Cool fish bro. Beautiful

Hi all sifus. This is my new member in tank. The seller claimed its a Super Hiback, but i can only see 4 or 4.5 rows of scale. Size is about 11-12 inches.



The guy started eating on 2nd day after brought home. But he seem to refuse other foods except superworms. Been feeding grasshoppers, crickets & lizards but all he took was SW. Very picky one

Yeah thats what i have in mind. Have to fast him for a day or two, thou it feels cruel

BTW i always have feeder fishes for my two bichirs, so he can always eat them if he feels like to.

Hotdogs? Very funny idea la.

Cool. Which breed? How old is he/she? Size?

BTW congrats bro. Piece of gold u have in ur tank there

About the same size as mine. Urs look quite fat in the belly, what do u feed him/ her?

Meet Aragorn my arowana LOL



Another shots :

There's a story behind it. He was from a local Pet Gallery. He broke into other Arowana's territory (middle separator failure) and had a great fight. The other arowana badly injured, had his scales fallen off, also fins torn here and there. So my arowana was obviously the winner, he was only slightly injured, his tail & anal fin (the tail recovered only after 2 days).

That was how he got his name, Aragorn

Injury in circles :



This post has been edited by antzz: Oct 18 2012, 08:24 PM

Aragorn never wana take any feeder fishes. Shrimps? U mean live one?

Hi

AFAIK, water quality is vital. Although this fish is hardy -they can survive in tough situations- but water quality will determine the coloration & overall quality of arowana.

Ur fren very kind one, girlfren?

Mind to share the pic of the gift?

Ping-pong ball in arowana tank has no scientific proof, so it may have nothing to do with curing DE.

I 'believe' DE can be from unhealthy diet, maybe too much fat, but, who can actually tell..

I hv long history dealing with arowana.

From childhood, i already hv my own. My first experience was with silver arowana, got him since baby. In only 3 months, i managed to bring him to 13" or slightly more. The guy was a great eater, fed him with Hikari Foodsticks, roaches, lizards, grasshoppers, worms, he took them all. After long holiday finished, i hd to return to study, so had to let him go. I gave him to a local shopkeeper, to keep temporarily before finding a new owner. I know the probability is very high that no owner can understand my arowana as well as i do, and later i found that true, somehow. The aro never wana eat since that moment, and he committed suicide (i believe that, ppl will say anything but i dont care) by jumping out from his tank. The shopkeeper returned his body so i can bury him..

This is my 4th arowana experience with Aragorn. Hope everything goes well this time. I gave up keeping arowanas for years, but the thought haunts me back, even in my dreams

So here i am with Aragorn, together with his tankmates. All i can say now is, i'm a happy arowana owner

Being said "the oldest one recorded in home aquaria is 40 years mate but 20 is a rough guideline"

There's so much saying and beliefs regarding this fish. Quoting from Wikipedia :

Congrats bro. I can feel the excitement Dont forget to snap some pics and share with us.

U kelantanese too? I'm planning to move in a new house early next year, so been thinking of letting go my 5x2x2 tank, so i can buy bigger tank in a new house (just dont tell my wife about this plan ) Location : KB.

Drillz



Sorry this is no profit making, but just mutual benefits

This post has been edited by antzz: Nov 2 2012, 02:30 PM

UGPM bro

My aro doesnt wana touch frozen bloodworms.. very picky one..

Yeah Hikari Food Sticks available in some lfs. Costs around rm15-20 @ 57gm.

Yeah its very hard to make ur aro accepts Hikari Stick. But if ur aro accepts it, then he/she will become very healthy. My experience with my late silver, he eats Food Sticks as well as other live foods. So i dont think ur aro will abandon live foods even if he gets used to Pellets. The bigger probability is vice versa

Aragorn with his PNT tankmate

Thanks.

Fly the PNT does not bite any fishes, had been keeping him for about 4 years. He loves SW very much

About the DE, yeah its possible. Cuz he only takes SW all the time. I'm trying to control his diet now.

Lol. SW superworm, MW mealworm, MP market prawn.

I plan to separate my turtle & aro later. Now the water quite difficult to maintain. So i may clear all the sands substrate.