in New Haven and had my first proper fishroom, I acquired a little one that I had for several years, and I had a hard time keeping up with his growth rate! They are beautiful and unusual, but I like them best when they are less than full-grown.
That sounds very cool, but if I were doing something like that I might go with schooling fishes that are a bit larger, and faster. Giant danios?When I lived in NYC the NY Aquarium had a tank with an Arowana with a school of harlequin rasboras. The rasboras were small enough that the arowana most likely wasn't interested as it was quite large. It was fun to watch each trade ends of the tank. The tank was not heavily planted but did have cover for the rasboras. I have wanted to replicate that ever since.
I would/will probably go with something geographically correct.That sounds very cool, but if I were doing something like that I might go with schooling fishes that are a bit larger, and faster. Giant danios?
Yeah, that sounds good, any ideas?I would/will probably go with something geographically correct.
Probably a high body tetra but not SDs. I want to plant the tank heavily.Yeah, that sounds good, any ideas?