The characteristics Arowana

Arowana groups, including the primitive fish. A variety of fossil fish found within this place and suspected aged between 10 -60 million years (depending on the species and place). They have been evolving for more than 10 million years, so the fish can be said this is a fish-resistant and long-tossing. Arowana classified in the family fish "karuhun", namely Osteoglasidae or family fish "bony-tongue" (bony tongue), as the basic form of mouth, bone, which functions as a dentist. Arowana have various epithets, such as: Fish Dragon (Dragon Fish), Nightlife, Saratoga, Pla Tapad, lethargic, Siluk, Kayangan, Peyang, Tangkelese, Aruwana, or Arowana, depending on the place.
As ancient fish, arowana shape and appearance has a beautiful and unique. Body stretching, slim, and "stream line", while the movement moving in the water very elegant. Arowana have in the natural colour varies from green, silver, to red. Two grouse appear to mind from the lips beneath. Grouse this work as vibration sensors to know the position of victims in surface water. The Leaders of this ornamental fish enter this grouse in the assessment criteria beauty of the fish concerned.
Arowana fish is a large and sometimes aggressive nature, so that not all people are interested in maintaining arowana. With the size of the required size aquarium that is greater than the standard size aquarium. In arowana have the potential growth rate is high, especially when given feed protein high. In aquarium arowana can grow to about 60 cm, while in nature can reach 90 cm more, even on certain types can reach 270 cm (arowana origin of South America).
Arowana fish is a top swimmer, shape mouth very clearly show this. In nature they usually swim near the surface, and as luck hunting insects. Therefore arowana feeding is not a difficult thing for we know that they are "feeder surface." In general arowana not include voters in food, they can receive all types of feed for fish carnivore, but often they are so very like one kind of food only, and reject the other Janis.
Arowana the fish hopper, in the natural insects they can catch a perch on twigs the height 1-2 meters from the surface of the water. Therefore we need to consider whether to close the aquarium if you want to take care of the aquarium.
Arowana be resistant to attack, including a variety of diseases. But they will be sensitive to changes in water quality, especially to increase the rate of ammonia, Nitrite and nitrate.