hey guys, this sounds really silly but is there some element to this? I'm from India and almost all Silver Arowanas we buy here are imported from the south east. I was talking to a flowerhorn breeder here about breeding silvers and he said the farms that breed them actually neuter them by adding some chemical into the water when they are very little, say when they are past 10 days. I've been wondering cos breeders in India have been able to breed almost every other fish they can but not Arowanas (Silvers or Asian or Aus).. Any comments on this guys..
Sounds silly but is there somethin to this????
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Yeah guys.. there have been guys who have had arowanas in open ponds and quite a large number of them but no one ever as in individuals have claimed breeding so far..
Could have to do with a import thing, incase of wild release when the get to big. If that is the case I'm sure after some searching you might be able to find out. If not it would be a good idea for some species in other places. We aren't permitted to have snakeheads because they were released into the wild and started taking over our waterways. Its amazing how they could out reproduce and out feed anything else.
Yeah,Silvers could probably live and reproduce if they were released in many areas in India.Snakeheads on the other hand could'nt survive the harsh winters and freezeing water in some areas here but they have supposedly already done enough damage so they're are banned nationwide.leather;3996237; said:
interesting and possibly true theory . . . but it also could be that the southeast asians are just better at husbandry and breeding of arowana. they have many more years, decades and perhaps centuries of experience with these fish. they even consider arowana to be a good luck charm. to them, the fish is more than just a hobby. to the southeast asian community, arowana is a cultural icon.
Yeah but that sentiment only applies to the Formosus Arowana,not the silvers that the OP is asking about.The Asian aro has to be the most difficult fish in the hobby to breed,that is worth breeding,but the silvers are very different when it comes to breeding so in this case, they probably are sterilized somehow.phillydog1958;3996311; said: