Personally I think the price should stay high for Asian arowana. It's a good way to keep people who don't know or don't care how much it takes to properly care for these fish. They are not only beautiful but really cool looking and eye catching. If the price were to drop to red tail cats or other more common exotic fish prices. The demand might drop a little if the supply increased like crazy because they would be so common. But that opens the door for big fish small tank horror stories and the like. I think it's better that they stay expensive. But it would be nice if private fish keepers could get some from Canada once proven they can properly care for the animal.
I understand why some people's biggest desire is to own these. But I see just as much beauty in your vieja, uaru, or Angel fish. Your tank in the entrance way is by far my favourite. The vieja offset with simple rainbows and clown loaches, gorgeous.
I think it's not the cost as much as we can't have them. People always want what they can't have. Sure cost is a huge part of that, but I just think the fact that they are listed as endangered and having one is illegal makes people want them just that much more. Yours are looking amazing. I'm happy just being able to see yours and learning about them.
Asian Arowana are the most expensive "aquarium" fish but only 3rd most expensive fish. Designer Koi are more expensive, but are called "pond" fish. The most expensive fish is the Pacific Bluefin Tuna. One particular tuna was sold for 333 million yen ($3 million USD) at a Japanese fish market.
I work at my lfs and the arowana are always my favorites to feed. We usually keep the silvers and jardini in store (as I’m in the US), but I just adore the way the little monsters move around to find their food
Honestly, Arowanas are a type of fish that will always be costly. Even if the fish price goes way down, the cost for keeping them would remain high due to diet and tank size.
I have no problem with Joey having a Ariwana. He has the room and he has the ability to take care of them and, he (and most importantly) he really loves theses fish. I don't use that word lightly. You know, love,,,, yyeeaahhh.
Asian. Chinese, coming through. It is valued, especially with the Chinese as the name for arrowanas in chinese literally translates to "golden dragon fish". The colour gold, and dragons are associated with prosperity and royalty, as in the past, only emperors can wear yellow/gold and their garments using have 9 dragons on them. Only those of royal blood can have dragons on their clothes, but only the emperor can have 9. As such, this ties back to the golden hue of the arrowana and how it resembles an asian dragon ("whiskers", golden scales etc) in terms of its features, thus making it so popular.
I feel like if Asian arowana were legal here in the US everyone would be willing to buy the expensive ones right away while they were "trendy" and no one had many, but it then they'd become less interesting once everyone either did or could have one and the novelty wore off. I think captive bred arowana should be legal here, legally and morally speaking, but on the other hand I'm so tired of people buying tiny silver arowana when they're small and selling them when they outgrow the 75 gallon tank the person had at home, so I can't be too upset that isn't happening with more arowana species here.
I’m from singapore, an asian country and in my culture, people keep asian arowanas to show that they are wealthy as they are expensive. If the arowana is not expensive, they will probably not buy them.
It’s said in feng shui that even a photo of these fish bring wealth and good luck to the home. Zero maintenance and a few G’s saved in your bank account 🤷🏻♀️
Hey Joey I live on Long Island Ny, a lot of fish stores have quite a few of those bad boys, it’s legal if they are tank raised by a breeder in the US before they are sold in the stores. 🌈The More You Know🌈
I recall reading an article several years ago about two guys from California who was caught trying to smuggle in Asian arowana from Canada. They were sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined USD 750,000.
The giant gourami is really impressive when you shot it from afar, which let us have a scale reference (contrary to when you're only shooting him alone).
My grandpa had this fish (here it's called arwana) when I was like 8 and I swear it terrified me to no end because of the way it glomped little fishies
What happens if you have a mating pair and they breed? Would you need to register the offspring somehow, and does the cost of doing so prohibit collectors in Canada from creating new farms to propagate these fish?
