Interesting facts XB v/s HB Golden arowana

[aakash]

Hi, All most of the senior Arowana keepers must be aware of the fact that i'm going to tell you about cross back arowanas. But, i did not know this ealier and found very interesting, so like to share it with you guys.
To be very sure if you are buying a cross back or a high back arowana, when they are young is the presence of Perlies on them.
If, perlies are present on them then, they are going to reach 6th level scales shine for sure.And hence are cross back golden arowana.

Perlies are the small but colored scales just at the base of dorsal and anal fins.

Check the pics:

 

[UnstoppableJayD]

Asian Aros fascinate me (probably because I can not have one) .... When people speak of shine level.. like 6th level etc... what does that mean? Thanks

 

[aakash]

Asian Aros fascinate me (probably because I can not have one) .... When people speak of shine level.. like 6th level etc... what does that mean? Thanks

6th level shine means, even the top scales of the aro is colored( Golden in golden aro), instead of just being black.

 

[H]-[H]

Yea, I learned about this a few weeks back before I got my high back..
Should have got the crossback but was short of cash lol

 

[UnstoppableJayD]

so 5th level is the last row before the top?

 

[aakash]

so 5th level is the last row before the top?

yes.

 

[T1KARMANN]

Hi, All most of the senior Arowana keepers must be aware of the fact that i'm going to tell you about cross back arowanas. But, i did not know this ealier and found very interesting, so like to share it with you guys.
To be very sure if you are buying a cross back or a high back arowana, when they are young is the presence of Perlies on them.
If, perlies are present on them then, they are going to reach 6th level scales shine for sure.And hence are cross back golden arowana.

Perlies are the small but colored scales just at the base of dorsal and anal fins.

Check the pics:

To be fair anyone paying big money on a xback should know everything there is to know about gold aros

If they haven't researched properly then it's their own fault


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[Revolution8789]

Each have its own beauty. It's the eyes of the buyer to decide which to buy.

 

[royteo86]

[video=youtube;cBIMG9iszyQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBIMG9iszyQ[/video]


got it as a RTG but it seems like a crossback ? haha

 

[Rhomadeas]

I couldn't really tell - perhaps you should send it to me so I can watch it in my tank for a while and figure it out.

Beautiful fish you have there!