shooting blanks?

[CYRUS]

i was told by a friend of mind that when you buy a higher end of arowanas most of them have been altered/neutered so they cant produce.
is that true?

 

[T1KARMANN]

as you cant tell male from female how can it

 

[Mystix212]

How many consumers of asian arowana's actually breed them? If they were, it would be an extremely small percentage so the cost of getting them to be sterile would be a complete waste of money.

 

[G_sharky]

Asian Arowana's takes about 4-5 years to mature...to breed them you need a big space(a pond)...this is not easy and not everybody can afford the space and the amount of money to purchase and to care for these fish...that's why they are expensive....and no average hobbist could sex them which means you have to buy a group and unless you have a lot of money to blow and it's illegal to own and possess these fish in some country like the US and Australia....

 

[amehel0]

umm how are you supposed to make 'high' end aros, use 2 crap specimen? NO!!! you use 2 high ends.

 

[CYRUS]

umm how are you supposed to make 'high' end aros, use 2 crap specimen? NO!!! you use 2 high ends.

no i mean when the farmer sell the arowana to th public, i was told they neuter it before they sell it. obviously they dont neuter their own stock

 

[T1KARMANN]

rubbish if you ask me they are not strile breeding aros of any type is not easy

they throw loads of males and females in the pond they cant tell who the mother is just the father as he is holding the eggs

 

[Koji]

i was told by a friend of mind that when you buy a higher end of arowanas most of them have been altered/neutered so they cant produce.
is that true?

Of course not. Your friend know nothing about the market and he's trying to impress you with his bullsh1t

 

[TMDragon]

Yeah, I really doubt they neuter the fish. Waste of time and money, not to mention that by neutering the fish you also have a chance of injuring or even killing it since its not very apparent which is a female or male. Anyway like G_sharky said, it takes lots of time and space to breed arowanas. Even if they do breed, what are the chances that the eggs will survive? Not very high, in most home aquariums. So I truely doubt they do anything to the fish.

 

[Koji]

Yeah, I really doubt they neuter the fish. Waste of time and money, not to mention that by neutering the fish you also have a chance of injuring or even killing it since its not very apparent which is a female or male. Anyway like G_sharky said, it takes lots of time and space to breed arowanas. Even if they do breed, what are the chances that the eggs will survive? Not very high, in most home aquariums. So I truely doubt they do anything to the fish.

It's also partially that some time hobbyist might sell back their aro when they're big to the farm in some cases.