same... wat difference r there between cross n high back? i asked my dad's fren b4 and i hav NO IDEA wat they r talking abt....

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Added on May 27, 2010, 10:40 pmdoes power head send water back to tank from sump? wow... the powerhead must be very powerful then...

nope nope...it's all scale matter
highback..means the shine level of the scale is high enug to reach level 5 scale...
crossback means the shine level of the scale cross over it's back scale, even the head, if it's a good quality one...

but a, pigpig, those ppl told me, there wasn't really a crossback red, only highback red (same level as super red), blood red, chili red.
some ppl even name it fire red...
then lower grades are banjar, grade 2, grade 1.5...etc..

I've postes this a couple of times but arowana enthusiast here seem to have a lil hard time gettin it into their head. cross back is a classification only for the goldens aka MGs. these are the actual cross backs. hence, cross back golden.

the reds are just reds. the term cross back doesn't apply to the reds(super, chilli or blood), rtg, green, yellow tail or banjar. it's a classification exclusively for the MG. how much it crosses towards the head is entirely depends on the quality.

few decades past, and a new term leaped into the world of arowana. the high back. mind u guys, the term high back has nothin to do with its body shape or hump like thing towards the dorsal base of the head.

now we have the cheaper version of gold, the RTG. and then there's this superior version of gold which is the MG. now some where along the way some knuckle head thought, what happens if we cross these two just for the fcuk of it. to see if we can get the 4th level scale shine of the rtg a tad bit higher so we can call it something else and sell it for higher price than the regular rtg.

so, the shine level did get a lil higher up to 5th, and some even higher than that but won't cross. and they decided to call it the HB RTG(high back red tail golden).

So, the conclusion is: the term high back is exclusive for the rtg mg cross but not other types. so, the HBs are all hybrids. A fresh HB hybrib is again crossed with an MG to even the raise the shine level. hence the term super high back emerged.

does that answer the question for most of U?

p.s. i believe the term spoon head has somethin to do with hump like thing on the arowana. if u think about it, it's pretty much a defect which turned out looking good on the aros. works for me. 

Now my Aro Only eat Pellets...=.=.. felt abit regret.. lol...

O...thx guys...but then can share on how much on the aquarium?scare the ppl i'm buying from over charge me..lol..

LOL i've been bz exam xD my silver is now about i'f say 16-17 inches xD

could someone advise me on this statement?
so normally how to change the water if got risk like that?

how did you guys do cleaning your tank?

hi everyone

i bought a kelah for my arowana..... anyone here knows how to differentiate between kelah merah and kelah biru?... i cant even differentiate between kelah hijau and kelah merah and kelah merah bara

thanks

make sure ur aro is bigger than the turtle or else, ur turtle could think aro is like those feeder fish then go bite..lol...blood parrot sure no problem...
to prevent drop eye a...fatty food lo...actually a, prawn/shrimp no problem want...they are like some colouring for their scale also..but the main matter is, those shrimp that u brought,
they usually lay low, or if market shrimp, they surely fell to the bottom, and once u aro starting to look for food, and those food are at the bottom at ur tank, it will stress ur aro's eye to keep look at the bottom,
hence indirectly causing drop eye....just like human...if u try to stress both of ur eyes to the middle, hence u will get unparalleled eye overtime...get wat i mean?
kelah merah and kelah hijau is almost the same...the differences is their head and their scales....kelah merah scales are slightly smaller and their head are sharper while kelah hijau have bolder head
and slighyly bigger scales...while kelah biru looks like kelah hijau, but their body got a line across from back to front...the most easiest to spot is kelah biru...coz of the line..then, there is also kelah emas
in which their head and the most round shaped/biggest head...but kelah emas not nice la, that's why i felt la..so far i only come across one kelah emas...sold at jalan pasar, those ppl who came by and
sell their fish by the roadside.....they often got some rare fishes that we can't find at any LFS coz their fish was wild caught...
ohhh...is it the one near by the wet market/ sunday pasar malam?

the light same price lo...today brought one gold lighting, RM84

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Added on June 3, 2010, 10:40 pm
depending on how big is ur sump tank...to me, i see my cotton, wool and those white ring etc stuff starting to get dirty edi anot lo...actually if u got sump tank, no need do so frequent water changes...
now i am changing it onces a month, and the 1st month i change, i will throw away those cotton, put in new cotton and wash up the wool...those white ring etc leave it..
2nd month, cotton throw, new cotton in, wash wool and rinse white ring etc...

coz sump tank is doing most of ur...erm..i duno how to explain, this part is all those science stuff..lol...have to ask leong to explain here...  hehe~]
some ppl even had some plant in their sump tank, if u had that, i think u only need to change ur cotton and wash up ur wool...and only need to change the water twice a year..coz the plant is doing a
very important job that is close to natural...erm.. duno how to explain...wait i check the web and post here

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Added on June 3, 2010, 10:47 pmhttp://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88271

lol..sure sure..u guys can come edi...tmr bro frenly will be going with me to jalan pasar, then perhaps i can show him my shop and my aquarium..
coz i've got 20kgs white ring in my sump tank...hoho....i asked the lfs ppl.they said, 20kgs.. no problem la....sure tahan ur water..
HAHAHA...jz make sure she's worth it..and do post picture if u did success..XD

Found out that one of my arowana eye a bit droopy ...



This side look normal



while this eye look a bit droopy to me

any advise, how to cure this ??

Pigpig bro,

does over feeding play major roles on this ??

@byakuya - i noe tat.. but where u wanna keep them b4 u feed?

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Added on June 16, 2010, 1:33 pmim persuading my dad buy this set

http://www.mudah.my/Aquarium+double+deck-6015644.htm

rm200 good deal... if like this i can seperate my cichlids and aro...

ok...so i came up with this totally out of the box solution to clear up the poo real fast....

instead of letting it idle around at the middle bottom circulating.....and i didnt even need to change the flow direction ... 

you will see in the video below...but first

here's my catch of the day 



i know..i know...i sux 

and here's the live prawnie...with all the edges trimmed off....bad to behead it afterwards cuz looking at it...i doubt the head cud be swallowed hahaha...it's got a larger head than usual >.<



as you can see...this one i picked for my aro's dinner of the day due to its small body size but more importantly...packed with busting loadsa prawnnie eggs!!!

and here is the video...presenting my genius idea of clearing poo poo fast ^^

Lovely piece bro! Love the gold tone and dark base scale. Yes it has MG gene. But missing the pearl. Late developer maybe?..

pigpig bro,

wow, very nice development ...i love your aro than mine...hahaha
did u turn your sub light 24 hours?

PigPig, nice looking HB. So goldie. Nice body shape. How big is it?

wow bro pigpig nice aro u have.. HB ar?

leng!!! super chun photo shots
mind telling which camera u using?

so gold!! nice frames xD
the koi is like 'aaaaaahhh....swim forest...swim!!'