Hey guys.. i have aro too.. A HB..

here are some pics:





pics were taken when my fish was about 10" long. now it's about 1.75'...

Sure, the gold has crawled up to the top last scale and it's still developing.. will try to shoot some latest pic this weekend.. thanks buddy..

As i promised, here's an updated picture.. not the latest but was probably taken about 3-4 months ago.. well, good enough for now... will definately put up an updated one soon..

At the time this pic was taken, it was probably around 1.5' in lenght.. now, almost 1.75'.

Nice nice.. thanks for comparison post.. i actually never done the proper coparison too LOL... well, to date, the fish has more gold on the 6th level scale..

Hmm, what's so facinating about black arowana? *curious*. isn't it south american too? looks pretty much like silver aro with blackish tinge on the fins? pls enlighten me.. confused..

hmm, in reality without any artificial additives. it takes about 6 weeks for cycling tank water to get stale(establish nitrogen cycle).

i'm sure most of ya'll already know well about nitrogen cycle and it's importance in fish keeping hobby.

on the contrary, u can just throw in a golfish and somewhat speed up the process to 4 weeks.. so i guess a month is good..

Bensow: isn't two weeks is the critical period where the nitrite level in ur tank will be at it's peak?

for arguments sake...

i bought my aro at 10" too.. reason being: the lfs fella didn't know which farm the aro was from. being a newbie, it's easier for me to see the feature and body developement at 10" rather than 3 or 4 inch.. at 10" u can pretty much tell how ur aro gonna look when it's grown.

another thing, does aro eat pellets? i was totally unaware of that?
is there a special pellet for aro?
is there any special way to train ur aro to eat pellets?
i've been feedin my aro only live prey for the past 1 year plus..
is there anythin i can do to start feeding my aro pellets?

Hahahaha.. hilarous..

while we're at it, one question...
Are banjar reds same specimens as yellow tails? somethin has always been in my mind...

thanks in advance.

I've witnessed a super HB for sale which was about 5 to 6 inches and it had gold even up to partial 5th level scales. PARTIAL. i don't know how my statement is gonna provide you any help but i thought i'd just share. let's just wait and see.

Kudos!!!

Hmmm, these term are often very subjective..

Everybody, uses the term to their liking interms of their own interpretation regardless to what the international standards are.

But then again, the term 'international standards' in arowana gets pretty questionable since all asian arowanas are indeed from Asia.

And along the way, with so much crosses between the arowana species', ppl have drifted away from the 'so called' original standards, to which ever the pioneers of arowana have sticked with.

sometimes, even some lfs owners are pretty ignorant on this matter and often gets tanggled with the arowana clasifications.
Often not knowing what are they even selling.

As to what used to be the so called standards, super reds are used to classify all red juveniles regardless to blood or chilli.

then it goes thru further classification of blood or chilli. i'm clueless to which one is more superior.

but to date, sticking to the classification above may somewhat be foolish as every farm or lfs has their own way of classifiying a single species of arowana.

so my best bet is to go with what the established arowana lfs (such as xl sa) says about their arowana if u're decided to buy there, instead of asking opinion from fellow forumers as the farm where xl sa gets the fish from, wud have given proper classification to xl about their fish.

so my speculation is, only xlsa or the farm itself knows best about the fish in xlsa.

the reason i'm tellig u this Leong, is to avoid futher confusion on your side. remember, everybody has their own way of arowana classification.

now the ball is on your court


i'm neither an arowana specialist nor a great novelist, but i thot i'd share anyway.


p.s.

nice fish vinlwj. very pleasing to the eyes.

This post has been edited by moe81: Feb 19 2010, 11:31 AM

Well i'm not sure bout any 'arrow head'. what i know is that, ammonium diluted in water becomes ammonia. and ammonia cannot be eliminated from the water, but it can be oxidised to nitrite. and futher nitrite can be oxidised to nitrate(fertilizer), a much less harmful element too fish.

