hahaha yeah direct from pipe outside the house is high chlorine poisioning chances wan....

The danki water i'm referring to is the water that goes through from the main pipe outside the house to a storage tank located above your house in the roof (usually =.=)

That water is stored there as a backup for you to use wan ma

So being stored there the water is already actually aged...therefore lower chances of chlorine poisoning for your fish
If wana move the tank to inside the house is ok also, just that u need to make sure the tap u open is from a pipe that draws water from the danki

For my case i have my aquarium in my bed room my aro sleeps with me haha
So i use a 15ft long hose connected from a tap directly connected from a pipe that draws the water from the danki which the water has been aged there for god knows how long
There was a time when i was total noob...i didnt use ac...i just pour water directly from danki water to the tank and added the fish in....even that time i was lucky there was no issues lol...but plz...'do not try this at home'

the reason to tear off cricket legs is becoz at times, cricket legs could tangle to ur arowana.s mouth and their legs had spike,and the tiny little spike could hurt ur aro, giving them a scratch..so the best to feed ur aro with cricket is pulling off it's leg and crush it's head
why crush it head..since ur aro is still small..they cant wholly swallow up the cricket..unless a much bigger aro could swallow it in one go..so SOMETIMES, ur juvenile aro couldnt swallow it all, the cricket will at chances tries to bite ur aro as self defense, hence will causes injury to ur juvenile aro..
Some sifu tot me this..as a precaution if ur aro is still a juvenile..crush cricket head, and pull of it's leg..safer..

guys, i got a question.. how do we rank the arowanas? like which types from the most expensive 1 to the most cheaper 1?

yea i dun get why silvers from halfway round the world costs rm28 and asians from 4hrs up north cost few thousand... o.o

@leggedy- dunno, maybe old one want to use

I think is because of the supply and demand theory. How many silver there is compared to the golden head arowana? sommore those high grade arowana are hard to get because they go through selective breeding..... i think last time no such thing as a golden head arowana..... but they go through so many selective breeding until they achieve it.... eg. cross back + high back you get an arowaan which has a price in between and you called it the so called super high back..

Leong, do you have a special tank to store water for few days before changing your tank water? I see your tank got many filters menas you give the best to your fish... but i still think if u use aged water and change it everyday is that best.... btw....

Why is dead spot in the aquarium tank not good? I thought this dead spot could be places for the arowana to rest...

Hopefully it wil be cheaper. But currently the demand for Goldies are high from oversea such as Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the current stock is not enough for that. Hopefully Malaysia can produce more aros to cope with the demand locally and internationally.

Regarding the picture, I don't think that aros have DE. Aros looks like half conscious after given transmore and ready for tagging.

lol its 100% aged ler....its definitely more aged than i take direct from the main pipe water outside....

when i take bath the water is from the tap water direct...not from the danki water

there are only 2 pipes connected to this danki water source (middle upper toilet = the one i use) and master bedroom toilet....and barely anyone uses the danki water storage in my house besides me for my fish wc 

also my danki water is like i think is about 1800L of water so there's plenty of aged water

of course it wud be safer to have 100% guaranteed aged water where you are in direct control of it and able to observe it too, but u will need to have a separate tank for that...

unfortunately i have neither the money nor space to do so.....so my danki water tank is good enuf for me its been doing fine for 2 years and my fish have never gotten chlorine poisoning
so its absolutely no issues for me

unless you have your tank outside where you can have 3ple tier tanks (upper tank for aging water, middle for your aro, bottom for sump). But i want my aro in my bedroom so that is of course a nono..

Why not put a pump in that tong. Better than carry the bucket right?

haha.. my frd say those pearl already out.. i dono la, i just listen him say oni~ didn intend to buy such expensive fish oso~
btw.. is highback not regconize? cos i look into all book, they hardly mention about hb 1..

imo, these investment are like new kind of mlm.. island red cafe~ hahah~ jkjk

Yeap. Use the water pump to transfer the aged water from blue tong into the tank. Much easier right.

If you want to get a power head, get the one with small output 1. So your aro can enjoy the small current created by the powerhead.

VA302PF GPH: 120 $10.99
Dimensions: 5.5" L x 1.5" W x 2.25" H
Variable flow control: yes
Output Diameter: 1/2", 3/8"
Maximum Head: 27"
Wattage: 6
Cord length: 6’
*Minimum Water Depth for operations: 3 inches (7.5 cm) when placed in aquarium or Terrarium horizontal

VA305PF
GPH: 315 $17.99
Dimensions: 7.5" L x 2.15" W x 3" H
UPC: 006903713856
Variable flow control: yes
Output Diameter: 5/8" or 3/4"
Maximum Head: 48"
Wattage: 18
Cord length: 6’

I jus posted above... it works on my silver aro... someone's aro didnt eat for 2 months b4 i read... they're cold blooded so thy do not nid to eat so much...

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Added on July 8, 2010, 10:19 pm

any kind doesnt matter... if its able to handle the bio load its ok.
watch for:

Liters/H- should be trice ur tank volume. (eg tank volume is 200L. ur powerhead should be able to take care at least 600L/H(easily obtained) most powerheads go over 100L/H. The higher the better.

Filter Media - refer to http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/s...ead.php?t=88677

more on filtration - http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/s...ead.php?t=94937

hope this helps   

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Added on July 8, 2010, 10:20 pmwait wait wait, u wanna keep ur aro in a 2 feet tank??!? good thing u're in asia, masaleh will knock ur brains outta u if they heard this

4 inch cant take 600L flow?? my 4inch silver was fine wif my 1000L flow.. mayb ur tank is too small lol... last time my powerhead is in the middle of the tank while my aro at the top.. he will get used to it one, it will let him exercise too

u can slow the flow rate a bit by attaching a sponge to the intake of the pump....the lfs shud sell the black sponge ...just ask them to show you how to attach the sponge
if the sponge is too big, u'll just have to get a razor blade to trim it down haha

also you can reduce the flow by turning it sideways if possible and let it only blow from the ground...where the water circulation will be lesser on the top area of the tank where your aro prefers to stay around

however based on your tank size, i wud recommend to start getting a bigger one soon 

hi bro, i just move my hb to new fibre tank... the ph in aquarium is 7.0 while in the fibre tank is 8.0.. so it is quite dangerous.. what can i do to achieve the normal 7.0 ph?

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