It may be too cold in Canada to farm them Outdoors and too expensive to do an indoor set of ponds to breed them in. The Silvers will at least breed in a tank
Great video Joey! I do have one question though. What happens in a scenario where your arowanas breed? Will you legally be allowed to keep the offspring?
You would imagine so as he has the original parents certificates but may need to get it chipped and registered with it's own official certificate like pedigree dogs etc - but just guessing : )
They are illegal here in Australia too. If anything not allowing their import here damages the endangered wild stocks. There are SO many illegally imported and kept. Many of them not coming through legitimate farms.
I've never seen a Asian arro in australia. Sure you didnt just see a pretty looking jardinii or southern saratoga? They can get some really nice pink/orange on the ends of their scales. I know joey already said it but jardinii's look really similar body shape wise, and some are that pretty you would think they are an Asian, just don't see why anyone would bother risking importing asians lol would get so fucked up in australia for having those, considering ours are pretty close, just needs some more selective breeding to get the mad colours.
I just think it's funny... It's endangered... so god forbid you'd breed them in large numbers and spread them all over the place! That'd be just terrible, they might not be endangered any more... xD
I could watch your videos all day! your knowledge and enthusiasm is infectious! Thanks Joey! Fish keeping (I am no where near any kind of expert) has brought me out of a dark space.
It wouldn’t be any different than what happens to the red tail catfish; sold as cute babies and then they get too big and there’s nowhere to put them. People want them now because they’re “statusy” not because they have any sort of passion or respect for that specific species of fish.
I live in San Diego, and I used to work at an aquarium store, before it shut down, they were selling Silver Arowana. They were super small. Maybe like 5 inches.
In some cases I like seeing cost as a barrier to entry. This species doesn't seem suitable to 90 odd percent of hobbyists. If you can lay down 2000$ for a fish, you can also probably afford a 400+ gallon aquarium to get it off to a good start.
An aquarium in Hawaii has a super bright red one that is kept with those same stingrays. It was confiscated from trade. I saw it and thought of this channel.
Do people actually watch the video before commenting? You idiots are saying “they sell the silver ones in the states all the time and that they don’t cost as much as he says they do...” Hello! There is a difference between the silver and Asian arowanas. He tells you that in the video.
I can definitely see how people want it because it's expensive, but I think because of the spiritual tie some people would still very much want it, and because of the beauty others would. I can't guarantee they would all be treated right if they were cheeper though. Goldfish are, to me, one of the most beautiful fish, and they're treated with no respect because they're cheep enough to let die.
@@sjsosokdksksk Ooh I'm so jealous, congrats on that beauty! But yeah, it's really sad that most goldfish won't live long enough to get that big, and people think they don't need space or even a filter.
The arowana is by far my favorite fish. I've had many of The Silvers and I love them dearly. I find they're extremely intelligent to the point they know who is in the room. Mine would allow me to pet and play with her. I've had several Asian arowanas and have loved them for their color and personalities but I have a particular love for The Silvers. By the way I'm a Canadian Living in Jamaica now.
I was in the Philippines few months ago they range from $30 to $250 dirt cheap over there red ones . Plus wild one's aren't as red as the captive breed one's so they should be more on the safe side now.
Main category: Asian arowana Sub-category: Red arowana (High value also depends on grades like AAA) Red tail gold Arowana (rtg) high value Gold arowana high value Cross back gold Arowana (X-back)high value also depends on AAA grades with full gold. Yellow or green Arowana(low value)
I understand that it's not really possible in your setup, but say you had the requirements to breed them in Canada, how would the law see it when you had unchipped controlled endangered species? would you just have to document their birth?
I love your show. I used to live in Thailand, 100$ usd in chatuchak market, microchipped and you meet the breeder. In Canada 2000$ minimum for a common red...
Legal arowana would result in less public stigma and a more practical fish keeping perspective would eventually evolve - like a red tail cat, retails for ~$20 readily available, but anyone with any information doesn’t buy because or the needs/requirements of the fish
Well If you want them not to be endangered having them in the hobby is the best way to ensure they will never go extinct. Breeding them is going to be your best bet to save them.
