Pearlscale arowana ? (asian)

[Drunken]

After my silver arowana incident, I`ve been looking to get an entry lvl asian arowana. So today i got a call from a lfs that he had gotten 1 home for me
Well its aclimating now, and I`m a happy camper.
I`m thinking pearlscale is just another common name for a green or ?

I`ll post some pics later for you all

 

[Koji]

friend.... there's no such thing as pear scale asia aro.

 

[Onion01]

i've heard leichardti be called pearlscale, so I don't know. Hope you got a green

 

[Koji]

i've heard leichardti be called pearlscale, so I don't know. Hope you got a green

Actually it's jardini which are called pearl arowana here. Becos we got jar more easily than lei.

 

[Drunken]

I`m beggning to think its a jar too, becouse of the egg spots on anal and dorsal fin
Sorry for the crappy setup, i justed moved house so my main tank is not up and running yet

 

[Onion01]

sorry man, but that isn't an asian aro. It's a jar. How much did you pay? Go return it if it was too much!

 

[Koji]

sorry man, but that isn't an asian aro. It's a jar. How much did you pay? Go return it if it was too much!

I agree 110%. It's a jar. If he claim that it's a asia and you're paying alot for it, it's definately a con job.

 

[Drunken]

I went to him with the latin name, for asian aro`s and told him i was looking for an entry lvl asian arowana, and i said that was probely a green.
Paid 450kr, wich is around 75 US dollars... to much ? Silvers go for 15-20 dollar or 150-250 kr...
Gonna have word with the lfs anyway

Edit : When i picked it up he was 100% sure it was an asian, just not sure on wich color variant

 

[Onion01]

that's a little high for US standards. One sure-fire way to tell asian aros from others is that they have 5 rows of large scales on the sides. Jars have a lot more, smaller scales

 

[Koji]

IEdit : When i picked it up he was 100% sure it was an asian, just not sure on wich color variant

If he tell you that it's an asia aro. Then he dunno what he's selling at all. Sometime it's not the money spend, but it's the bad encounter with this kinda issue that damn the whole mood of fish keeping.