Recent content by richie10093

it is true that silver arowana really can turn on a dime for a fish their length. they would probably be fine in a tank that is not as wide as they are long because of it. however, do you want to only offer your fish a 2 dimensional space to pace back and forth in, or a 3 dimensional environment...

I just have been dealing with this long enough to finally understand something. most of the people that you see on forums like this are NOT the kind of fishkeeper that I typically encounter. while things are complicated when it comes to aggression, habitat preferences, the individual fishs'...

while yes I would suggest different fish at different stocking densities and different tank requirements just because I know how they live or what they're going to live with, I would also love to try to pin down a rough 'rule' of sorts that I could comfortably tell people to use for a 'max size'...

awesome! I love the responses! but keep in mind I can't say that I would want to put anything 5 inches long in a 10 gallon. and I'm not really accounting for waste. at this point I'm looking for a rule that you can look at and say that in a tank of X long and Y wide, a fish of 'Z' length will...

I can not begin to say how many times this question comes up, but every time it does, this is a fairly serious question that needs to be addressed. so to try and address it, I've 'made up' a system that I've been using since no matter how hard I look, I can't seem to find a solid answer. I...