ARWANA RED FISH

Arwana fish belonged to the giant fish below is a picture of a giant Arwana fish:



Red arwana fish, whose price can reach dozens of million rupiah
Arowana fish families including "karuhun", ie fish Osteoglasidae or families "bony-tongue" (bony tongues), because the base of the mouth of the bone that serves as the teeth. Arwana thinking about various nicknames, such as: Fish Dragon (Dragon Fish), Barramundi, Saratoga, PlaTapad, indolent, Siluk, Heaven, Peyang, Tangkelese, Aruwana, or Arwana, depending on the place.
The shape and appearance Arowana including beautiful and unique. His body elongated, slender, and the "stream line", with a very graceful swimming motion. Arwana in nature has a variety of colors such as green, silver, or red. In the lower lip there are two whiskers that serves as a vibration sensor to determine the position of prey in the water. Whiskers included in the assessment criteria for the beauty of fish.
Arwana growth potential is quite large, especially with feeding a high protein yield. Arowana growth in the aquarium reaches 60 cm, whereas in nature reaches more than 90 cm. Type of South American Arowana can grow up to 270 cm.
Arowana fish is a swimmer on the (surface feeder), indicated by betuk mouth. In nature they swim near the surface to hunt for prey. Arowana can accept all types of feed for carnivorous fish, but often they become very fond of one type of feed it, and reject the other type. As an springer fish, arwana in nature can catch insects perched on twig height 1-2 meters from surface water. So maintenance in the aquarium should be covered properly.
Arwana is a tough fish that can live up to half a century. High demand with limited availability of natural causes in the exploitation of nature is limited. CITES (Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna) determined that the Asian arowana fish as the fish that have the highest protection. Various types of Asian arwana, among others:
1. Red
Red arwana originated from various places in the Province of West Kalimantan, such as from the Kapuas River and Lake Sentarum known as the habitat of the Super Red (Chili and Blood Red). These waters is a peat forest areas to create a primitive environment for these ancient fish. But the condition of minerals, peat water environment (black water), and the number of adequate food reserves have been conditioned good influence on the evolution of color on the fish in question. Geographical influence also led to the creation of different variations of the morphology of this fish, such as a wider body, the head of a spoon-shaped, red warnah a more intensive and more concentrated color foundation.
Full red color appeared on the young fish fins, the lips and whiskers. Nearly mature, red color will appear in various parts of the body, especially on the gill cover and the rim of scales, so that the body looks red fish.
Red arwana grouped in 4 varieties, the Red Blood (Blood Red), Red Chili (Chili Red), Red Orange (Orange Red), and Red Gold (Golden Red). All four varieties are generally given the nickname Red Super Red or First Grade (First Grade Red), although in more red super development refers to the Red Chili and Red Blood. While the last two varieties are more often considered as a super red with a lower grade.