wild silver arowana

[creepyoldguy]

Sonny- it's not really just the tanksize w the op, it's how he cares for his aro and the things that have happened in the past. The last I read, your unspecified 4' tank was the largest you have. You need to just be thankful the aro you have now is alive and focus in that.

As far as the gar forum goes, if someone would start a thread about a gar in an uncycled 20g tank, they would get lectured on tank size as well. Or you could take aquamonsters approach and keep your silver in a tank that is too small because most ppl give them inadequate homes

 

[J.Lake]

SO where are the farms that produce these fish? In south america? Thats cool that these are farmed aswell. keep the wild fish safe. I owned my first silver and black around 18 years ago. I was under the impression they were all wc. Good to be informed.

For the op, when i first bought silvers, i tried to buy 4 babies against the shop owners advice . They fought each other to the death within a week in a 6 foot grow out tank. Untill there was one healthy one left and one almost dead one left. Other ppl have had better luck than i did. just have a back up plan in case they decide to scrap it out. Wouldnt want to see either of the aros die

 

[Hao]

SO where are the farms that produce these fish? In south america? Thats cool that these are farmed aswell. keep the wild fish safe. I owned my first silver and black around 18 years ago. I was under the impression they were all wc. Good to be informed.

For the op, when i first bought silvers, i tried to buy 4 babies against the shop owners advice . They fought each other to the death within a week in a 6 foot grow out tank. Untill there was one healthy one left and one almost dead one left. Other ppl have had better luck than i did. just have a back up plan in case they decide to scrap it out. Wouldnt want to see either of the aros die

They are being bred in Asia, one of the country is Indonesia.

 

[J.Lake]

Really? Is there a high demand for silvers in Asia? I would just get a asian!

 

[Bderick67]

The way you described the way it looks is typical for a silver arowana of that size. The way it looks has nothing to do with whether wild caught or captive bread.

Nothing wrong with attempting to raise multiple arowana together as long as you have the means to house them separately when things go bad.

Beware they could be lying to you regarding this to be a wild caught.

 

[Hao]

Really? Is there a high demand for silvers in Asia? I would just get a asian!

Not sure, but I think they breed Jardini in Asia too.

 

[AQUAMONSTER]

I trust very few people when they say they have a wild caught fish.

 

[tokyogasmask]

Here we go again the arowna forum trend, preaching about tank size, which I rarely see in gar forum.
I am very well know so stop that already.
Seems like wild silver aro is rare since no answer about it as right now?

People don't want to answer, because you have made a name for yourself Dayak.
People offer help and advice from real hands on experience, you then just shove it back in their faces or make some childish little comment. (that usually makes no sense)

Perhaps if you swallowed some of your stubbornness and embraced peoples opinions/help/advice others may treat you in a more friendly manner.

As for the fish in question, it will most likely be a normal farm bred silver (IMO).
WC isn't rare, just less common.
If you post a picture, and stop the BS, I'm sure people will be more than willing to help.


Call that an olive branch if you will, and think about it before you reply.

Cheers, TG

 

[creepyoldguy]

The way you described the way it looks is typical for a silver arowana of that size. The way it looks has nothing to do with whether wild caught or captive bread.

Nothing wrong with attempting to raise multiple arowana together as long as you have the means to house them separately when things go bad.

Beware they could be lying to you regarding this to be a wild caught.

I had a good conversation with a friend of mine who paid a lot of extra money for wc frontosa. I don't think very often you get paperwork or any type of documentation when buying wc, just the word of the seller. Makes me wonder how many wc fish there really are.

 

[azura]

SO where are the farms that produce these fish? In south america? Thats cool that these are farmed aswell. keep the wild fish safe. I owned my first silver and black around 18 years ago. I was under the impression they were all wc. Good to be informed.

For the op, when i first bought silvers, i tried to buy 4 babies against the shop owners advice . They fought each other to the death within a week in a 6 foot grow out tank. Untill there was one healthy one left and one almost dead one left. Other ppl have had better luck than i did. just have a back up plan in case they decide to scrap it out. Wouldnt want to see either of the aros die

They are being bred in Asia, one of the country is Indonesia.

Really? Is there a high demand for silvers in Asia? I would just get a asian!

Not sure, but I think they breed Jardini in Asia too.

silver is one of the easiest aros to bred (on the contrary black aros is one the most difficult to bred), and yes they are bred in indonesia / any other south east asia country, but i'm not sure if the silver have been exported to america/europe and to think that most of you are in america, which is the native silver/black aros, wild caught fish would be more reasonable than imported the fish from asia, imo, i dont really know for sure too. cmiiw
the demand for silver in asia is huge, cos their price is really cheap and perfect aros for beginner aquarist to start with.

abt the jardini .... most jardini, even here in indo are wild caught but some farms are trying and succeed to bred captive jardinis but the numbers too little compared with the wild caught.