Arrowana, birds and the bees

[lil_lara]

How do arrowana's breed? I know it doesnt happen in captivity in the home and i'm not going to try.. i'm just curious.. anyone got any good links?

[rayman45]

well the female drops the eggs,
the male sprays sperm on them
then the father, scoops them in his mouth
u know that onls chestnut

i have a video of 2 rtg asian aros in a tank laying eggs, and the father spraying sperm and picking them up

when i can get that computer fixed ill e-mail it to neo

[iheartfishies]

Get o n it Ray...

that sounds interesting to see.

[pufferking]

man breeding aros must be hard. i have a hard enough time breeding guppies :hitting:

[rayman45]

my old computer don go online

im working on it ( im a nub at computers tho)

[Vietrice2k5]

Wow, how big is the tank that the rtgs were in? Must be a sight to see....aro's are majestic.

[rayman45]

i dont no
i was just kinda a shot on a 45 angle of the back conner

had to be 3.5 - 4 feet wide

****ing cool video

very peaceful swimming

[RockyGoldy]

Actually I do have a DVD of the footage of how a pair of X-back aros breed and they harvest the eggs straight off the tank.... :drool:

[HamsterGuy]

heres a link to some ways of how the pros harvest the arowanas. good site. :)
http://www.dragonfish.com/photo85.htm

[redtailfool]

Breeding aros have been done in tanks and ponds. Commercially they are done
in mud ponds as it somehow more conducive to their growth and they willingness to spawn. However concrete breeding in ponds (commercially ) has been done as of late.


Private collectors have long spawned aros in concrete ponds. I dont know what the exact specs are to make them do it though. A little Barry White music maybe ? :)

[rayman45]

my old computer is still in storage
sorry for that

[The TRUST]

Actually I do have a DVD of the footage of how a pair of X-back aros breed and they harvest the eggs straight off the tank.... :drool:

Ur sending us a video of that to the US. :D

[ashdavid]

A friend of mine got arow's to spawn in a 900g acrilic tank. And I have heard of it been done in a 500g with goldens here in Japan.

[The TRUST]

A friend of mine got arow's to spawn in a 900g acrilic tank. And I have heard of it been done in a 500g with goldens here in Japan.

WOW! He got vids???

I have heard of people spawning Arowanas in tanks as small as 180G

[redtailfool]

WOW! He got vids???

I have heard of people spawning Arowanas in tanks as small as 180G

Ooh now you give me hope :grinno:

[RockyGoldy]

Ur sending us a video of that to the US. :D

Sure pal..i dun mind actually...bro..pm me your mailing addy...i will arrange for it..

[The TRUST]

Thanks RG! u got PM :)

[redtailfool]

Thanks RG! u got PM :)


dont forget to make copies now... :)

[The TRUST]

Of course I wont :)

[redtailfool]

Of course I wont :)
:hearts:

Whos better than the bday boy??

[rayman45]

i send neo a video
he cant post b/c we can find the owner
pm me ill send it to you 400+ posts and ill e-mail it to you

[riskistang]

Good link...I got 2 aro's and wouldn't mind them gettin' a lil' close to each other and see what could turn out......porbably fish food for the rest of there tank buddies!

[Beowulf]

I dont suppose anyone can confirm how to seperate the sexes?

[darkemotion]

wow!!!

[kagemaru]

problem no.1 is identify the sexes...

Problem no.2 is getting them sexually matured

Problem No.3 is getting the male experienced enuff not to eat up the fries

Problem no.4 is whether to harvest direct from brooder or wait for natural exit of the fries

Problems...problems....problems:p

[DeLgAdO]

i wanna see some stuff of silver arows breeding.

[luckydragon]

Can I have some pix, or video of the arowana breeding, too? Thanks

[rayman45]

i have 2 videos

when i get home on monday i will e-mail you all
if you want it please e-mail me at rayman45@gmail.com