If arowana were cheap then nobody would care. They honestly do not look that special except for the captive breds who now have really extravagant colors SOMETIMES. But overall it comes down to vanity and possibly superstition.
Halo I'm Indonesian and my wife is from the West Kalimantan Province of Indonesia, where the red arowana comes from. From what i see. The arowana demands is good to stop their extinction. People are starting to breed them because there are profits. Maybe you guys think I'm cruel, but that's just the way it is. Arowana population is growing faster every year. So many breeders released their F1 back to the wild. While in the wild they are hard to reproduce or at least survive until breeding age. Also, we want this fish to be at hobbyist hands. Their natural habitat are depleting everyday due to human population.They can not survive just making laws to stop the market. That wouldn't solve the problem. In my opinion, they need is a serious hobbyist that could breed them outside their depleting natural habitat. i do believe that hobbyist is the last defense to their extinction. I hope that all of you that have this fish will have knowledge to breed them and help us to battle their extinction.
its hard to breed the exspecialy since that mouth breeding and sensitive one . in here you need special tank for the larva arfter you take it out from the father. and if this fish try to escape jumping out the water you need becarefull it can make you toothless
I live in canada, and my favorite Pho restaurant has 4 of these on display. They're so beautiful. I knew they were expensive, I didnt know they were endangered!
I think they would be, given how the Chinese think of it as a reincarnation and such, I think that fact would keep them in a "special" place. That, and they really are good looking fish. Like you said, they're more impressive than anything you, an experienced fish keeper, has ever seen.
@@Lepto11 that's nothing, most of them are already farmed.. The biggest cause is habitat destruction. Yes they do get eaten by the locals in Kalimantan/Borneo but it's not commonly eaten fish. My friend's arowana died from jumping out and he asked me to cook it. Let me tell you it's pretty damn delicious lol
Well I guess I’m moving to Canada Not really I’m just making a joke y’all I hate the cold although I do want to get some cooler fish so I’m trying to find some cool fish
What stops someone from removing the microchip from a dead certified fish and transplanting it to a living illegal one? Sounds like a pretty serious loophole.
I remember when I was a 'young Oliver', I would see them in the LFS for $30 to $50, and they still had their yolk sac. So basically they were newborn. Of course, Angels were still very difficult to breed, & Axelrod was very much 'the man' along with TFH mag
I'm in America and I have two of them. I feed mine mice, lizards, frogs, snakes, fish, etc. How the hell do you get busted with an illegal fish? No one knows what the hell they are
But that's not just limited to arowanas. It applies to all monster fish. Also store owners many times never inform the buyer that the impulse decision they made at the store for a cute baby fish will trun out to be a giant monster in coming years.
Personally I think the price should stay high for Asian arowana. It's a good way to keep people who don't know or don't care how much it takes to properly care for these fish. They are not only beautiful but really cool looking and eye catching. If the price were to drop to red tail cats or other more common exotic fish prices. The demand might drop a little if the supply increased like crazy because they would be so common. But that opens the door for big fish small tank horror stories and the like. I think it's better that they stay expensive. But it would be nice if private fish keepers could get some from Canada once proven they can properly care for the animal.
Maybe we could get medical arowana here in the states.
medicinal arajuana is legal in some states
Huh?? Are you high on "marijuana "
best response, by far!
@@jlh8830 no but I'm medicated on arajuana
Rofl
Let me save you 10 minutes: They are endangered, that's why you cant keep them.
I understand why some people's biggest desire is to own these. But I see just as much beauty in your vieja, uaru, or Angel fish. Your tank in the entrance way is by far my favourite. The vieja offset with simple rainbows and clown loaches, gorgeous.
