Type of Arowana in Singapore

Type of arowana and which area they come from
1. Cross-Back Golden Arowana
2. Green arowana
3. RTG (Red Tailed Golden)
4. Yellow Tail
5. red arowana
6. Pearl Arowana / Northern Barramundi
7. Spotted Barramundi
8. Black Arowana
9. Silver arowana

Today i will talk about Silver Arowana.

Scientific Name : Osteoglossum Bicirrhosum
Size : Maximum up to 3 feet in tank and 4 feet in wild
Temperature Range : 75 - 86F
PH 6-7.5
Distribution : South America, Amazon Basin.
Price : S$10 - S$25 ( 2.5 inches to 10 inches depending on size)

From the above pic some say it as Platinum silver arowana but some say is silver aro in WTT (white tank treatment) i will talk about this later on. This silver aro is found in the Amazon River basin and Oyapock Rivers in South America as well as in still waters in Guyana. Silver aro will have the same colour from young till old. some silver will have light red scale depending on what you feed. Silver are the cheapest and easiest aro to keep. Most aro keeper use silver as a comm partner for other expensive aro to attact. So that less damage is done on expensive arowana. Pic of young Silver below

BLACK AROWANA
Scientific Name : Osteoglossum ferreirai
Size : Maximum up to 2.5 feet in tank and 4 feet in wild
Temperature Range : 75 - 86F
PH 5.5-6.5
Distribution : South America, Amazon Basin.Price : S$128 - ??? (8 yr back Black aro is slightly more expensive then silver but now due to the rareness the price shoot up.)
Black arowana is a close relative of Silver arowana arowana. From the Pic above you can only see the colour different on the fins, black aro have blue base find compare to silver. Black arowana are rumored to be harder to raise arowana around that why the rareness. Pure black aro are harder to come by in singapore. Mostly young black arowana cannot reached adult stage in Singapore due to water condition. Some black aro will loss it blue or black fin when they are at adult stage thus the only way to know their breed is to buy when they are small. Pic of small black arowana is attached below.