Selecting Baby Silver Aros

[GiangNOOO]

Alright so im going to orange county tomorrow and going to buy some baby aros. I know to pick ones with flat eyes and no damages or deformities. But what about PLJ how do i select for that? I was thinking pick ones with even jaws or with even a slightly shorter jaw? oh year are differents in heads as well? PLEASE REPLY I just want to have a good strt with these guys. Growout in 100 gal then 150 few months then BIG undicided but got the funds!

Thank you for your time

Giang

 

[GiangNOOO]

anyone! or can anyone refer me to a different that has that info?

 

[LemonHead]

Whats PLJ?

 

[LemonHead]

Whats PLJ?

Pure Lemon Juice?

 

[Full Metal Gundam]

pertruding lower jaw. there is no 100% way to tell of plj in small aros. you could buy a bunch with perfect jaws when small only to have some get it later.

 

[GiangNOOO]

alright wish me luck haha

 

[ctoychik]

Buy what appeals to you. Be sure that the aro is swiming openly and not just sitting in a corner or something. Clearly if there is a sign of disease then you should think twice unless there is a substantial discount (personally i would not do it)

You can ask LFS to feed the aro so that you can see the agro feeder. If you can get a pellet trained one then even better

Other than that there is no way to choose the juvi aros imo

 

[GiangNOOO]

Just picked up a few babies from 405 they look great and eating already! guess what they were only 7 bucks a pop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ctoychik]

Just picked up a few babies from 405 they look great and eating already! guess what they were only 7 bucks a pop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7 bucks? that's a steal.... over here a baby silver cost around 20 bucks (with serious bargaining and must be a puny juvenile no more than 4" never seen anything smaller than 4" in any case)

may be wholesale price is that but not retail for sure - and fish are CHEAP over here ^^

Congrats ^^ pix now pls (i love new pix)

 

[Morledzep]

wow, that's a DEAL.. how big are they?

Inifinte aquatics has some that are around 6" for $15.. i got two. and i'm negotiating for a couple larger ones from someone else. hehehe

when i got my first one (Pinky) i watched all the fish in the tank for a long time, i got the one with good straight undamaged barbels, no fin damage and the most color of all of the fish in the tank. i think that's about all you can do.. and hope for the best.