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Old 15-03-2014, 03:27 PM   #1
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Question Arowanas and Current

I'm curious, do arowanas like current?
Their habitat in the wild, is it in fast moving waters or do they live in calm water?
do they come from shallow or deep water?
wish i could go to see their habitat in the wild
I removed the wavemaker from my aro pair and moved it to another comm.
I'm curious what would be the effect on the pair without the wavemaker blowing at them.
any observations regarding current and aros?
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Old 15-03-2014, 05:02 PM   #2
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My RTG seems to enjoy the current.
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Old 15-03-2014, 07:49 PM   #3
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my own experience from keeping rtg is they like little to mild current. not too strong current that pushes them and cant swim properly
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Old 16-03-2014, 10:42 AM   #4
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Thanks ill continue to observe i had the wave maker pointing downwards before
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Old 17-03-2014, 11:27 PM   #5
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Yup my aro also quite like current. Always swim against current when I on my submerge pump.
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Old 18-03-2014, 09:13 AM   #6
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Read that reds like still water..
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Old 20-03-2014, 07:07 PM   #7
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i've yet to see videos of asian aro been documented in the wild however like the silver they prefer calm water.
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Old 20-03-2014, 07:13 PM   #8
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For me , I like to give my red a strong current as this allow me to pump it up faster. Swim more = more energy used = very fast hungry
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Old 20-03-2014, 07:44 PM   #9
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I think it is important to make the distinction between calm water and stagnant water. Certainly the natural habitat of the Asian arowana would be calm rivers...but calm rivers still have currents which can be quite strong.

My red liked to park itself in front of the wavemaker and 'surf'.




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Old 21-03-2014, 02:38 PM   #10
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my red loves to hang around the ohf water outlet area there enjoy his "SPA" treatment LOL
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