Blue Arowana

[xrtg]

an asian aroa @ 300 bucks is highly unlikely.

btw anyone has any blue aro pictures?

 

[skinless]

ive seen a huge true blue asian aro ($$$$$) here.
ive also seen a small "blue" SA silver for $400. heh..someone bought it. way to research.

 

[rottbo]

i was originally talking about SA blue aros and just threw the pic of the asian in because i like it there really are BLUE SA AROS

 

[DiXoN]

i was originally talking about SA blue aros and just threw the pic of the asian in because i like it there really are BLUE SA AROS

so what is the latin name for these blue arowana from south america

 

[jason34]

actually there is a subspecies of black known as blue but i doubt it is one since they only come from one geographic location and they are illegal to exprt from there

your rite rottbo in what you say,there is a subspecies and thay are hard to come across,our lfs(whalfs)had 2 in and thay was 5 in the country at the time,both was about 7inch and costin£179.
and iv gotta say thay was lovely.

 

[PufferXtreme]

I've heard of it before and PFK have articled it. Probably not a species in it's own right but read this before jumping on him.

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/show_article.php?article_id=181

 

[Vince]

I've heard of it before and PFK have articled it. Probably not a species in it's own right but read this before jumping on him.

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/show_article.php?article_id=181

That fish in the article is a juvenile black aro...I will bet all my fish tanks that that fish was born black with a yellow stripe going across the body. I've kept a baby black aro a long time ago, and watch it grow to have the similar coloration as the fish in the picture. They all grow to be "a wanna be" silver aro. Call it what you want, but Osteoglossum Ferrerei is a black aro...that turns silver color full grown with a slight black/blue hue on the edge of the body fins..

 

[rumblesushi]

like vince said it's a black aro, and an actual quote from the article...

" It certainly seems unlikely that it is a distinct species as some in the UK trade have been claiming."

Which is what everyone has been saying.

Blue aro = black aro.

There is no blue osteoglossum.

 

[awesum]

$$$$$$ 300 for a fish !!!... dude it have to be like ex: asian type red / x-back / RTG..

ya dig fella... offer him $200 wave it in his face mabe you'll get a deal...

if you can get an asian aro (red/x-back/rtg) for 300.00 in the U.S., then that is like the deal of the century. for a red/x-back/rtg you are more looking at $900-$2,000.00. $300.00 will get you a asian green aro, sometimes $150.00.

$300.00 is pretty pricey for a south american aro. I bought my black for $9.99 when it was a fry. I actually saw a black aro not as good looking as mine at an lfs for $300.00. Now i wish I would've bought 10 baby blacks and sold them when they are bigger.

 

[redtailfool]

Just to recap : Asian Aros - Lots of color varients. Some with blue hues.
S.American Aro - Silver and Black - No Blues. Black IS Blue.


If the black aro is about 12 inches -14 200-250 can be fair at retail prices. If you can get
a black aro, get them as they are harder to come by every year .