HOW I CARE MY DRAGON

AROWANA PRICE                      MY AROWANA PIC

• My tank setups is simple. I didn't put any decorations in it because arowanas can injure themselves if there were a lot decorations in it. My arowana is very calm and never fear to people toward him.  The fins are very long and look great.

• I keep the temp. at 27-29 C (80-84 F). The water PH is around 6.5 - 8. I aged the water (ground water) with air pump one night or more before i put into the tank.

• Arowana is carnivorous fish. they produce large amount of waste. High amonia, nitrite and nitrate are common problem in arowana tank. Regular water change is the easiest way to deal with it. Normally, I do a 70%-100% water change once a week. I use ground water for my fish. I never use fresh water directly  from cran. It can caused the fish swim quickly at top because of not enough oxygen and It can be fatal to the fish. The best way is aged the water one night or more with air pump before use it. Your fish will happily accept the water. Later I want to provide rain water for my fish.

• I have had problems with using carbon in my filters, somehow I noticed my arowana develop some sort of head rot. So I removed the carbon from the tank.

• I feed my arowana a well balanced diet of centipedes, prawns, small fishes (rare), crickets. My arowana eats a lot almost everyday. In Indonesia most of the arowana lover feed their arowana with centipede. It believed that it can enchance the arowana color especially the red one. The centipede is easy to find in Indonesia. I use to cut the centipede legs before feed my arowana. The legs is so sharp that can maybe harm an arowana especially the eyes. The small one is more safety for arowana. My arowana didn't like the arowana stick at all. So I tricked my fish :). I cut the centipede tail and press it's shit out then I put 4-6 arowana stick in it according to the centipede's size. My arowana didn't know it but sometimes if the centipede was dead, he didn't want to eat it. He prefer the live one. My arowana eats about 2-4 centipedes or 20-30 prawns or 10 crickets or 10 frogs or mix of them a day.

• However, each arowana fanatics has their own way of raising their fish.

     AROWANA PRICE IN MEDAN, INDONESIA (Nov 1999)

• Super Red 10 - 20 cm, price Rp. 2,800,000 - Rp. 4,000,000
• Super Red 20 - 30 cm, price Rp. 4,000,000 - Rp. 7,000,000
• Super Red 30 cm above, price Rp. 8,000,000 - Rp. 25,000,000
• Red Tail Golden 10 - 25 cm, price Rp. 1,000,000 - Rp 2,500,000
• Red Tail Golden 25 cm above, price Rp. 3,000,000 - Rp. 5,000,000
• Green Arowana 15 cm above, price Rp. 500,000 - Rp. 2,000,000
• Silver Arowana 15 cm above, price Rp. 100,000 - Rp. 1,000,000
• Brazil Arowana 15 cm above, price Rp. 100,000 - Rp. 1,000,000
• Arapaima Gigas 10-50 cm, price Rp. 400,000 - Rp. 1,000,000 (size up to 5 meters, 400 kg)

The price is not fix depends on the arowana quality and how we bargain with the seller. Most of the fish didn't have certificate. Even they had, most of them was fake. So buying the small one especially the red one very risky because we don't know it was red or not. Buying the big one is more easily because we can see the color but demand a higher price. The seller can get a certificate for us for Rp. 200,000 - Rp. 250,000. 

MY AROWANA PIC 1 (NOV 1999)

MY AROWANA PIC 2 (MAY 2000)

MY AROWANA PIC 3 (MARCH 2001)

MY AROWANA PIC 4 (FEB 2002)

MY AROWANA PIC 5 (FEB 2003)

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