New Aquarist Advocacy Group

[Rusty_Shackleford]

 

[GaryE]

Here is from AI: The Arowana, also known as the "dragon fish," is considered the ultimate and luckiest fish in feng shui for attracting extreme wealth, power, and protection.
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Arowana (Dragon Fish): Regarded as the premier wealth magnet for business owners and executives, though it is expensive, endangered, and requires a massive tank.


I'm not one for superstitions and won't wear a dried fish necktie. But superstitions in other cultures always look stupid, while superstitions in our own look normal. I once read a book on the Asian arowanna trade, and it was a big money business with fish selling for tens of thousands and extensive poaching of shrinking wild stocks. Captive bred Asian arowannas are micro-chipped. Unchipped ones are illegal for sale.

South American arowanna don't develop the golden colour, so they just bring you grey hair.