bought red arowana?

[scriving]

Blqacks do not develop DE. Only silvers.

and asians

 

[leeishom]

silvers with mad DE, terrible.

 

[brutonsbrew]

loving the education but what is the deal with what they are calling blue arrowana ive seen blacks and silvers but never blue. cant see diffrence. also in us so not asain i though i would gladly beak the law for any of asian colorations

 

[Morledzep]

blue is often just another name for a black arowana. one of these days i may own one, but i'm happy with my silvers right now.

 

[dragonfish1ca]

Apparently Blue's are like an almost sub sub species lol..... I have seen them in person and do fetch a higher price than black but to me and the importer selling them they were almost like washed out blacks lol.... Just like a red silver.... I have a 10" now that has red in its scales and on its gill cover.... It will be gone in a few months and Ive seen it ALOT.... Its not permanent or something you could price higher on by any means

 

[creepyoldguy]

Apparently Blue's are like an almost sub sub species lol..... I have seen them in person and do fetch a higher price than black but to me and the importer selling them they were almost like washed out blacks lol.... Just like a red silver.... I have a 10" now that has red in its scales and on its gill cover.... It will be gone in a few months and Ive seen it ALOT.... Its not permanent or something you could price higher on by any means

I'm no expert, but blues and blacks are the same thing. They are called blue due to the blue tint on the blacks tails when they are younger. I had one, but went on vacation and didnt get fed quite enough, so it jumped to its death.

 

[Bderick67]

Blqacks do not develop DE. Only silvers.

A few different people claim that there is a black with DE at the Shedd aquarium in Chicago, no pics though. There is a large black posted on youtube with DE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kGn1Xd899o

I'm no expert, but blues and blacks are the same thing. They are called blue due to the blue tint on the blacks tails when they are younger. I had one, but went on vacation and didnt get fed quite enough, so it jumped to its death.

Yes you are correct, blue black are the same. LOL I once had someone tell me that one of my blacks was actually a hybrid cross between a blue and black aro

 

[creepyoldguy]

Why do blacks normally not develop de, and it's so common in silvers? Is it something to do with blacks being wild caught and the silvers come from farms?

 

[Morledzep]

Why do blacks normally not develop de, and it's so common in silvers? Is it something to do with blacks being wild caught and the silvers come from farms?

that's one of the theories.. i have 2 wild caught silvers that have yet to develop DE at 20". and my old farm bred silver got DE during her wild stage around 12". It seems to have held true here.. but that is only 3 fish, not a real study.

 

[Juxtaroberto]

Jardini is a part of Asian Aro family, Australia was stick with Asia 100 million years ago (I think) !

Yes, but the common ancestor of all Scleropages species speciated about 140 million years ago. You could just as easily say that the Asian Aro is part of the Australian Aro family. Besides, I think when Australia was connected to the Asian continent, it had a different name.