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Arapaima Arowana Fish are one of the very attractive and beautiful fishes which have got a shining black color making it outstanding among the other lot of fishes. Arapaima Arowanas are very smooth and active species of fishes which frequently keeps turning and swimming in all the directions and hence keeps the aquarium the focus of attention. These arapaima Arowanas are available for our clients at a very competitive prices.

Buy Arapaima Arowana Fish is also one of the kinds that have a popularity. The Arapaima, handful of Arowana species and Featherback Knifefishes are definitely not for everyone.

It is good but for the advanced freshwater enthusiast who has the time, money and tank space. The reality of Arowana fish is that you must, first of all, learn how to care for them. We have Arapaima Arowana for sale in different sizes in a healthy condition.

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Arapaima Arowanas are also very special type, we make sure they have enough food in their tank. They are carefully placed in their tank and we make sure they are safe on delivery.

These arapaima Arowanas are one of the alluring and lovely fishes which have a sparkling dark shading. Buy Arapaima Arowana Fish are smooth and dynamic types of fishes which oftentimes continues turning and swimming.

In every one of the bearings and subsequently keeps the aquarium the focal point of consideration.

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For many, the Silver arowana is the definitive big fish. Related to mighty Arapaima, this fish is not only coveted but in some cases culturally revered — or at least its Asiatic cousins are.

Visually, there’s little mistaking an American arowana for anything else. Having gigantic scales, stylish wispy beards and powerful, sleek body, they look unlike anything else that roams the waters.

South America is home to two species; the Silver arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum) and the lesser-seen Black arowana (Osteoglossum ferreirai).

In juveniles, the differences are quite apparent; one silvery sheened, the other with clearly blackened flanks. In adult form, though there are noted differences in body colour, the most prominent contrasts being in the fins — the Black arowana having considerably darker dorsal, anal and caudal fins, with red and yellow outlines to them on show.

Silver arowana are endemic to South America, in the Amazon basin through French Guiana, Peru and Brazil, and it’s speculated that they haven’t become more widespread only because they can’t navigate rapids and torrential flows.

In the wild, these are spectacular hunters, though at the top of their game above the waterline rather than under it. Their ability to launch from the water has the locals calling them ‘water monkeys’ — and leaping is something at which they excel.

Reaching for insects

This behaviour is a response to life in the flooded forests where they are common. Here, limited food resources are dispersed over vast areas and niches must be found to exploit what there is.

They are also found hunting along shorelines, inhabiting blackwater lagoons, as well as the littoral zones of rivers and lakes. They are always in shallower areas of water too where the depths offer no benefits.

They launch to snatch at terrestrial insects, but they’re not particularly fussy. Spiders form a large part of the diet, as do beetles, which may be their preference if gut analyses are indicative. Small birds have been eaten, even snakes hanging from overhangs. Other less usual snacks can include crabs, snails and even monkey droppings.

When they leap they often get a side salad of the vegetation the prey had sat on, though it’s not considered essential to offer them green food supplements.

In the aquarium, this propensity to feed from above the waterline is not catered for by all that many aquarists. Instead it’s expected that the fish will take a variety of dried, fresh and frozen foods below the water surface.

Unfortunately this damages the fish and results in a condition called ‘drop eye’ whereby one or both eyes permanently look down, eventually refusing to return to normal. It’s a direct result of adapting to feed from meals on the base of aquaria.

Foreign keepers who use live fish to feed their arowana report the same symptom.

Always try to offer a floating food or train your fish to take from the surface alone. That means interacting and getting involved at every mealtime to get your fish accustomed to feeding from specific points in the tank — and offering a little at a time so food does not sink past.

‘Drop eye’ also seems more prevalent when these fish are kept alongside other species that swim beneath them.

Poor vision

Some speculate that arowana have superb eyesight and can make compensating calculations for refraction prior to leaping. However, it seems likelier that the reason for the monstrous maw is a morphological offset to compensate for rubbish vision!

Arowana in the wild often take surprisingly small meals per leap, and mouth size may compensate for terrible aim, or at least increase chances of snatching food.

Just because they have an almighty opening they do not necessarily need gigantic meals. Even for adults, crickets and locusts, earthworms, prawns, mussels, cockles and chunks of fish are more than ample.

Striking above or below water affects posture. When priming for an airborne launch they form a spectacular, anguine ‘S’ shape before take-off, though if underwater will often opt for a ‘C’ shaped curve.

Wild fish have been noted to hide behind fallen trees when in hunting mode, curled and waiting…

That gigantic mouth is also used for spawning. American arowana are mouthbrooders, with the male carrying the young a good two months until their yolk sacs are depleted. Often both wild and farmed fish are harvested at this stage, with adult males being frightened or coerced into dropping their young into the nets of collectors and then traded.

Don’t buy an arowana while it still has its yolk sac, as at this stage it will not yet be feeding. Moving yolked juveniles is irresponsible as, if ruptured in transit, the fish is almost certainly doomed.