coolest fish of ancient fish

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big rules, so would have to be Aparima gigas,commonly known in thailand as amazon snake head,to( all you snake head lovers they actually sell here live, at the food market for $2-3kg)
Aro's are the greatest,asians no1,Jardini no2, then silvers no3.
At chatuchuk in bankok,(I live in Phuket Thailand) silvers are available at 3+in for$4 ,here in phuket about $15, Jardini I can get here 3+in $25, and asian you can spend $thousands depending on size and colour ,aparimas are readily available at 2ins up starting at $4and going up according to size
 
wazza said:
big rules, so would have to be Aparima gigas,commonly known in thailand as amazon snake head,to( all you snake head lovers they actually sell here live, at the food market for $2-3kg)
Aro's are the greatest,asians no1,Jardini no2, then silvers no3.
At chatuchuk in bankok,(I live in Phuket Thailand) silvers are available at 3+in for$4 ,here in phuket about $15, Jardini I can get here 3+in $25, and asian you can spend $thousands depending on size and colour ,aparimas are readily available at 2ins up starting at $4and going up according to size
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$4.00 for an pima!!! Wow, lost of people in asia own makeship ponds (holes in the ground get filled with water), although some also get those exquisite ones. Does anyone know if a 72"x30"x30" enough space for one Pima?
 
guppy said:
Sterlets are fairly common and are farm raised, fairly cheap in England. they actually get pretty hardy when larger but are delicate when small. The reason(s) they don't do well in most tanks is that they need low temps and lots of O2, much like trout. 60-70 degrees F. would be great with extra aeration. They also get out competed for food when small. I you can keep rainbow trout you can probably keep sturgeon. I checked out a couple sites not that long ago that had sterlets, stellate sturgeon, and siberian sturgeon for sale in the U.K.
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ic, thanks for the information. ya boy the small ones keep dieing. till the lfs in sg, dont dare to bring them in, coz they would be hard to make any profit out of them, due to the really high death rate..

dont really see them in sg lfs now..

its good u guys have easier time keeping them, coz ur climate over there is cold, compared to sg. haha
 
i think im gonna bump this up to see if any of the new members have some ancient fish to tell but the celocanth is awesome if only live in the home aquarium
 
There is a theory that Snakeheads are one of the oldest fish on the planet... Before human existance possibly before the dinasours all the continents were attacked... asia and africa were right beside each other. This is way Snakeheads are native to only asia and africa and although they have inhabited other countries they are merely immigrants. So i'm going to have to say Snakeheads are the coolest ancient fish... :thumbsup:
 
A MONSTER aussie lungfish.
 
guppy said:
Sterlets are fairly common and are farm raised, fairly cheap in England. they actually get pretty hardy when larger but are delicate when small. The reason(s) they don't do well in most tanks is that they need low temps and lots of O2, much like trout. 60-70 degrees F. would be great with extra aeration. They also get out competed for food when small. I you can keep rainbow trout you can probably keep sturgeon. I checked out a couple sites not that long ago that had sterlets, stellate sturgeon, and siberian sturgeon for sale in the U.K.
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pretty much every garden centre that sells fish have sterlet/sturgeon pools with loads for sale for ponds.

for me though it has to be the asian arowana
 
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