Super red silver aro

[peewee]

My 22" silver arowana is showing a lot of red on it's scales. It is really red showing at about a quarter of each individual scale. What could this mean? Is it normal? I've had silver aros before but it's the first time I saw this. I'll take pics soon.

 

[brutonsbrew]

well seems like a trend thread posted yesterday and i purchased one with the scales with about 1/3 red tint and 1/3 blue tint and 1/3 silver. i posted a thread and was told very normal for silver. after researching it is normal but all the silvers ive seen dont even come close to brightness of mine. i think some selective breeding for a more red color. was also told this will fade. added krill to diet and has only gotten brighter

 

[peewee]

Difference is that mine is not a juvenile, I know it's prevalent in juveniles to have a lot of red etc, but mine is quite mature. And I can say it's intense.

 

[andrewsin]

lets see the pics!

 

[LBathory]

a picture is worth 1000 threads.

 

[brutonsbrew]

pictures of red base aro on aquabid also juvenile and as far as mine over 12" and much more red then silvers of same size in next tank over

 

[david503bk]

Snap some pics. Sounds interesting.

 

[valderi123]

no pics no aro

 

[McPhishy]

I say it's just a good looking regular silver.

 

[bcarlos]

It sounds like a trickery of good lighting in combination with a good diet. It's entirely possible to have a silver with impressive reds, blues and purples.