All black Arapaima Gigas!!!!!!

rob0521

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Omg. I'm shocked. I'm on vacation in Michigan (arapaimas are illegal in FL) and I went to this fish store, Oceans and Seas, and I saw a completely black Arapaima!!! It was about 6-7" and 225$. Im still trieing to get a pic up I got a crappy one on my phone... So what is this thing, melanistic maybe??? The guy at the store said it was being beat up by another fish so they moved it to a different tank and was treating it. The black is definetly not caused by stress because it is black as hell, like it was dipped in a black sharpie ink. Is this thing worth anything, is it worth buying??? Like I said I'll try to get pics ASAP.
 

bmxer4ever

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Pics please! Let's see this baby monster.....
 

rob0521

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bmxer4ever;1008318; said:
Pics please! Let's see this baby monster.....
I know I know I'm trying, my phones being a loser...
 

rob0521

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:)
 

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cichlaguapote

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Stress? R1's turned black for a while...
 

rob0521

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again sorry for the crappy quality...
 

rob0521

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cichlaguapote;1008356; said:
Stress? R1's turned black for a while...
well the guy said it was being bullied but if you saw the pic it was super black
 

cichlaguapote

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rob0521;1008360; said:
well the guy said it was being bullied but if you saw the pic it was super black
yeah but black background(fish tend to blend/look darker on black) x stress you never know. John would know for sure but R1's was pretty black before he gave it away and I think he said he thought it was stress. Either way look cool that color.
 

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Yea I'll just wait for others to reply. I want to be completely sure before I spend the money on it.
 
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