Super Red Asian Arowana Breeder
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hatorihanzoe;1205327; said:
Hatorihanzoe,
We don't have a website (yet) and no, we are not from hong kong. Kowloon means 9 dragons (Arowanas are called dragon fish in some language due to its likeness to the mythical creature) and there is this story about 9 dragons which brings good fortune (there's a book written to cover the subject, so 1 post wouldn't do them any justice
). It was even used as the name of a very well known suburb in Hong Kong.Basically owning 9 dragons (Arowanas) would have great benefit to the feng shui of your offices or houses. And many of the local businessman/woman would put 9 Arowanas in a tank and located the tank behind their seat (with guests facing the tank). This is believed to bring great aura and increase the charisma of the owner, also to prevent others to do bad things to them. From what I gathered, this has also become quite popular in many Asian countries.
CheckJr;1204840; said:
Yes.. I am like a private breeder who keeps his fish in an arowana farm. So in a way i pick up alot of tips on selecting brooding fishes. For me i normally look at the bodyshape and the head. And its really quite diffuclt to get it wrong considering that its quite clear cut between male and female. After all, most arowanas are female. The only time i am unsure is when the fishing features are not clearly distinctive. But of course, this is because I am also no professional.
castbug;1208192; said:
Castbug,
I could not agree if you said that most arowanas are female. It is the other way around. In fact, from the disaster of last year (read the previous post) we found out that almost 70% of them are male (we also asked other breeders for this)
CheckJr;1221847; said:
No offence, but I could not agree with you either. Because that is one was told to me by the founding father of Asian Arowana captive breeding in Singapore and by most farm owners which i have dealings with. In the case of reds, they reach maturity in 5 years. Hence, not all females will be mature with eggs in the body at any time, so its abit hard. but then agian, the old man could be referring to the Malaysian golden.
castbug;1229290; said:
When I say Arowana, I refer to Super Red Asian Arowana. I have no experience whatsoever in breeding other types of Arowana. And when I say most SR Arowana are male, it was only from our own personal experience (we do an autopsy every time there's a dead fish and there have been many of them
) as well as discussions with other SR breeders in our area. It is also important to note that there are only very few SR Arowana breeders outside West Kalimantan, since they are very difficult to breed in other places. Even the successful ones reported that each only produces a small number of frys.CheckJr;1229702; said:When I say Arowana, I refer to Super Red Asian Arowana. I have no experience whatsoever in breeding other types of Arowana. And when I say most SR Arowana are male, it was only from our own personal experience (we do an autopsy every time there's a dead fish and there have been many of them
Hi from my understanding, the cluster of Indonesian farms are around Pontianak, Jakarta and West Kalimantan right? In Singapore, we get alot of fishes coming in from Wajok and PT dena Silva. The nicer ones come in from Mitra.
castbug;1230396; said:
The capital of West Kalimantan is Pontianak. West Kalimantan is the name of the province. And I know there's a farm at the outskirt of Jakarta but the products are unknown. As for Wajok, well that's from our parent company PT. Wajok Inti Lestari
. You might have heard of Wajok Red. And I certainly wouldn't comment on products from other farms.