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[aro_craze]

hi guys, my name is hans, 29yrs old male, married. i juz moved here on january from singapore to perth. im juz looking around to make new friends here. anyone know where there is sales of silver aro, black aro or the native jardini aro here is perth, preferably not far from perth city, as i live in west perth in an apartment. will be looking for a landed property house next yr so i wanna source out my resource in building a tank.

i have been keeping arowana and fresh water rays back in singapore since 2003. i know asian arowana is banned from import here, so im looking at other alternatives. though it would be great if i can get my hands on some asian arowana though.

regards,
Hans

[Cawdor]

Welcome Hans, I hope you enjoy the forum and maybe come to a meet too, it's not too far from you
Have a you had a look at local shops yet? Check out the list of sponsor stores and have a look. For tank building, I can personally recommend Aquotix, but have also heard good things about AAA, Vebas and Morley Aquarium.

[Hydonia]

Hi Hans,

welcome to the forum!

[MONSTAF1SH]

Hi Hans!
Your gonna be so disappointed with what we can get here weve got nothing like what you can get in singapore.....
Any birchir will start at $180 to $800
Silver aro at about $350 + even for a baby.
Black Aro not sure maybe $750- $1000? but very rare.
Rays have have dropped in price lately from $1400 down to I think you can get a pair for about $1200 now.
Asian Aro Rare and Illegal at crazy prices.

But native Jardini probably same price that you pay in Singapore.

[aro_craze]

oic, thanx for the info. y is the price so crazy? silver aro is sold at S$30 each for a 4 to 5 inches fella.black aro is arnd $100 cuz its not easy to breed.
asian arowana: red tail golden aro vary frm S$300 to S$500, Crossback golden aro starts at S$1k, Super red aro arnd S$1.2k and the cheapest of them all is the green aro frm S$80 n sumtimes lower depending on the availability of stock.
motoro ray pups pair is frm S$400 or so.
jardini arowana cost $30

is jardini aro cost arnd AU$30?

[Kieran]

Jardini about $130AU for a 10cm specimen lol. It's basically all about availability. If you can't get it in, or out, of somewhere, the price goes up.

[aro_craze]

wow! dats expensive. i thougt that it will be cheaper to get a jardini here in australia.

[MONSTAF1SH]

Datnoids Start at $500

Its crazy that Saratoga are more expensive here than other countries, I cant believe it!
Also in singapore I've seen the Platinum Jardini Variant where here you can just find the standard Jardini.

Told you you would be disappointed.

[aro_craze]

i might aswell get silver arowanas then. they look majestic too. where should i go if i wanna get these fishes? is there a fish shops selling exotic fishes? im living in west perth? i guess normal pet shops carry simple fishes like gold fish n bettas.

[mick]

I have a silver arrow for sale, slightly bent back and 1 droop eye.

$100.

http://www.perthcich...showtopic=32142

[Kieran]

Click on the sponsors logos near the top of this page. My personal favourites are Aquotix, Pet Magic Cannington, Vebas, Seaview, Midland, and then whatever I happen to be within 20km of!

Vebas regularly stocks the jardinis, leis and a few other exotic fish, but if you speak to the shop assistants or PM them on here I'm sure they can get a lot of special things in for you.

[drukqs2369]

wow! dats expensive. i thougt that it will be cheaper to get a jardini here in australia.

nothing is cheap her in australia!!!!

[aro_craze]

nothing is cheap her in australia!!!!

hahaha... i think i'll juz get some silver arowanas n make a comm. juz hope that asian arowana ban will be lifted cuz asian arowana r no longer wild caught. there r lots of farm breeding arowana in singapore, theres endless supply of asian arowana in sg, theres no breeding season for these fish. asian arowana is being exported to far away countries like japan, china n even canada. this does not include malaysian n indonesian breeders too.

and who would wanna dump such prized fish into australian eco system? dun understand y the govt is banning asian arowana imports.

[MONSTAF1SH]

Silver Arowana are very hard to find here i know there is a 40cm at City Barn in Malaga going for $700 fairly pricey.
We get Silver Aros sent from the Eastern States and I hear now the Quarantine guys are now clamping down on that so not sure who still brings them over.

[aro_craze]

wow... i guess its pretty hard to get these fishes huh? how abt jardini? but jardini are teritorial fish, have ant here heard of jardini comm? how much would a small baby jardini cost?

[aro_craze]

wow... i guess its pretty hard to get these fishes huh? how abt jardini? but jardini are teritorial fish, have ant here heard of jardini comm? how much would a small baby jardini cost?

these r taken from rully-arwana.com, an indonesian farm breeding super red asian arowana. look at the batch of jardini they import. dats massive. since jardini cost S$30 in singapore, it will be much cheaper in indonesia, could even be 1/3 of S$30.
i still cant believe jardini cost way much down here when its allowed to export in large batches at a cheaper price.
jardini comm in indonesia

[MONSTAF1SH]

I asked this question a few times and one of the answers I got that sought of made sense is that they were being bred at farm outside of Australia.

[aro_craze]

I asked this question a few times and one of the answers I got that sought of made sense is that they were being bred at farm outside of Australia.

well... in that case, australian should breed more of its native arowana so that it will be cheaper. dun u think so its a good idea to do so. i was thinking of getting some silver arowana n breed them if possible as a hobby. not forgetting some rays too.

[Ronny]

There is another which is a bit cheaper, "leichardti" but personally I don't think they're as nice.


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