tankbusters in the making?

[shayfish]

I was a little surprised last night when I went to visit my parents and saw 2 small arowanas in my dad's 33 gallon tank. I told him that these fish can grow to be several feet in length and he said to me that a guy at the lfs said that these ones will only get to be about 6 inches (he held his hands apart and said "this big" anyway...). I have never heard of this. Is there a dwarf species or was he just had by the lfs? Right now they are probably 1.5 inches and silverey in colour.

 

[evercl92]

That would be news to me. All species I've read about hit the 3-4ft mark.

 

[theotheragentm]

And I heard they eat monkeys in the wild...

 

[happygirl65]

I knew a guy growing up who kept an arowana...it eventually outgrew his 100 gal tank and he had to give it away to a local aquarium...It was 4 ft long when he gave it up. Really cool fish but definitely a tank buster.

 

[Voodoo Chilli]

I think someone sold your dad more than just a couple of arowanas.

 

[Zagz]

Tell your dad to return them to the lfs. Lfs's like that really tick me off.

 

[Sidi]

Would he like to buy a Hummer that gets 50 mpg as well, because...

Why is it that other businesses have to keep some vague semblance of honesty, but pet stores can (and often do) lie like crazy to make a sale. I can almost understand not questioning if someone says "I want to buy that arrowana/oscar/black ghost knife" to make a sale, but actively disseminating bad information is evil.

 

[Gplayerz]

definately tank buster, i have one myself its about 7-8 inches long now, and its a beautful fish and is not showing signs of any stress but they do require alot of swimming room..