Hello all sifus, a small sharing from me in starting my Arowana hobby after two weeks of research and hunting for equipment. Finally everything settled down.

I got myself a 5 inch SHB gold with red tail as per owner from Next Aquainnovation in Kepong for RM250.00 as a start up.

Currently i am placing my baby in a 3.5ft white tank with 2x Blue+White LED light (default light system in tank set) for 24 hours. Hopefully my baby dragon will grow into something beautiful in long run. I am planning to move it into a 6 ft tank after 1 year. I am feeding my aro with longkang guppy fry because it refused to eat red worm .

I set up a feeder fish tank for quarantine purpose before i feed them to my baby arowana to reduce risk in disease transmission.

My tank consist of
1 x SHB Arowana (RM250.00)
2 x Pleco (RM10.00)
1 x Gold Lampan (RM5.00)

Allow me to share the cost of all equipments that i bought for those who curious in start up their hobby

Arowana tank (Temporary)
3.5ft tank set = RM 950.00 (comes with 2 x led light, cover, cabinet, tank and filter system) Fyi, i removed the default filter because i prefer canister filter.
EJet canister filter 3368= RM 140
Thermometer = RM 3.50
Small air pump = RM 10.00
Air stone = RM 0.80
(Sixty Two Marine Aquarium-reasonable price for all sort of tank size)

Water Heater 200w = Rm 28.00
(Xian Leng Aquarium Shah Alam)

Feeder Fish Tank
2 Ft tank = RM 31.00
Top filter with pump 1200 L/Hour = Rm 28.00
(Cheras Aquarium)

This post has been edited by Cloud9Nos3: Jan 3 2016, 06:21 PM


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I'm no sifu but just a beginner as you but curious if you do a full bacterial/Ammonia cycle before you introduce your Arowana?

Yep, tank was run with 8 goldfish for 1 month before i introduce my aro.

May i know what is the market price for golden head crossback?

My latest aros in 8' x 2.5' x 2.5' tank
1) chilie blood red
2) chilie red
3) gold blue base
4) gold cross back
I started with 12 aros few years back..and now left 4..and it will remain as is till years to come..


This post has been edited by rathian_mhfu: Jan 17 2016, 11:39 PM

market price varies depending upon golden covering area on the head. but generally price will be above rm 1k.

FYI. golden head can lose their 'golden head' if not taken care properly.

wanna see without the red/pink lighting. natural white perhaps

is it
1. blood red
2. chilli red
3. malaysian golden blue base
4. malaysian golden crossback

This post has been edited by k321: Jan 19 2016, 10:03 AM

buy backup power

This without any lighting..

Hello everyone, Im planning to get a silver arowana for my 1st time. Plan to get used to how arowana behave before getting a red arowana. Any advice for 1st timer on arowana?

Quality of Water..the most important thing to takecare of..

i would need to do water cycle correct? what diet should i feed?

Yes..to established bacterial colonies to consume the ammonia in the water..till ur tank matured..at this time be very carefull i lost 3 aros due to ammonia and nitrate poison..iam very noob that time

This post has been edited by rathian_mhfu: Jan 20 2016, 11:21 PM

Thnaks for the guide,i may need to ask the shop what kind of items need to use to keep the water cycle safety

Hi guys.. need help from the sifus here... I just bought an arowana from a supplier, claimed as 24k crossback golden arowana.

attached is the videos of the arowana...

my confusion is, i can see that even the level 6 is already showing the gold frame, but why is that the body have a kind like horse shoe... been doing some research online and i found out that is similar to banjar red (with horseshoe)... can it actually be a banjar red instead of crossback?

im currently putting the arowana under bright light for tanning... but switched it off and change to normal light while taking the video so it would look clearer.

can the sifus here verify my arowana... and am i being conned?



Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2nGXz4O3sM

It not banjar.

Jfs my 24kxb

Hi sifus, is this setup suitable for my baby xbgh aro?
Bottom, back, sides i use white paint spray outside of the tank.
Only front use white bg sticker.. does it count as WTT?

This post has been edited by leonidasx: Feb 5 2016, 11:37 AM


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RTG no need tanning... eventually the crossing and shine will come. Normal fluorescent light will help faster the process.

Sorry to tell you this Aro is just a low grade cross back not 24KXB claim by the seller.

Beautiful... must be put alot of effort grooming him up. Good job!!!