My new Black Arowana....

[flamenco-t]

Just got him today. Was actually due to received him on friday but USPS screwed up and he was held up for an extra days. He was in the bag and styro box for 2 days..

He's about 10" long. I paid $ 280 for him...

I am also getting a shipment of

6 Indo Datnoids
1 Delhezi Bichir
1 Scarlet Pleco L025 on tuesday...YAY...

Christmas is good for me this year lol

stan

[EAST_TX_RN]

Wow! Great Christmas present! You must have been a very good boy, Stan! Congrats!

[Xoles]

NIIIIICE!!!

[bra8ndy8]

Ok here's the stupid questions.............why''s he called black??? Ummmm cause maybe its the light, but he's not black.
Very beautiful in the same, what size tank do u have him in?

[kewlkatdady]

beautiful

[biggin]

Nice fish.

How big is that tank?

[supersmirky]

That is a nice fish! Must be a hardy one to survive the lay over! Where do you order your fish?

[flamenco-t]

They're called black becasue when they're young, they are all black with white horizontal stripe accross their body.

When they get off their yolk sac, the develope a blue/black upper and lower fins with a touch of gold specs on their scales versus silver with pinkish/blue fins and scales.

Black arowana are only available via wild caught, noone ever been able to captive breed them therefore they don't share the defects their cousin silver have, drop eye, no barble, gill curl, bend back and etc. The only downside is that they are very expensive and picky eater..

I got him from Fish Room Plus in NJ.

stan

PS: the tank is a 240 gallon AGA with 55 gallon sump = 270 gallon ish total volume..

[bra8ndy8]

WOW Thanks......it never hurts to ask and learn! You learn something new everyday! So I am now done for the day! So how old is he? Hoes he get as big or bigger then the Silver?

[Goathead]

Very nice fish, i cant believe he made it an extra day...during winter

[ElijahTurtle]

Yeah I've seen his tank before. It's sweet!! He has a nice SW setup too.
Looks good Stan. Glad to see you over here alot more lately.

[flamenco-t]

WOW Thanks......it never hurts to ask and learn! You learn something new everyday! So I am now done for the day! So how old is he? Hoes he get as big or bigger then the Silver?

Today is a new day so you get one more lesson :)

He gets to be as big as silvers..about 24-30" in captivity. But he does grow a lot slower than silvers...

My old silver grw about 1" per month on his first year and grew about an inch every 6 months or so..

The black aro will propably get 5-6" in his first year and slower after that.
They are a lot calmer and timid than the silvers..

stan

[AndrewH]

Very impressive!!!

[lellison]

wow, nice presents! Glad the arowana is okay after being held up!

[fishyjoe24]

nice fish just wait till he's full grown.

[misplacedsooner]

sweetness, id love to get a black. i have a silver thats about 2 ft. hes real nice and actually calm. great pickup man.
mike

[REYREY]

that is a pretty looking fish there....and then in that tank... wow...looks nice!!

santa has a crush on you!!!