Hey guys.. i have aro too.. A HB..

here are some pics:





pics were taken when my fish was about 10" long.  now it's about 1.75'...

Leong,

thanks for the advise. will go through it
Yes. i will definitely delaying the arowana for another week.
or might get my arowana tanks mate first b4 bringing the arowana back ...
and below are the liquids recommended by Rock

@Devilisin
haha long time no hear from you mar, just like bruttha saif totally mia

neways glad ye back making some noise hehehe
@Frenly
mmm using bacteria solutions definitely will help improve and shorten cycle start off time.

Not sure about psb bacteria.

The one i used to cycle my tank with was Nutrafin Cycle. Cuz it was cost efficient and i've trusted it for the day i started fish hobbying lol. I dun think xlsa sells nutrafin products but its up to you cuz there are so many recommended by others as well.

The current one i'm using to add in which i find a little costly is azoo 11 in 1. I use it mainly after doing filter media cleaning.

But what i can recommend about using the bb solutions to cycle the tank is to add it in daily for the first 2 weeks. 

What will your arowana tank mates be? They might be usable for cycling haha.

Like mine it gave it a good 4 weeks using my bichirs which i fed like i think they felt like kings =.="
and every day i just kept pouring in the 2L nutrafin cycle bb soln 40ml until it was finished while performing 30% wc weekly.

cuz feeding lots = poo poo lots = bb get to work lots

nitrosomonas and nitrobacter

(pour in bb containing all the bb types)
poo - (nitrosomonas bb work, nitrobacter and denitrification bb die cuz no nitrate and nitrite to work on)->ammonia is produced from the poo
ammonia spike occurs
[next day] (pour in bb which oledy containg all the bb)
ammonia - (nitrobacter comes into play(from the bb soln), while nitrosomonas continue thier job and denitrification  bb still dying cuz no nitrite to work on) converts to nitrate

next day Nitrite spike occurs (pour in summore bb soln containing all the bb - nitrosomonas and nitrobacter continue working, denitrification starts to establish )
nitrobacter then continues to convert nitrite to nitrate, while all the other bb conitinue doin thier jobs

Nitrite spike occurs
pour in summore bb soln
denitrification  bb come into play and converts the nitrites to hydrogen gas

pour in summore and you got the party going~ just make sure you got lotsa o2 being pumped in the water lol both the fish and the bacteria need it
well..thats what i think its like except just not in days but a few days each stage from poo to ammonia to nitrate to nitrite to nitrogen gas

so in conclusion, yeah imho using bb soln really helps to speed up the cycling process by providing the bb's straight in to quickly establish

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Added on April 27, 2010, 11:24 pm
excellent vid imo

i do have a sponge that when i wash i really am washing a lot of the chocolate blackish water out off....cuz i mainly use it for mechanical filteration more than bio lol, i let my 2 canisters do the main bio thingy.

Where do you stay? if you are close by i can squeeze some out and pass to your if you nearby lol
me is at o.u.g

Of course, tank on the way, waiting at home now ...
what is black water by the way?

From what i know, Best not put your Aro infront of ur main door..