What is special about arowana?

Dragon blood dragon fish is considered to be the most expensive ornamental fish in the world. It is considered to bring luck, prosperity to the owner.

Arowanas , "princes" in fish species, have the scientific name Scleropages formosus , a very rare species. Arowanas live in freshwater environments, are large fish, body length can reach 90cm and weight more than 7kg when mature.

Arowanas come in many varieties based on the color of the fish, but the red arowanas are the leading species of arowana in both color and value.

Food is mainly insects, small fish and frogs.

The blood dragon consists of two main lines, the Red Blood Chilli (Chilli red) and the Blood Red Blood (Blood Red) . They are widely distributed in the upper reaches of the Kapuas river and the area of ​​Lake Sentarum, West Kalimantan province, Borneo island, Indonesia.

Food is mainly insects, small fish and frogs. Arowana's eggs are usually large and each litter is small. Eggs are incubated in the mouth of the prawn until hatched.

The distinctive characteristic of this fish is the change in color from the time the fish is young to adulthood. The whole fish body is bright red, the scales on the whole body are beautiful and shiny.

The reason arowana has high price is because of its luxurious, noble, beautiful shape.

The reason arowana has high price is because of its luxurious, noble, beautiful shape, shiny and shiny like coins, rippling like dragons, different from other types of fish.

Because of its rarity and its value, every time arowanas appear in competitions, the public is specially protected. Specialist Emily Voigt researched arowana said that in the lucky time, she participated in the Aquarama International Arowana Competition in Singapore in 2009, she saw about 10 rare arowana arowanas bred by armed guards middle in the police car. The highest price at that time she learned was $ 300,000 (nearly 7 billion VND).

Previously, former Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhono used to pay $ 20,000 to own a dragon blood arowana in Jakarta.

In nature, arowana arowana is a fish that is in danger of extinction. It is illegal to import this fish into the United States. In Southeast Asia, there are arowana farms, where they are bred to take care of breeding, often extremely protected, high concrete walls, guarded dogs and barbed wire.

Arowanas are mostly sold at around 6 months old.

Kenny Yap, who is dubbed the king of ornamental fish, owns the biggest aquarium farm in Asia, saying: "Stealing a fish is not as easy as stealing a piece of jewelry."

Yap shared on the New York Post that the arowanas are mostly sold at around 6 months of age, when their length is equal to a pencil for $ 1,000 to $ 2,000 depending on the type.

Yap said: "People want to keep them from growing up so they can be nurtured. They live up to a few dozen years old but have not determined exactly how long."