Ok so there where two arapimas for sale at MLFS the owner kept one and the other one stayed there forsale for about 3 months in about a 5 to 10 gal tank I picked him up about a months ago hes about 13 to 14 inches insize. the owners is about 16 inches and displaying allot of red color mine looks pitch black like a black shark, his looks half sliver and half black with some good red coming in so could that 3 months of being kept in a super small tank stunted his coloration? hes in a huge tank now but I dont know why hes so dark like this I've had another one before and he was more silver in front and blk in the back like the fish store owners does any one kno why this is???
Need help from someone who knows allot about Arapiamas
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Anybody? Why is mine pitch black and they are normally half silver and half black I feel like they ruined the fish in terms of coloration is there any truth to this?
Maybe a female, I've read that they don't color up very well. They look like a big log or something.
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I just read that if there kept in a small tank when there at there biggest growth spert they will turn pitch black becuz there scales cant grow so it makes sense to me
Breeding females are dark in color with a red spot close to corner of the scale. I am no arapaima expert but I watched Jeremy wade recently showing this. Would love to own one if I can manage a large enough tank 
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Not true. Many pima keepers keep their pimas in a small tank and try to control the growth rate while bringing out the coloration to a maximum level.
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Well mine is 14 inches and has no color yet is this normal, My pimas sibling is 16 inches and has a tone of red popping out
