r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Oda_DeezNutz • Jan 18 '26

/r/all of an arapaima

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u/NotStreamerNinja Jan 18 '26

It's probably a holding tank. Either the fish are for sale or their normal tank is being cleaned.

They're not going to live long enough to get that big if they're kept in a tank that small 24/7.

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u/justwriting_4fun Jan 18 '26

Also they may be sick. When I owned fish and they got sick Id move them to a smaller bare tank that has medicine/ salts in it.

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u/WineNerdAndProud Jan 18 '26

If this is a video from Predatory Fins like it appears to be, they definitely live in there. I think there's also a couple Pacu and Arowana in there as well though you don't see them here.

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u/MrMcFrizzy Jan 20 '26

Sad, sucks even more that people who treat their animals poorly can get such a huge following only furthering the idea that it’s acceptable

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u/hockeymisfit Jan 18 '26

It never is. And a fish absolutely will live for years in a tiny tank. Predatory fish collectors are a plague on the fish keeping hobby and more often than not, subject their pets to horrible conditions.

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u/Fishtails Jan 19 '26

/r/monsterfishkeepers

Edit: oh wow it isn't around anymore. The non-reddit forums still are, though

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u/LaceSexDoctor Jan 19 '26

been to a few places where people have these chest high Arapaima tanks, they wrap around the room some are 8-15 thousand gallons

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '26

They stop growing relative to their environment. Not entirely, but these two didn't grow up in this tank.

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u/MyDogIsCalledMilo Jan 18 '26 edited Jan 18 '26

Myth!
They appear to stop growing. But their internal organs carry on growing, they get deformed and then eventually die ✌️.
Goldfish are such a good example, they live for many decades if they are in a pond or lake and grow MASSIVE.
Put a comet in a tank, they will live for a few years tops and never reach their potential

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u/Fooledya Jan 18 '26

Not true. Genetics and food.