I think it's not the cost as much as we can't have them. People always want what they can't have. Sure cost is a huge part of that, but I just think the fact that they are listed as endangered and having one is illegal makes people want them just that much more. Yours are looking amazing. I'm happy just being able to see yours and learning about them.
Asian Arowana are the most expensive "aquarium" fish but only 3rd most expensive fish. Designer Koi are more expensive, but are called "pond" fish. The most expensive fish is the Pacific Bluefin Tuna. One particular tuna was sold for 333 million yen ($3 million USD) at a Japanese fish market.
Trevor Rempert wow was the tuna alive to keep as a pet or dead because it was going to be eaten.
@@debrakoch320 Dead. It was sold to restaurants.
In my opinion, they should definitely still be illegal in the US. Too many people would buy them and keep them in poor conditions.
I work at my lfs and the arowana are always my favorites to feed. We usually keep the silvers and jardini in store (as I’m in the US), but I just adore the way the little monsters move around to find their food
“Most expensive fish”
Golden koi: Hold my tank.
Arrowanas are indeed more pricey on average, than kois
What would happen then if yours were to breed? Could you get the offspring certified and sell them legally or would they be confiscated?
Honestly, Arowanas are a type of fish that will always be costly.
Even if the fish price goes way down, the cost for keeping them would remain high due to diet and tank size.
I have no problem with Joey having a Ariwana. He has the room and he has the ability to take care of them and, he (and most importantly) he really loves theses fish. I don't use that word lightly. You know, love,,,, yyeeaahhh.
Asian. Chinese, coming through. It is valued, especially with the Chinese as the name for arrowanas in chinese literally translates to "golden dragon fish". The colour gold, and dragons are associated with prosperity and royalty, as in the past, only emperors can wear yellow/gold and their garments using have 9 dragons on them. Only those of royal blood can have dragons on their clothes, but only the emperor can have 9. As such, this ties back to the golden hue of the arrowana and how it resembles an asian dragon ("whiskers", golden scales etc) in terms of its features, thus making it so popular.
I feel like if Asian arowana were legal here in the US everyone would be willing to buy the expensive ones right away while they were "trendy" and no one had many, but it then they'd become less interesting once everyone either did or could have one and the novelty wore off.
I think captive bred arowana should be legal here, legally and morally speaking, but on the other hand I'm so tired of people buying tiny silver arowana when they're small and selling them when they outgrow the 75 gallon tank the person had at home, so I can't be too upset that isn't happening with more arowana species here.
I’m from singapore, an asian country and in my culture, people keep asian arowanas to show that they are wealthy as they are expensive. If the arowana is not expensive, they will probably not buy them.
It’s said in feng shui that even a photo of these fish bring wealth and good luck to the home.
Zero maintenance and a few G’s saved in your bank account 🤷🏻♀️
The apple air pods of the fishes. Lmao
Except nobody has one in my highschool
Sound counter intuitive, animals people keep as pets usually don't go extinct
Hey Joey I live on Long Island Ny, a lot of fish stores have quite a few of those bad boys, it’s legal if they are tank raised by a breeder in the US before they are sold in the stores.
🌈The More You Know🌈
Ironic how a fish that supposedly can give u good luck can get u in trouble lol
I recall reading an article several years ago about two guys from California who was caught trying to smuggle in Asian arowana from Canada. They were sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined USD 750,000.
The giant gourami is really impressive when you shot it from afar, which let us have a scale reference (contrary to when you're only shooting him alone).
My grandpa had this fish (here it's called arwana) when I was like 8 and I swear it terrified me to no end because of the way it glomped little fishies
What happens if you have a mating pair and they breed? Would you need to register the offspring somehow, and does the cost of doing so prohibit collectors in Canada from creating new farms to propagate these fish?
It may be too cold in Canada to farm them Outdoors and too expensive to do an indoor set of ponds to breed them in. The Silvers will at least breed in a tank
Great video Joey! I do have one question though. What happens in a scenario where your arowanas breed? Will you legally be allowed to keep the offspring?
