Is that a normal arapaima

[breman_sreyas]

My friend is buying this arapaima.He has a huge pond,nd a 10ft grouwup tank.
Wanted to know whether the arapaima is of which type.
And how should it be natured

 

[breman_sreyas]

I haven't seen arapaima baby having such markings on the body,is that normal .or some other variety

 

[azura]

yeah its first time i see baby pima like that, usually just darked metallic greenish
and there are types/varieties of arapaima , but only one really common the arapaima gigas
the others were extinct or rare , i dont really know

 

[breman_sreyas]

Same thing I thought of also .if it's another species then it's totally awesome

 

[krichardson]

They look a little beat up to me.

 

[Dee eng]

They look a little beat up to me.

+1

 

[breman_sreyas]

Don't know.but the pattern remained the same through out

 

[Roberto G]

Fins are all torn up and look like they went through A LOT of stress... That alone is a clear indicator of a fish not to buy... Always look for healthy fish when making an important purchase, specially with arapaima them being so skittish when young regarding feeding and stuff... If I was your friend I wouldn't risk buying that fish. One thing I learned with arapaima is that there's a time in life for you to have one, I personally spent almost 6 years trying to find the perfect arapaima, missing a lot of oportunities due to monetary reasons or just because of me not being able to keep one at the time. Your friend does have a good growout tank now, but all he has to do now is wait for the perfect arapaima to come!

 

[breman_sreyas]

True..the seller was telling it was some wild variety that's why it looked like that ..I was thinking the wild specimens are still being hunted endangering them more