hellow arowana lovers, noob checking in!!

[dayak]

i live in sacramento not even a year yet but im ready to have one of those monster fish called arowana, im in indonesian and grew up around those native indonesian arowan, and yes i was about to ask my brother back home ship me one of those until i found out that specific arowana is illegal here in the states?
is it true?
if it is, its a big bummer!!
o browsed the local aquarium store and they tend to carry only the silver/rainbow and the australian..
unfortunetely my wife dont want those silver and aussie aro, so im thinking about any arowana but silver and the aussie(jardine?)
is there sacramento aquarium shop that carry more wide variety of arowana here in north california?
is there reputable online vendor i could check their selection out online?
thanks in advance

 

[pi-eyed]

Unfortunately all asian aros are illegal in the united states. The only aros allowed in the united states are silvers,jardini,lei's and african aros..

I know it's a bummer,
Chris

 

[ICHIBAN TROPICAL FISH]

bump for u is going cost alot

 

[dayak]

so whats r my option for arowana fish here in california?

 

[pi-eyed]

silvers,jardini,lei's and african aros..

 

[Juxtaroberto]

silvers,jardini,lei's and african aros..

And Black arowanas, too. Sorry, but no asians here whatsoever.

 

[pi-eyed]

And Black arowanas, too. Sorry, but no asians here whatsoever.

Yup forgot black aros---Thank you

---Chris

 

[dayak]

i noticed theres blue/black arowana as well, arent it just silver arowana?
how do you tell the different between those? especially when they r juvies?
thanks in advance

 

[Bderick67]

Sounds like you have much researching to do.

 

[Juxtaroberto]

i noticed theres blue/black arowana as well, arent it just silver arowana?
how do you tell the different between those? especially when they r juvies?
thanks in advance

Blue and black are the same species, Osteoglossum ferrari, but some have a blue sheen all over their bodies, so they call them "blue arowanas" and hike up the price ridiculously.

Silver arowana is Osteoglossum bicirrhosum, and while silver and black arowanas look very similar, there are some distinguishing characteristics, especially when they're very young. Also, silvers tend to have light pink markings, especially on their fins, which are otherwise mostly transparent, while most black arowanas retain some black at the very edge of their fins. They also have some white/gold splotches on their dorsal fin, while in the silver arowana it's more like little pink vertical lines.

Both South American species reach 4' in length, though, and require a much bigger tank.

The most similar to the Asian arowanas are the two australians, they're even in the same genus, Scleropages. Body shape is mostly identical, except that they lack the coloration of the asians.