" Anyone Ever Thought of TANNING Your Silver Aro?"

[MistirE]

Pack up the aro..take it with you to Aruba or Cancun and lie out in the sun for hours on end.

Hmmmm......arowana sunburn>?

 

[Apad]

respectfully disagree...with tanning and certain foods, a silver can be very well colored.

i think rally might have an example pic? anybody else got a pic to share?

 

[Mitchell The Monster]

A little late to the party on this thread from 2007 A Apad

 

[islandguy11]

A little late to the party on this thread from 2007 A Apad

Ha ha just a little late (I recently replied to a 2012 thread without noticing lol). That said, nice looking silver A Apad -- though I am curious if you've achieved that with tanning (using UVA & UVB lighting) or is that just the effect of using pink & blue LED lighting -- or perhaps both?

 

[T1KARMANN]

Tanning a aro 24/7 can’t be good it’s like putting your child outside in the mid day sun with no sun cream on
In the wild all aria stay under the shade of over hanging trees and plants where they get shade from the sun and have access to food

 

[Apad]

Ha ha just a little late (I recently replied to a 2012 thread without noticing lol). That said, nice looking silver A Apad -- though I am curious if you've achieved that with tanning (using UVA & UVB lighting) or is that just the effect of using pink & blue LED lighting -- or perhaps both?

I'm using both and a little trick that brings up the color, the super red koi pellet.

 

[islandguy11]

I'm using both and a little trick that brings up the color, the super red koi pellet.

Well in that case we'd have to see a pic of your Aro with just regular white lighting (and no blue/pink LED) to see the true effect of your tanning process.

Also I'd guess your feeding the Koi pellet as just a supplement, right not main feed (as Aros are carnivores and have quite different dietary needs than omnivorous koi).

 

[Polyaddict86]

Aint tanning supposed to give a darker shade to arowana?

 

[islandguy11]

Aint tanning supposed to give a darker shade to arowana?

Yep, in fact I've read about Gold Xback owners who for some reason tried tanning and it seemed to have caused splotchy dark spots (sunburn) on their fish; not sure if the effect was permanent or not but I could see the same happening with a silver if overdone.

 

[Michael Alebrtus]

i tan my silver arowana and now it becomes black arowana