What Kind Of Arowana Do I Have
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How big is the aro in question? There is only a short time that a young black would carry this coloration. I can see where the confusion may be apparent but in my opinion the tail and rear body shape says silver.
The pic below is a smaller pic of my black aro, looks similar eh?
The pic below is a smaller pic of my black aro, looks similar eh?
i dont see the similarity. other than the yellow on the fish in question, the rest just dont fit.
Bderick67;4716217; said:How big is the aro in question? There is only a short time that a young black would carry this coloration. I can see where the confusion may be apparent but in my opinion the tail and rear body shape says silver.
The pic below is a smaller pic of my black aro, looks similar eh?
The Aro looks quite small, Brian.
And the third pix points to Black, like your's...
I might be mistaken ( not wrong, mind, mistaken ), and price is no criteria ( could be an error from the LFS ), and your pointing to silver makes me wonder whether my sore eyesight is losing it..
but I still go with black, hehe
dmopar74;4716220; said:
Yeah, I tried
the only other similarity to the untrained eye is the quality of the small pics. Real easy to tell difference with decent pics.Miguel;4716224; said:
With the other two pics by the OP the arowana is definitely a silver. The third pic does have black like tendencies.
if the yellow was pink, everybody would be screaming silver.
if it was black, where is the dark fins/edging, the smokey eye, the some what more streamline look?
i understand that these traits fade with time on a black, but to me that looks like a 7"ish silver.
is everybody basing this on yellow fins alone?
if it was black, where is the dark fins/edging, the smokey eye, the some what more streamline look?
i understand that these traits fade with time on a black, but to me that looks like a 7"ish silver.
is everybody basing this on yellow fins alone?
dmopar74;4716237; said:
Very much so, in my case. Very rarely do I see silvers, at any age, with that yellow finnage.
The looks look black, but it may be the pix.
I have had a lot of blacks, and silvers, and I may be mistaken, after all....
Juxtaroberto;4716118; said:Don't black arowanas usually have a bunch of markings on their dorsal fins that contrast with the fin a lot? Like little dabs and blotches.
In silvers, the fins are a light pink color, and the markings look more like little lines than little dots, and they're also a light pink color.
I can't tell from your pictures, but you can take a look at these two and decide.
I can't see the top picture you posted. But after looking at the bottom picture, mine looks alot like that. Execpt for yellow instead. But as far as I've been reading I guess silvers and blacks all lose there color with age?
Ok so I'm going to say it's most likely a silver then.
Thanks everybody who chimed in and helped me out much appreciated!
It was never a big deal more just a curious question. Thanks again.
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