why do they have to ban this fish!!!!

[Dixon]

as street cypher advised its down to the endangered species act in the US and as they have not been re classified and are still classed as endangered in the wild they will remain banned in the US.
its a real shame and needs changing but probably wont.
i am siting watching mine cruising the tank now.
this is what can happen selling these in the US.http://www.courthousenews.com/dragon fish.125.pdf

 

[Toirtis]

but how can you tell when they are juvies? i was under the impression you cant really know if it's a chili red vs some other red arrowanna when they are young, it's only when the fish matures that you will know by their coloration.

The quality of the colour is not shown until maturity, but these fish are from carefully bred bloodlines for each colour type, so they know that babies from a certain mating will have a certain colouration.

 

[Toirtis]

i think that they should start breeding them comercialy for release into the wild and the aquarium trade(perhaps a split, like 50/50, or 75 to the wild, 25 to the trade???).

many species can be saved by captive breeding, and some are being captive bred and released. kind of giving back to the environment

Firstly, 99% of these aros being produced are colour-types not found in the wild, and I cannot imagine a breeder 'wasting' all that potential profit producing and releasing fish that are worth nothing to them. Secondly, one of the main problems with Asian arowana wild numbers is a lack of habitat from development and destruction...so first habitat reclaimation has to happen....and this is unlikely in these poor countries with very little natural resources conservation programmes.

 

[Toirtis]

Glad i live in Canada

Same here....and I get to hang out nearly everyday in a shop with 20+ Asian aros in it.