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Golden Arowana: Morphology and Breeding Methods
The golden arowana comes mainly as the crossback and the red-tailed golden, which look alike when young but differ as they grow — the crossback's gold crosses the fifth scale row and shines brighter. Choose healthy, pure-line broodstock (one male and one female) and keep the tank completely quiet during spawning, since disturbance makes the male withhold sperm and the fish may eat the eggs.
Asian Arowana
The Asian Arowana is a primitive, endangered species known as a 'living fossil' and called 'Dragon Spitting Pearl' in Hong Kong. Resembling the legendary dragon, it is one of the most popular and expensive ornamental fish, distributed across Southeast Asia.
Green Arowana
The Green Arowana is the gentle, pale green-silver variety of the Asian arowana — less vivid and less costly than the golden or red forms, but unusually peaceful and mixable with other large fish. A big fish needing a covered 1.5 m tank at pH 6–7 and 25°C, it lives 10–12 years on a carnivorous diet of shrimp, insects, and lean meat.
Golden Arowana
The Golden Arowana is an ancient, gold-scaled Asian arowana kept as a feng-shui 'underwater overlord.' Fiercely territorial and best kept alone in a covered tank at 28°C, it lives 10–20 years; slow growth builds the densest, brightest gold sheen, fed on small fish and shrimp rather than insects.
Malayan Golden Arawana
The Malayan Golden Arawana (Crossback Golden Arowana) is a prized Asian arowana from the Malay Peninsula whose gold scale frames extend all the way up the back. A large, skittish carnivorous fish, it needs a quiet, covered tank over 120 cm long and a meaty diet of live foods.