Is this an arowana????

[Jox]

I went to a chinese restuarant that had around 4-6 of them each at least 4 feet long in an atleast 5000G

 

[andywg]

Wow...talk about resurrecting a dead thread...

 

[ringham]

They are outstanding fish. When I get my monster tank (despite how much I like them) I think that I will stick to asian aro's.

 

[SamUK]

i went back to "the tropical gardens" today in Leeds and thay have some MASSIVE fish.

pacu bigger than a car wheel.


anyway, i took a vid of there 3ft arrowana with my phone.

its not great quality but you can see it alrite.

 

[ringham]

tht is an awesome fish vid!

 

[Jox]

arapaimas are always on aquabid and aquascapeonline for like $130.

by the way, was that a huge tinfoil barb I say in that vid!?

 

[SamUK]

arapaimas are always on aquabid and aquascapeonline for like $130.

by the way, was that a huge tinfoil barb I say in that vid!?

yea lol.


ill try get a vid of the TSN and Pacu.

crazy.

they had an.... i think its elephant nose? that was jus scary lookin.

 

[flamingonhot]

Lmao if I remember correctly they are seasonal fish. When people get them in they're usually of limited quantity and go anywhere from 130 to over 200. Most people end up getting rid of them at about 5 feet.

Btw, they do get over 13 feet, not the 10 just mentioned.

 

[jasonskillz]

wayy too big to keep
they dont look nice anyways

 

[sylvia]

You're kidding right? They're gorgeous!!!

 

[andywg]

They get past 10 feet, though none have been fished out of the amazon past 11-12 feet in years due to overfishing. You are considered pretty lucky ot fish one out past 8 feet.

The chances of seeing one near its actual full potential of 15 feet or so are pretty much zilch now.

 

[willtang3000]

they wouldnt eat humans as in one incident a man's arm got "sucked" by one and let go as he didnt like the taste and the man had no injuries apart from shock he also said that the suction was extremely powerful as they dont really have any teeth