If ur tank water is completely stale, u shudn't worry about ammonia fluctuation. ammonia will only fluctuate few days after a water change if more than 50% water is changed. and a week after the ammonia fluctuates, it will start settling whereby, now the nitrite level will start rising.

therefore 1/3 of water change every fort night is recommended and never clean ur filter the same time during water change. leave a week in between wc and cleaning filter. this is to avoid loosing too much 'good' bacteria(nitro-bacter & nitro-somonus) at the same time.

this is why a lil aquarium salt is added after a water change. this is to reduce the effect of nitrite to the fish. FYI nitrite can cause gill infection to ur fish and ur fish will be forced to surface more often to get oxigen directly from the atmosphere. this can eventually cause fatality to ur fish when the infection worsen. ammonia also as equally bad as it can cause ammonia poisoning to the fish.

also make sure the water is sufficiently circulated to ensure enuf oxygen supply for under-lying bacteria. loosing a large amount of bacteria due to sudden poor water circulation also can cause ammonia fluctuation and and soon after, nitrite fluctuation.

try researching more on nitrogen cycle in fish tank. a good understanding about nitrogen cycle, can help overcome many issues in this hobby. a good establisment of a balanced nitrogen cycle in ur tank will also ensure a stable and close to ideal ph and hardnesses.

Have fun!

leong: how new bro?? how long has it been since u set up the tank? if it's just under 2 weeks, then i guess u needen't worry too much just yet bro.

let it sit for another 2 weeks or so.
i see u're doin the 20% water change every week to prevent ammonia or nitrite fluctuation coz u already got fish in there.

if u don't have any fish, u dun even need to the 20% water change every week. u can just let the tank sit for a whole six weeks with filtration running and proper water circulation for nitrogen cycle to be established.

but now it may take u about 2 months or so for the water to get fairly stale. so, hang in there buddy. don't bother checking any reading for the next 2 to 3 weeks or so. u may just get a more stable ph with proper hardnesses.

good luck.

Hely leong, if u're selling ur rope fish separately i'd be interested if it's not too small...

coz my aro is about 1.75' and my ornate bichir is about 1'+ . i'm worrired the rope fish may become a meal.

pm me the price. we'll set up a meeting point.

Hahahahaha... mp.. that's a funny abrevation.. i didn't know u can market prawn to arowana.. hmm, i guess i'll try it..

while we're still talkin bout mp, i used to feed this guy mp when he was a baby.. LOL







Soory off topic!!!

that's not a tub.. it's just a big ass sink. and fella is only about 3 feet. but this guy below is about 7.5 feet.. LOL




on another note: u said this is scary? hmmmm, wait till u see this:








ok.. i'll stop here.. considered flooding edy.. but got carried away..

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Added on March 12, 2010, 12:51 pmi'm pretty sure he said mp= market prawn..

This post has been edited by moe81: Mar 12 2010, 12:51 PM

pretty impressive.. it is malayan water monitor (varanus salvator). it's not a wildcaught. it's captive hatched (CH). btw what sorta gear is ur sis using? i do a lil photography too...

hmm, looks like i'm gonna need to put an update picture soon to see the progress of my fish..

Deear all arowana lovers,

I'm moe and i own a HBRTG.
i'm in a situation that i'm contemplating on several choices that i have in hand.
i'm in verge of getting married and move home. i keep my almost 1.75 ft 2 years old HBRTG spoon head in a 4x2x2 3-piece tank with cabinet.
The choices that i laid out for myself are:

1) Sell the whole set with fish and everything(saves me the hastle moving the fish with tank) and when i'm in my new home, i may may buy a 5 or 6 footer tank and upgrade to a red aro.

2) just move my fish to the new home and be happy with what i have.

I'm a little more favorable to the first choice but i'm not really desperate to sell, so i won't exactly opt for the choice of selling it all if i was not offered a reasonable price.

note: i'm not quite expecting a lucrative price, i'm ready to let it go for a reasonable price.


here are some pics i've posted before:







here are some new pics i've taken today with camera phone(sorry bad quality):







so guys, if interested pm me ur offer. pass the word around also if anyone will be interested.

Thanks in advance.

Hi. my fish does not come with cert. sorry. i doubt if any hybrid comes with cert.. FYI HB rtg is a hybrid.