A Flaming Beauty
One of most likely essentially the most extraordinarily prized fish a collector can have in his or her aquarium is the unusual and pleasant purple arowana. Long thought-about by the Chinese as a result of the picture of wealth and prosperity and as a provider of constructive Feng Shui energy, these large fish are in extreme demand in China and the rest of Asia. Other people want to have these fish spherical them as a consequence of their perceived "magical" properties - arowanas have been believed to take heed to the technique of demise and give up their very personal lives to cease the demise of their proprietor - and nonetheless others merely like to look at the flame-like fish dance spherical their aquariums.
Sadly, this demand has introduced on a excessive decline in pink arowana numbers throughout the wild. Naturally found solely inside the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, these fish are experiencing a speedy decline of their numbers ensuing from habitat loss and over-exploitation. It is an efficient issue that conservation efforts have been stepped up with the setting up of fish farms which breed these and totally different endangered species, thus conserving them for future generations. These fish farms moreover assure a delicate and licensed present of Asian arowanas for collectors.
Red arowana, like all totally different arowanas, solely eat meat. Captive arowanas must be fed a mild weight reduction plan of fish or bugs to take care of them in tip prime type. Certain meals, just like prawns, may additionally assist to promote and enhance the color of the fish. Collectors additionally wants to know that these fish are sturdy jumpers - some have been acknowledged to leap as a lot as R extreme out of the water in an effort to catch meals - and thus preserve a heavy lid over their fish tank. With right care and maintenance, homeowners of arowanas might need their pretty fish spherical for a very very very long time.
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