Is this a black arowana?

[gazelle]

im guessing silver....

 

[feeling2good]

the vid is of a black. 200% sure

 

[T@nkbuster]

Why would you say this? Did you not look at the video or the pictures provided? There is what appears to be a black aro in the tank.

Maybe the OP can post pics of all three of his aros, then everybody can see the difference between a silver and a black. Or maybe not.

I did, and my vote is for silver. You raised a good point in that the OP mentioned that he has a black aro yet he finds it difficult to tell whether his new one is a silver or a black. That's why I said maybe they are both silver, they might be even both black. The video and pictures are open to interpretation as we're 4 pages into this thread yet it seems to be 50-50.

I agree, clear pictures of all 3 aros would make this mystery history in no time.

 

[jlnguyen74]

these were the best i cud do..
my attach button has gone missing
so i made a video of the pics on youtube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zeish0uJgOc

The fish in this link is silver!

I think there are two species of aros in there. Black and silver. At around 10 seconds you'll a tail of a black arowana. But the last pics showed silver aro.

You're right about the vid link, there are two types arowana in there, one black, one silver

 

[Stephaan]

i'll try getting new pics of both of them if you guys want. but to be honest the fish looks much darker in real life than in the pics which is why im so confused.

but for now i'm just going to leave it as a super stressed silver and hopefully time will tell.

 

[jlnguyen74]

i'll try getting new pics of both of them if you guys want. but to be honest the fish looks much darker in real life than in the pics which is why im so confused.

but for now i'm just going to leave it as a super stressed silver and hopefully time will tell.

Arowana turns dark with dark background tank, or dark substrate. Put it in a light color background tank, it will get lighter. It's a silver, whether it's dark or light. Your LFS knows what they're selling

 

[Bderick67]

The fish in this link is silver!

You're right about the vid link, there are two types arowana in there, one black, one silver

OMG! Another thread in which we agree. gettin kinda scary

 

[dmopar74]

these were the best i cud do..
my attach button has gone missing
so i made a video of the pics on youtube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zeish0uJgOc

silver

anybody ID'ing this fish as a black should not be ID'ing aro's

 

[Bderick67]

silver

anybody ID'ing this fish as a black should not be ID'ing aro's

Well at least nobody is claiming it's a blue arowana.

 

[jlnguyen74]

OMG! Another thread in which we agree. gettin kinda scary

Well at least nobody is claiming it's a blue arowana.

You mean like a Vendor who claims blue is a type of silver?