Cattle Red Arowana Fish

Red Arowana fish, the usual price of a thousand dollars, including family Arowana fish "ancestor", which Osteoglasidae or families of fish "Bony-tongue" (bony tongues), because the bones are the basis of his mouth that serves as a tooth. Arowana have various names, such as: Fish Dragon (Dragon Fish), barramundi, Saratoga, PlaTapad, Kelesa, Siluk, Eden, Peyang, Tangkelese, Aruwana, or Arowana, depending on the place. 

 

 

Arowana, including the shape and appearance of a beautiful and unique. His body elongated, slender, and the "stream line", with very graceful swimming motion. Arowana in a variety of natural colors like green, silver, or red. At the bottom there are two barbels lip that serves as a vibration sensor to determine the position of victims in the water. Whiskers are included in the assessment criteria of beauty fish.

Arowana is a large growth potential, especially with high protein feeding. Arowana growth in aquariums up to 60 cm, whereas in the wild more than 90 cm. Types of Arowana fish originally from South America to grow to 270 cm.

Arowana fish is swimming on the (surface feeders), as shown by betuk mouth. In nature they are swimming near the surface to catch prey. Arowana can accept all types of food for carnivorous fish, but often they just sort out one type of food only, and reject the other type. As the fish glide, Arowana in nature can catch the insects that perch on twigs height of 1-2 meters from surface water. So maintaining the aquarium should be covered properly.

Arowana is a tough fish that can live up to half a century. High demand with limited availability of natural causes in nature restrict exploitation. CITES (Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna) determined that the Asian Arowana fish as the fish that received the highest protection. Various types of Asian Arowana, among others:

 

Red 

Red Arowana coming from various places in the West, such as from the Kapuas River and Lake Sentarum known as the habitat of Chile and Blood Red. Waters is a peat forest area as appropriate for these fish. However, mineral, black water and aquatic environments seranggan so much influence on the evolution of the color red Arowana fish is concerned. Geographical influence also led to the creation of different variations on the morphology of red Arowana fish, such as a wider body, the head of a spoon-shaped, red warnah more intensive, and the base color is more concentrated.

Red is full of young fish appear on the fins, the lips and tentacles. When mature, the color red will appear in various other body parts, especially at the edge of the gills and scales, so the fish looks red.

Red Arowana are grouped in four varieties, namely Blood Red, Chili Red, Orange Red and Golden Red. The four varieties are generally given the title of First Grade Super Red or Red, although the development of super red is referring to the Red Chilli and Red Blood. While the last two varieties is considered as a super red with a lower grade.

Maintaining Ornamental Shrimp

Ornamental Shrimp Conservation Tips

Four important things to note, before keeping ornamental shrimp: 

• Good aeration .
• Cycle a great aquarium (aquarium filter is adequate and mature) .
• Does not include plant "dirty", the new etc.
• Do not add too many addictive substances.

Preparation of materials: 

• Aquarium (minimum length 60cm) 
• UGF filter (personal recommendation) 
• Canister (optional) 
• Aerator (if not wearing a canister) 
• Power head (if not wearing a canister or aerator) 
• Soil / substrate / sand - Read recommendations substrate 
• 0.5 x volume of aqua lights. For example aquarium 90liter - 40-45 watt lamps (personal recommendation)

Having the right setup is very important for ornamental shrimp, this is one determinant of your ornamental shrimp populations.

An aquarium is mature (well cycled) usually takes about 30 days of initial setup. Of course, this process can be accelerated by using the old media into the new aquarium. But this is not recommended unless you are sure that the media of the old aquarium is really safe, because the old media may contain unknown parasites or viruses that can be harmful to the shrimp.

Instead, it would be better to include a variety of bacterial powder, nitro-baster, bio-bacteria, or even some basic fertilizer for aquarium. Try as much as micro-and macro-organisms can breed in the aquarium.

There are many models for shrimp aquarium setup. The main difference is its average in the filtration (the filter used). 

• Under gravel filtration (UGF) is supported by the canister. 
• Filtration using a sponge 
• Filtration using a HOB (hang on back)
• A combination of filtration canister

My favorite is the under gravel filtration using a power head or the aerator. Combined with a canister or UGF. My recommendation if sufficient budget, please use the UGF + Canister, but if you can use to setup middle UGF with power head or aerator.

Installation sequence is:

• UGF (under gravel filter)
• Cover with mesh
• Substrate / Soil / Sand - (read the recommendation of substrate)

 Do not forget to keep the temperature at 24-26

Ornamental Fish: The steps Ornamental Fish Aquarium Supply

Tips 

After you select the appropriate species and to buy equipment such as aquariums and accessories, aquarium preparation steps necessary before you can insert the fish into the aquarium decorations. These measures should be taken to ensure that you are able to maintain the ornamental fish for the first time.

Steps To Prepare Fish Aquarium Decoration

1. First clean the containers / Ornamental Fish Aquarium

You need to clean the aquarium with the newly purchased water to make sure dust or dirt in the aquarium is not to be toxic to the ornamental fish you later. The most beautiful clean with water flowing like a hose pipe. Once finished cleaning, put the aquarium in a place that you want.

2. Put Water Filter

After you install a water filter that includes all the type of machine you choose. Make sure you put a water filter boxes (berspan) in the right place. If no water will drip out of the aquarium.

3. Enter Stone Decoration (if necessary)

Put decorative stones if necessary to play or where the fish shelter. Ornamental stone is sometimes made ​​to feel the fish as if it were in the river or natural habitat.

4. Put In Other Furnishings (if necessary)

You can enter the home furnishings such as water mills, houses an artificial, ornamental plants, etc. if necessary. Make sure that the decoration was not causing other ornamental fish aquarium into fiber / full of decorations so that the fish did not appear. Your main objective is to preserve the ornamental fish and aquariums is not decorating.

5. Insert Accessories Needed

Accessories are meant here is like the air filter, temperature gauge (thermometer), measuring the ph of water and light. You only need to install this accessory if you need it and ornamental fish will die if this accessory is not available. Make sure you ask the seller of ornamental fish to the needs of fish you want to keep.

6. Put Some Water

After that you enter the water. Purpose here is enough distance between the water level to the top of the aquarium (the glass) is about 3-4 inches. If it is too full it will overflow if the fish jumps to snatch the food (if more than a fish). If the water is too shallow or too little water temperatures sometimes get hot if the temperature outside is too hot.

7. Enter Anti Liquid Chlorine and salt Suitable By Syllabus
Make sure you put anti-chlorine liquid and enough salt was determined by measurement of the size of your aquarium. Anti Chlorine products sold in the market have a different measure based on the size of the aquarium. Make sure you read the labels on the bottles of anti-chlorine before putting them in an aquarium. Salt would need to be a bit to kill the bacteria that can harm fish. Salt can also be purchased at the store of ornamental fish.

8. Water Pump Switch

After everything is ready, put the water pump switch to the nearest socket. Turn the water pump and let the 1 - 2 hours. DO NOT add more fish. After that you put the fish one by one.

Safe keeping of ornamental fish of your choice.