You would imagine so as he has the original parents certificates but may need to get it chipped and registered with it's own official certificate like pedigree dogs etc - but just guessing : )
They are illegal here in Australia too. If anything not allowing their import here damages the endangered wild stocks. There are SO many illegally imported and kept. Many of them not coming through legitimate farms.
I've never seen a Asian arro in australia. Sure you didnt just see a pretty looking jardinii or southern saratoga? They can get some really nice pink/orange on the ends of their scales. I know joey already said it but jardinii's look really similar body shape wise, and some are that pretty you would think they are an Asian, just don't see why anyone would bother risking importing asians lol would get so fucked up in australia for having those, considering ours are pretty close, just needs some more selective breeding to get the mad colours.
"why do i have 3 of them? to put it simple, i'm from Canada" WHEEZE 😂😂😂
I just think it's funny... It's endangered... so god forbid you'd breed them in large numbers and spread them all over the place! That'd be just terrible, they might not be endangered any more... xD
I could watch your videos all day! your knowledge and enthusiasm is infectious! Thanks Joey! Fish keeping (I am no where near any kind of expert) has brought me out of a dark space.
It wouldn’t be any different than what happens to the red tail catfish; sold as cute babies and then they get too big and there’s nowhere to put them. People want them now because they’re “statusy” not because they have any sort of passion or respect for that specific species of fish.
Question: Why do you have 3 illegal fish?
Answer: *I’m from Canada*
Yeye
They are not illegal in Canada. Joey explains that in the video. He has certificates and his fish are microchipped for identification.
Mexico of the fish keeping world
Here in Indonesia you can get baby aro for 5 usd, sometimes even cheaper
I live in San Diego, and I used to work at an aquarium store, before it shut down, they were selling Silver Arowana. They were super small. Maybe like 5 inches.
The Dallas aquarium I had visited last year had one Asian arowana. Nobody even noticed it. Seem like I was the only one taking pics of it 😂
I think they're nice, but they're not really appealing to me. Like, I don't want one even if I could. They're just meh to me. 🤷🏻♀️
Had no idea those were illegal. Here I am trying to find one at fish stores just to see one in real life. Oh well ha.
Man, I love Asian marijuana
I see what u did there
@@raiquiaarbiter7974 after having Marijuana he just forgot where was he and commented here ... 😇
In some cases I like seeing cost as a barrier to entry. This species doesn't seem suitable to 90 odd percent of hobbyists. If you can lay down 2000$ for a fish, you can also probably afford a 400+ gallon aquarium to get it off to a good start.
*Ancient Marijuana*
Not only America but people in pakistan love your videos your hard work does shows so god bless you and keep creting positive content
Marijuana is illegal here in our country
An aquarium in Hawaii has a super bright red one that is kept with those same stingrays. It was confiscated from trade. I saw it and thought of this channel.
i haven’t watched you in a couple of months, and it feels so nice to watch you again!!!😂
Do people actually watch the video before commenting? You idiots are saying “they sell the silver ones in the states all the time and that they don’t cost as much as he says they do...” Hello! There is a difference between the silver and Asian arowanas. He tells you that in the video.
The camera shifts with continuing commentary feels like a fever dream. It's awesome.
I can definitely see how people want it because it's expensive, but I think because of the spiritual tie some people would still very much want it, and because of the beauty others would. I can't guarantee they would all be treated right if they were cheeper though. Goldfish are, to me, one of the most beautiful fish, and they're treated with no respect because they're cheep enough to let die.
Exactly! Goldfish are just overbred for kids to put in bowls. I have a 9.5 inch goldfish who wouldn't physically fit in most bowls.
@@sjsosokdksksk Ooh I'm so jealous, congrats on that beauty! But yeah, it's really sad that most goldfish won't live long enough to get that big, and people think they don't need space or even a filter.
