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Old 03-02-2017, 05:41 AM   #1
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Looking to buy a silver arowana, my lfs has imported a batch in from Colombia which is apparently wild caught, they are around 3" and they have around 20-30 pieces in stock.

Question is would you buy 3x silver arowanas grow them out to around 12", keep the best one and sell the rest. Or would you just choose to buy best one in store?!

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Old 03-02-2017, 08:45 AM   #2
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Get 1 piece and focus your effort to keep it well.
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Old 03-02-2017, 10:56 AM   #3
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Can I where is the lfs? Thanks
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Old 03-02-2017, 11:21 AM   #4
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Get 1 piece and focus your effort to keep it well.
spot on.

3 silvers in a tank; possible unless it's a huge tank
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Pardon the ignorance, any visual difference between a wild caught vs a bred silver?
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Old 03-02-2017, 02:56 PM   #6
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Silver very easy to have DE and PLJ when grown. If you mind better to get more and keep the best.
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It's in UK!
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Old 03-02-2017, 08:43 PM   #8
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spot on.

3 silvers in a tank; possible unless it's a huge tank
It will be growing up in a 6x2x2.5 tank, how long would 3 silvers last in there? Some silvers get deeper body some have longer find, that's why I wanted to grow a few out to about 12" and then decide on which one to keep
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Silver very easy to have DE and PLJ when grown. If you mind better to get more and keep the best.
This is what I am thinking, but normally plj and de don't develop until much bigger so I'm not sure my 6x2x2.5 is big enough for a few of them.

These silvers are being placed around the whole shop one in each tank, it will be very hard pick out the best. But to be honest there is not much difference at 4"??

Any tips?!!
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Old 04-02-2017, 02:19 PM   #10
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6 footer can house 3 silver.
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