I hope you are right about the demand like I am about the breeding cause will both be VERY happy individuals. 
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JD7.62;1804182; said:
What countrys are you referring to when you say demand is not there? You do know that in Asia, almost every LFS is out of stock, same here over Canada.
STs can go now for over 1500$ in Japan. I can tell you that in Asia, demand for quality STs is almost equal to Arowana demand.
The demand in the U.S. is VERY low and Im not sure about other countries, but I do assume a bit higher because the hobby is bigger over in Asia and in some Euro countries. But compared to fish that are massed produced, there is not a demand for them or they would be mass produced!
you are making me LOL now their is a big enought market for them to breed asian aros on a massive scale but not good grade ST
you must be crazy what is the main fish people want to keep with their asian aros i think you will find its ST in most cases multi ST to one aro you do the math
you must be crazy what is the main fish people want to keep with their asian aros i think you will find its ST in most cases multi ST to one aro you do the math
Then tell me why they can breed BPxFH, RTCxTSN, RTCxparoon but can't breed STs?! You dont actually think the above fish are breeding naturally in farm ponds do you?! lol
JD7.62;1804282; said:
if it was that simple no fish would ever be hard to find you would have loads of blue eyed panaqes
if what you are saying is true then why would they waste time and money breeding parrot flower horns and hybrid rubbish and not focus on breeding pure strain fish in the same way
the ST shortage has been hear for well over 1.5yrs now if it was as easy as you say then we would have seen ST buy now
if you think that they are being breed then were are they
if they are being hormone bred then they should no be let lose into the wild anyway so the only place to sell them would be the fish trade
Thailand has banned export. My speculation is, the institutions doing the breeding are not going to risk smuggling out a few!
In the U.S. hormone fish are let loose all the time! What is your experience with hatcheries? How come around the world the vast vast majority of fish hatcheries are NOT for ornamental purposes?
In the U.S. hormone fish are let loose all the time! What is your experience with hatcheries? How come around the world the vast vast majority of fish hatcheries are NOT for ornamental purposes?
I dont know, that is why I said I was speculating. My guess it's a university working with their govt and that is why there is no smuggling or much info on our (fish keeping) side of things because it is not important to them.
I have spent hours going through many different scientific journal databases and sadly I have yet to come up with anything in English about these fish. The articles stickied at top have very little information in them even!
I have spent hours going through many different scientific journal databases and sadly I have yet to come up with anything in English about these fish. The articles stickied at top have very little information in them even!