The arowana is by far my favorite fish. I've had many of The Silvers and I love them dearly. I find they're extremely intelligent to the point they know who is in the room. Mine would allow me to pet and play with her. I've had several Asian arowanas and have loved them for their color and personalities but I have a particular love for The Silvers. By the way I'm a Canadian Living in Jamaica now.
Joey you also have fans from Europe! Don’t forget us!
What is Europe :^)
I was in the Philippines few months ago they range from $30 to $250 dirt cheap over there red ones . Plus wild one's aren't as red as the captive breed one's so they should be more on the safe side now.
Main category: Asian arowana
Sub-category:
Red arowana (High value also depends on grades like AAA)
Red tail gold Arowana (rtg) high value
Gold arowana high value
Cross back gold Arowana (X-back)high value also depends on AAA grades with full gold.
Yellow or green Arowana(low value)
Personally I like the green, but what about the blue variety?
@@worldwolf9909 Blue?
I understand that it's not really possible in your setup, but say you had the requirements to breed them in Canada, how would the law see it when you had unchipped controlled endangered species? would you just have to document their birth?
Ehh I dont really like the way they look. I dont think I'd spend thousands on them unless they are really colorful.
I love your show. I used to live in Thailand, 100$ usd in chatuchak market, microchipped and you meet the breeder. In Canada 2000$ minimum for a common red...
This is my favorite style video of yours so far!
I'm from the Philippines and i used to breed asian Arowana. They are very expensive and of now i have 12 of them ranging 60k usd to 350 k usd
I am perfectly happy with my 28 cent Walmart goldfish. They have so much personality
Marijuana????
Legal arowana would result in less public stigma and a more practical fish keeping perspective would eventually evolve - like a red tail cat, retails for ~$20 readily available, but anyone with any information doesn’t buy because or the needs/requirements of the fish
Well If you want them not to be endangered having them in the hobby is the best way to ensure they will never go extinct. Breeding them is going to be your best bet to save them.
If arowana were cheap then nobody would care. They honestly do not look that special except for the captive breds who now have really extravagant colors SOMETIMES. But overall it comes down to vanity and possibly superstition.
"highly endangered"
*keeps 3*
Just a joke, love u Joey
Halo I'm Indonesian and my wife is from the West Kalimantan Province of Indonesia, where the red arowana comes from.
From what i see. The arowana demands is good to stop their extinction. People are starting to breed them because there are profits. Maybe you guys think I'm cruel, but that's just the way it is. Arowana population is growing faster every year. So many breeders released their F1 back to the wild. While in the wild they are hard to reproduce or at least survive until breeding age.
Also, we want this fish to be at hobbyist hands. Their natural habitat are depleting everyday due to human population.They can not survive just making laws to stop the market. That wouldn't solve the problem. In my opinion, they need is a serious hobbyist that could breed them outside their depleting natural habitat. i do believe that hobbyist is the last defense to their extinction. I hope that all of you that have this fish will have knowledge to breed them and help us to battle their extinction.
You can't have 3 arwanas, it's a symbol of bad luck. You must have 7,8 or 9 in one aquarium
Never knew Asian marijuana would need permits to keep
MangoGrenade 😂😂😂😂
That’s the best comment 💀
Bruh first they legalize Arowanas
Now they legalize Marijuana
Ah yes I'm Singaporean. Basically I'm Asian. I see these fish everywhere, there even used to be one in my school pond. I named him Guppy haha.
There are no reasonably fathomable circumstances in which I would go to jail for a fish.
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I grew up at the Omaha Zoo And we got almost all of ours from Confiscation up until we had a breeding population in the 90’s.
They're illegal to own in Australia too. Some guy was caught a few months back trying to smuggle some into the country.
