Update on Merlion Dreamfish Asian arowana
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They've landed 
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Merlion Royal Premium Blue Base Crossbacks
Three amigos (BBXB), filmed in Vancouver on March 26, 2022. Awaiting shipping.
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Client tank # 1 - March 25, 2022
A community tank assembled with one Merlion Emerald Snakeskin, one Merlion Royal Premium Gold Crossback, one Merlion Royal Premium Bluebase Crossback, one Pa...
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Hey those last 3 look familiar ??They've landed
Merlion Royal Premium Blue Base Crossbacks
Three amigos (BBXB), filmed in Vancouver on March 26, 2022. Awaiting shipping.
Client tank # 1 - March 25, 2022
A community tank assembled with one Merlion Emerald Snakeskin, one Merlion Royal Premium Gold Crossback, one Merlion Royal Premium Bluebase Crossback, one Pa...
I'll post some more videos from clients as they become available
These particular names are to indicate the quality tiers of the fish. After seeing the new arrivals I understand what that means. These fish in the videos /pictures are displaying colours a 6”, which I have mostly only seen in 8-10” fish. They are looking very promising
A simple way to grade Asian arowana would be low (normal), medium (above normal), premium, super premium, and extreme premium. I have been importing Asian arowana regularly for almost 20 years now and understand the grading and pricing systems pretty well. There is line breeding involved with Asian arowana which allows the farms to offer any specific "lines"; so a "Blue Jade" is a line bred arowana with proprietary knowledge. By that I mean it could be a BBXB crossed with a green, then recrossed with a BBXB, then crossed with a red, then recrossed with a BBXB. This is how really amazing colour combinations can come out in the fish when older. The farms will never tell you exactly what is in their various lines, but experienced keepers can kind of guess/deduce the ancestry by studying various aspects of the fish' development. The same kind of approach is taken with many other tropical freshwater fish for sale (angelfish, discus, etc.). It does get very complicated in the Asian arowana hobby that many farms breed the same types of fish using the same general knowledge, but then give the fish their own brand names. So what is a "Blue Jade" for Merlion Dreamfish could be an "Absolute Blue" for another farm etc. It makes it a bit hard to make straight comparisons between the fish lines offered by the farms. This is where trust in the farm comes in. The Merlion Dreamfish farm is a premium farm known for its high quality. I have been importing regularly from them for over 10 years now.
I am sure Merlion is good.
In May I am building my 3000 litre, and some time after I will get an aro, most probably gold and bluebase. I want a good fish at a good price. As a consumer, words like dream, premium, jade, AAA, etc. put me off.
I want a fancy fish, not fancy words.
In May I am building my 3000 litre, and some time after I will get an aro, most probably gold and bluebase. I want a good fish at a good price. As a consumer, words like dream, premium, jade, AAA, etc. put me off.
I want a fancy fish, not fancy words.
You'll find lots of nice Asian Aros in Chatachuk market, and elsewhere in Thailand. In fact, there are now aro breeding facilities in Thailand. You should appreciate the basic concept of low/medium/high for grading though. Imagine you had 100 Aros (or any fish for that matter). How would you grade them? Probably into those categories There is another style of sales from the farms in which they do mass export of around 100 fish and leave it to the importer to do the grading for final sale. If you don't know much about Aros try and find someone to help you choose one. There are some basics like drop eye, protruding lower jaw, shark bite, pearlies, shine level etc. that you should know about. Good luck with your tank project.
There is another style of sales from the farms in which they do mass export of around 100 fish and leave it to the importer to do the grading for final sale. If you don't know much about Aros try and find someone to help you choose one. There are some basics like drop eye, protruding lower jaw, shark bite, pearlies, shine level etc. that you should know about. Good luck with your tank project.