ALBINO SILVER AROWANA

APPEARANCE

• The Albino Silver Arowana is a freshwater fish present in South America.

• Adults are a pearly silver shade unlike the young Arowanas that has a blue glint.

• These fishes very giant scales and an enormous downturned mouth.

• Albino Silver Arowanas have a long and slender bodies while their bodies do taper off towards their tailfins.

• The Albino Silver Arowana is the largest of all the Arowana.

• It can attain an intimidating 47 inches within the wild and is commonly an excessive amount of for all however the superior freshwater aquarist to handle.

• Albino Silver Arowanas have very light yellow to white bodies with red eyes. Note that, Albinism is caused by a genetic condition causing the lack of pigmentation throughout the body of the fish.

LIFESPAN

• Albino Silver Arowanas are estimated to live for 10 to 15 years life span.

• In good living conditions, these fishes can live over twenty years in captivity.

BEHAVIOR

• Albino Silver Arowana is giant and infrequently aggressive with the potential of speedy growth.

• These fishes are known to be strong and powerful swimmers.

• Albino Silver Arowanas are predatory and require a very large tank.

• They can be usually found close in waters surfaces that has heavily overgrown areas with lots of cover.

• These fishes have a singular predatory behaviour.

MAINTENANCE

Tank Size & Environment

• The estimated tank size of Albino Silver Arowanas are 250 gallons.

• Tank set up can include fresh waters, rocks and plants.

• Put special consideration toward the width of the tank, because even when the fish grows longer than the aquarium fish tank is wide, they’re still active enough to turn around if given ample space.

• Glass thickness for tanks must never be compromised. Albino Silver Arowanas are powerful enough to break glass that’s less than half an inch thick.

• Always keep your tanks in spacious places where there is an easily accessible good water source, drain, and where added humidity will not be an issue.

• Use a mesh cover with holes small enough for the Albino Silver Arowana's fins not to get tangled, yet flexible enough not to cause bump traumas.

• Having a sturdy tank lid with no gaps is a MUST!

Feeding Requirements

• Albino Silver Arowanas can be trained to take fish food pellets.

• In some cases, these fishes need a very meaty diet with regular addition of feeder.

• Some of the best foods to feed them are earthworms, shrimps, Beef heart, and crab meats.

• Albino Silver Arowana eats different smaller fish tropical, water fleas, mosquito larvae combined with freeze-dried ocean plankton, krill, and pellet meals.

• Young Albino Silver Arowanas are fed 2-3 times a day.

• Adults are fed once a day feed them only what they can eat 1 to 2 minutes.

REPUTATION

• Adult Albino Silver Arowanas are finest when they love alone in their big tank because of their size and necessities.

• If housed with different tank mates they have to be giant sufficient to not be swallowed completely by the Albino Silver Arowana and should not occupy the higher part of the tank.