What fish can silver arowanas be kept with? Recommended tank mate combinations

If a large fish tank holds only a single silver arowana, even though it has a graceful body and alluring swimming posture and is deeply loved by its owner, it will inevitably still feel too monotonous. How to keep silver arowanas well depends not only on the rearing methods, but also on choosing fish suitable for keeping with silver arowanas, giving the silver arowana some companions while also enriching the visual effect of the tank.

Can silver arowanas be kept with other fish?

The silver arowana has a fierce temperament and can swallow small fish, so it is generally not suitable for keeping with other fish. If you want to keep it with other fish, the common ones that can be kept in the same tank as arowanas include catfish, knifefish, oscars, parrot cichlids and lungfish. Of course, if two fish cannot get along harmoniously, they must be separated immediately.

Keeping fish with silver arowanas first requires meeting the same water quality requirements as the silver arowana. Whether it is pH or water temperature, they must have the same needs as the silver arowana. In addition, care must be taken to choose fish that are mild-tempered and not too different in body size, so as to avoid injuries or deaths caused by fighting. So which fish can meet these conditions?

What fish can silver arowanas be kept with?

1. Flagtail fish: The flagtail fish can reach 30 cm in body length. Its body color is bright, and keeping it with a silver arowana can make up for the silver arowana's monotonous body color and add vitality to the tank.

2. Parrot cichlid: The parrot cichlid can reach 1.2 chi in body length and has relatively strong adaptability to water temperature. Although parrot cichlids are aggressive, when kept with silver arowanas, as long as the size difference is not too great, there will not be much of a problem.

3. Oscar: The oscar grows quickly and is very greedy, reaching 30 cm in length. Although it looks clumsy, it is actually nimble at swimming, especially when eating. When keeping it with a silver arowana, you must feed more to satisfy this greedy fellow.

4. Gourami: Although the gourami belongs to the middle and upper layers of the water, it is mild-tempered and not strict about water quality. It can survive very well at water temperatures of 22-32 degrees.

5. Stingray: Stingrays belong to the lower layer of the water and generally move on the bottom of the tank or along the tank walls. Their swimming posture is especially pleasing. Keeping them with silver arowanas gives a beautiful enjoyment simply through the difference in appearance.

6. Severum: The severum has a strong physique, strong adaptability and a mild temperament. It mostly likes to move in the lower layer, and only when hungry will it bully some small fish to snatch food.

What styles of silver arowana mixed keeping are there?

1. Feng shui style arowana mixed keeping: This should be what most people consider from the very beginning. Keeping an arowana with a flagtail is called dragon and phoenix bringing auspiciousness, with husband and wife following each other; keeping an arowana with a tiger fish symbolizes heavenly dragon and earthly tiger blocking evil; keeping an arowana with parrot cichlids means prosperity and good fortune.

2. Functional style arowana mixed keeping: such as plecos, flagtail fish, silver dollars, etc., which eat waste, suck oil film and eat leftover food scraps.

3. Three-dimensional style arowana mixed keeping: flagtail fish and arowanas are upper-layer fish; Brazilian arowanas are middle-layer; plecos and stingrays move in the bottom layer. With fish swimming in the upper, middle and lower layers, such a tank will be more three-dimensional.

4. Domineering style arowana mixed keeping: in a 2 m tank, 9 arowanas of 60 to 70 cm cruise around the tank. Just think about how shocking that scene is! Domineering mixed keeping is mainly based on large fish, such as arowanas over 60 cm, tiger fish over 40 cm, stingrays over 50 cm, a group of fine-line silver dollars over 25 cm and other large fish, with largeness and grouping as the main style.

5. Refreshing style arowana mixed keeping: one dragon and one phoenix, simple and also a good omen; or one arowana paired with several pairs of angelfish; not pursuing dominance but requiring poetry.

6. Nouveau riche style arowana mixed keeping: no need to consider what fish are good to keep with arowanas, only consider one point: keep whatever fish is expensive, go for novelty and uniqueness, and play at being one of a kind, so that what I have is hard for others to have. A fish tank is packed full with a whole tank of albino arowanas, fortune dragons, snow dragons, albino rocket fish and so on.