You should breed them so they won't be gone forever
its hard to breed the exspecialy since that mouth breeding and sensitive one . in here you need special tank for the larva arfter you take it out from the father. and if this fish try to escape jumping out the water you need becarefull it can make you toothless
Welcome to the 2nd season of "Why is this in my recommendations" *episode 2*
Asian marijuana is also illegal here
yh cos its weak lol
I live in canada, and my favorite Pho restaurant has 4 of these on display. They're so beautiful.
I knew they were expensive, I didnt know they were endangered!
Had to read the comments to make sure he wasn't saying Asian marijuana 🤣
I own 2 asian right now in us...
I lock them in the basement, only feed them rice
dfour .k i live rice
this comment made me rethink life
but in asia we dont have a basement
*We have Ricement*
I think they would be, given how the Chinese think of it as a reincarnation and such, I think that fact would keep them in a "special" place. That, and they really are good looking fish. Like you said, they're more impressive than anything you, an experienced fish keeper, has ever seen.
You can buy them in almost every fish pet store in Singapore and Malaysia.
Are they expensive there?
@@truthbetold89 some yes some no, depending on which type. Cheapest I've seen are silver arowana which only cost rm53 each (small ones)
Brendon Brendon Thanks for the feedback :)
I say yes to the demand level staying highly sought after even if cost went down. We all love dragons.
youtube you good? because i don’t watch videos about fish
I think they should legalize arowana so that they can support captive bleeding
Will yours ever breed and, if so, will the fry be subject to governmental regulations?
But then why are people selling the red tail shark they are actually extinct in the wild and they only cost $6.
So are Axolotls but they are easy to breed unlike these
UK watching here. Amazing fish and great videos 👍👍
They are such a beautiful looking fish, I love the dragon scale look to them. Even if the cost went down I still think they would be sought after.
Wild arowana/ m'sia call it ikan kelisa are depleting at Malaysia.. super hard to get or see wild one now.. mostly dwe to fishing and illegal catch..
Why are they endangered?
Do they taste good?
poaching for aquarium trade
@@Lepto11 that's nothing, most of them are already farmed.. The biggest cause is habitat destruction. Yes they do get eaten by the locals in Kalimantan/Borneo but it's not commonly eaten fish. My friend's arowana died from jumping out and he asked me to cook it. Let me tell you it's pretty damn delicious lol
baikia777 suicidal fishes
I caught those on animal crossing 10 or 15 years ago lmao
I fell in love with these fish the first time I seen them in your videos, before I knew the price, now not so much lol
Well I guess I’m moving to Canada
Not really I’m just making a joke y’all I hate the cold although I do want to get some cooler fish so I’m trying to find some cool fish
Can you set up a camera that just live streams this aquarium? It's my favorite aquarium/pond that you have.
This guy sounds like he would be mad if someone actually had the fish lmfaoo
What stops someone from removing the microchip from a dead certified fish and transplanting it to a living illegal one? Sounds like a pretty serious loophole.
Serial numbers lol.
@@devoncope3993 the number is on the chip, not the fish
Wow, thank you for taking care to explain why these fish are illegal and the difference for you!
I remember when I was a 'young Oliver', I would see them in the LFS for $30 to $50, and they still had their yolk sac. So basically they were newborn. Of course, Angels were still very difficult to breed, & Axelrod was very much 'the man' along with TFH mag
They look like giant bettas
They don’t look expensive just tasty 🤤
We need medical Arowanas to be legalized
You sure you want that trade-off? I mean either that or keep Anime alive from being butchered by the UN
Lol marijuana 😂🤫
I'm in America and I have two of them.
I feed mine mice, lizards, frogs, snakes, fish, etc.
How the hell do you get busted with an illegal fish? No one knows what the hell they are
Honestly it should probably stay illegal, too many people would abuse them and throw them in tanks that are way too small for them
But that's not just limited to arowanas. It applies to all monster fish. Also store owners many times never inform the buyer that the impulse decision they made at the store for a cute baby fish will trun out to be a giant monster in coming years.