Indonesia And Asia Arowana Fish

Indonesia And Asia Arowana Fish:
Arowana fish families including “ancestor”, ie Osteoglasidae or families of fish “Bony-tongue” (bony tongues), because the base of his mouth in the form of bone that serves as a tooth. Arowana thinking about various nicknames, such as: Fish Dragon (Dragon Fish), Barramundi, Saratoga, PlaTapad, Kelesa, siluk, Kaya, Peyang, Tangkelese, Aruwana, or Arowana, on the place depending.

The shape and appearance Arowana including beautiful and unique. His body elongated, slender, and the “stream line”, with very graceful swimming motion. Arowana in nature has a variety of colors like green, silver, or red. In the lower lip there are two antennae that serves as a vibration sensor to determine the position of prey in thein. Growth arowana in the aquarium reaches 60 cm, whereas in nature reaches more than 90 cm. Type of South Amere water. Grouse is included in the assessment criteria of fish beauty.

Arowana growth potential is quite large, especially with feeding high levels of protican Arowana can grow up to 270 cm.

Arowana is a fish swimming above (surface feeders), indicated by betuk mouth. In nature they are swimming near the surface to hunt for prey. Arowana can accept all types of feed for carnivorous fish, but often they are so very fond of one type of feed only, and reject other types. As fish springer, Arowana in nature can catch insects perched on twig height of 1-2 meters from water surface. So maintaining the aquarium should be properly sealed.

Arowana is a powerful fish that can live up to half a century. High demand with limited availability of natural causes in the exploitation of nature is limited. CITES (Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna) stipulates that the Asian arowana fish as the fish that received the highest protection.