Baby arows $12.99
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They usually only rip the head off of the father to get the young if it is worth alot of money like a super red or something. Its not worth killing an adult breeding silver to retreive all the young. Although they used to regularly kill adults to make sure they get all of the young, I have watched video from alot of breeders that have figured out how to get all of the babies out just by flushing the mouth and gills. It saves them alot of money by saving the breeder and babies. also, maybe someone turned those into the pet store because they did not want to raise them or did not know how.
justin;615066; said:
Thank you for info ...i cannot believe they use to rip the head off.. why did they take so long to figure out a better way.. i have to read up on this subject..
I need to make a comment here folks.
The fate of the father aside, many LFS order the small arrowanas due to the huge break in shipping cost. If you can pack 50 fish in a bag, and 2 bags in a box, the cost per fish is way lower than say a 6" fish where it may be 3 or 4 per bag. Business is business and the best petshop is still an animal dealer.
Now having said that, I have worked at my LFS off and on for 20 years and owned a few darlings with eggsacs. In my experience, they ship well, they grow well, and survival is as good or better than any other "specialty" type fish like fancy plecos or rainbowfish. In a bag of 50, there may be 1 or 2 DOA, and the rest are fine until they start picking on one another after the eggsacs are absorbed. Then it is time to seperate them into several tanks.
Maybe what some folks are missing is that these are baby fish. Do not take them home and plop a 2" fish with a yolksac into your 180 or even your 30 gallon community tank. A 15 gallon quarantine tank with a sponge filter is perfect, and feed small amounts several times per day. Feed good quality food and they will do just fine. Expect a growth rate of at least 1" per month for the first year, and enjoy your new pet.
Not looking to start an arguement, but these young fish can and do establish quite well in our home aquariums.
/Kris
The fate of the father aside, many LFS order the small arrowanas due to the huge break in shipping cost. If you can pack 50 fish in a bag, and 2 bags in a box, the cost per fish is way lower than say a 6" fish where it may be 3 or 4 per bag. Business is business and the best petshop is still an animal dealer.
Now having said that, I have worked at my LFS off and on for 20 years and owned a few darlings with eggsacs. In my experience, they ship well, they grow well, and survival is as good or better than any other "specialty" type fish like fancy plecos or rainbowfish. In a bag of 50, there may be 1 or 2 DOA, and the rest are fine until they start picking on one another after the eggsacs are absorbed. Then it is time to seperate them into several tanks.
Maybe what some folks are missing is that these are baby fish. Do not take them home and plop a 2" fish with a yolksac into your 180 or even your 30 gallon community tank. A 15 gallon quarantine tank with a sponge filter is perfect, and feed small amounts several times per day. Feed good quality food and they will do just fine. Expect a growth rate of at least 1" per month for the first year, and enjoy your new pet.
Not looking to start an arguement, but these young fish can and do establish quite well in our home aquariums.
/Kris
It's a shame if they kill the brooder to get the eggs. They shouldn't have to. Unless silver's jaws are locked tighter than their asian cousins. See here: http://dragonfish.com/
Looks pretty easy to collect them to me. Anyone know if silvers are farmed? That would be a cool business. Although, the silvers are probably going to fall to the same fate as the asians eventually. Overharvesting. I think there is already a ban on collecting them in columbia or brazil. I don't recall.
Looks pretty easy to collect them to me. Anyone know if silvers are farmed? That would be a cool business. Although, the silvers are probably going to fall to the same fate as the asians eventually. Overharvesting. I think there is already a ban on collecting them in columbia or brazil. I don't recall.
yah, i was gonna say as far as asians go, they dont even kill the father. they jus pry the jaw open to let the babies out. never heard of them killing the father jus to get the babies. if i saw a bunch of babie aro's at the lfs, i'd buy them up for sure. i love growing baby aro's n would love a pond of them some day.
oh, yeah, and on the dragonfish.com site. Look at gallery 101 for example. They just open the mouth and take the fish. Where did the killing of the father story come from?
It makes sense on the retail side.. but it still does not seem right to take all those babies from their dad when they are so small with the egg sack and i think your right if they ended up getting the right care with an experienced fish keeper the babies may have a chance to survive..but most people do not have a clue and most of those babies will perish either in the store or by the purchaser.. alot of LFS's don't have a clue taking care of fish either.. at least alot of the ones i see around here.Copeina;615455; said:
