Asian arowana interest poll

[blackwind]

This obviously would never work for a variety of reasons but I vote for regulated prices so that it would be worthless for the black market to sell wild caught asian arowana to the unsuspecting public.

Super red = $10.00 USD

 

[T1KARMANN]

i hear soooo many people moaning about paying $1500 for a leo now how many people would spend $2000 on a aro not many

you will get a few people who buy greens 1.5 reds and RTG but the people who spend the big $$$ on xback or high grade reds their wont be many

 

[D.Pulcher]

X-BACK FTW!! I would love to have like 4 of them

Ohhh purple panda X-back lovely

 

[frontosafanatic]

to me there is nothing more beautiful than a full grown chilli or super red arowana,i'd buy one right now if could

 

[frontosafanatic]

I would give it his own show tank

 

[jxd215]

i would definitely buy one. i mean, the silvers and the jars are great and beautiful fish, but there is no monster with the splendor and beauty of a mature rtg or a mature green. as long as it was captive bred, of course.

 

[artemis1]

I thought they were legal here. I saw a lfs with one...must of been imported illegally i guess. There's lots of jardini's and silvers here though.

If it was legal, and they were only 1k or less, I'd buy one. My fav aro.

 

[Sundew]

Seems to me a legit fish farm, say in Hawai`i, could import fish from a legal source like a Singapore farm and start a breeding program. All fish could be chipped before sale, same as they are doing oversea, but domesticly. If our government wanted to use a percentage for conservation of the wild fish, no problem. It certainly would put no strain on wild populations, and might stop the black market, and you would think you could make a decent profit on such pricey fish. Plus, last I heard Tigers were endangered, but supposedly we have more in captivity around the world (and quite a few in the U.S.) than in the wild. That does not adress the conservation of habitat, but at least the animal is not extinct and now we have more Tigers than we have places to house them.

If overfishing or habitat destruction has cause this problem with the Asian Arowana, you can look for more of this in the future. There are several fish species that do not breed readily in captivity. Unless they have come up with artificial means of breeding, we may one day face the same situation with Clown Loaches, Knifefishes, Leporinus, or maybe some fish that you as a hobbiest enjoy. They will no longer be available.

To answer the poll question: I would buy one if it were legal in the U.S., I could get a permit for Florida and IF the price was right. But beauacracy being what it is, I don't look for that any time soon.

 

[cichlaguapote]

i hear soooo many people moaning about paying $1500 for a leo now how many people would spend $2000 on a aro not many

you will get a few people who buy greens 1.5 reds and RTG but the people who spend the big $$$ on xback or high grade reds their wont be many

There are people who moan but those also who would pay the price. If everyone moaned about $1500.00 rays and no one bought them then Mike/CSX wouldn't have much of a business or a reason for such a breeding operation would he? Sure there are dreamers everywhere but there is also a real interest.

I don't think Wizzin is looking for only people who want the high high grade stuff, just who would be interested in any asian arows. If they're going to legalize them then they'll probably legalize them all at least down to the RTG's.

 

[wizzin]

I just wanted to share this document so people could better understand what conservation efforts are being carried out. Notice there is no mention of re-stocking the wild. There are many other things that can be done to try to establish breeding populations in the wild, or to sustain existing stocks.

http://www.savethearowana.com/images/Dragonfish brochure.pdf