Other fish pics at Aquarama 2005

[kevkoi]

Here are some of the fishy highlights of aquarama 2005

[kevkoi]

For the arowana enthusiast.. this year was paradise.

[kevkoi]

More arowana.. The very very rare white silver arowana.

[kevkoi]

This fish is an Apistogramma agassizii complex which won the "Best New species" category. I believe it is A.agassizii "Santerem" and I'm chasing up the availability of this fish with the German exibitor.

[kevkoi]

Now we can have our TV in the marine aquarium.... (best of both worlds... and at least we can watch our fish during commercials! :lol: )

[kevkoi]

Marine reef tank competition.

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Betta competition

[Merrilyn]

Beautiful pics Kev. Thankyou so much. Hope you had a wonderful time over there.

[Darth_discus]

awesome pics especially the tvs with the marine fish

[Ben]

speechless......
and i am totally gob smacked by the rare white silver arowana.


Thanks heaps for the photos Kev!


Ben

[goldenpigeon]

... speechless :shock:

i know those red arowanas are rare but what would that silver white arowana be worth?

the arowanas r SOOOO nice!!!!!

is there much security there? l'd emagine there was millions worth of fish there?

[Sutto]

LOL, ~$68k Junior :D

[Merrilyn]

Now how do you know that Sutto?

[Sutto]

LOL, Im a regular reader on several Oddball fish forums ;) Happened to have it writtten down :)

[Merrilyn]

Kool. That's a lot of money for a fish 8-) but hey, it's gorgeous.

[goldenpigeon]

what does the k after the $68k mean?

[Merrilyn]

That stands for thousand Junior.

That little fishy is worth sixty eight thousand dollars. :shock:

[Bronx19]

Ok, I have to ask this.

Why are arowana so popular?

Why do they fetch so much fully grown?

Can you get these in Australia?

Oh, and that albino catfish just creeps me out.

[DR.V]

nice pic, glad you recharge your battery this time kev ^^

[Merrilyn]

Ok, I have to ask this.

Why are arowana so popular?

Why do they fetch so much fully grown?

Can you get these in Australia?


Arowana are thought by many Chinese to be the ultimate symbol of wealth, strength and prosperity, so they are highly sought after.

They are currently on the CITES list as being highly endangered, and anyone attempting to remove them from the wild, faces heavy fines. They are an illegal import into countries like the USA.

The life span of an arrowana is approximately 10 years, but they are an aggressive fish, and must be housed one fish to a very large aquarium.

There are farms that breed them, but being mouth brooders, the spawn size is small, averaging around 25 fry.

They are not legal to import into Australia, however, there are some specimens here already. :wink:

[Bronx19]

Thanks for the info Red.

Imagine if you stumbled onto a breeding pair of those silvers....

[Sutto]

What LR forgot to mention was there are several species of Arowana's.
The True Arowanas (by name and genus) are-
1. Asian Arowana (from Asia)
2. Silver Arowana (from South America)
3. Black Arowana (from South America)
4. African Arowana (from Africa)
5. Jardini (Aussie)
6. Leichardti (Aussie)

All have Bony Tongues and are also closely related to African Butterfly fish and Arapaima.

Asian Arowana have many different colour varieties (RTG. Blue Base X Back IIRC etc) and are rarer because they are hard to breed.) they are also more expensive because of the fact they have to be captive bred.

HTH,
-Sutto

[Merrilyn]

Yaaaay Sutto. Well done :D

I wondered how long it would take you :lol:

[kevkoi]

Age wise, they do not live for 10 years. They live for close to 60 years.

The albino catfish is actualy A.adonis albino which is very very rare. I stumbled upon a young 15cm specimen in Thailand and out of curiosity asked what the little fella cost....... $1500!!!

To the pleco fans around the world, this albino A.adonis was the highlight of aquarama.

[Merrilyn]

Wow Kev. Sixty years - I had no idea :o

Has anyone managed to breed them in Australia?

[Sutto]

Silvers have been, Infact a mate here in Perth is growing up a brood atm :D

Asians I doubt they have :(.
Lady red you should also note that what i typed above was without googling etc it was from memory so the spelling might be off a little.

[kswong34]

Arowana in Chinese is also called "Dragon Fish" as we all think they bring luck as mentioned by ladyred.

In asian like Malaysia, you can find many colour variety of asian arowana whereas the blood red from Kalimatan (Indonesia) and no.1 red is the most expensive.

The x-back gold arowana meant that the golden scale actually go through the whole body including the back where other will have the highest row less colour compare to the rest - Asia arowana have 5 "row" of scale and Aussie one have 7. Therefore the asian one look bigger and nicer..... :lol:

In Asia, the price of the arowana depend on colour which most expensive are:

1. Red Arowana,
2. Gold Arowana,
3. YellowTail Arowana, green arowana.
4. Aussie pearl arowana.
5. Silver arowana.

You can have other fish put together with Arowana especially when starting young. most common fishes to keep together with them are:

1. Giant Gourami (Sabah)
2. Pink Giant gourami,
3. Red Tail Catfish

as well as some other larger fish....

[Merrilyn]

Thankyou for that information kswong. It is most interesting :)

[goldenpigeon]

yes it all is. i know that the arowanas are agressive and all but if u had a huge tank could u stuff a few more in there?

[kswong34]

You probably could put more in a huge tank but need to keep a good eye on them. Once they settling and get use to each other, they will be fine otherwise.......

I had seen some tanks with two arowana back in Malaysia.

Cheers