Anyone bought from “Arowana Fish”

[islandguy11]

These scams are definitely not offputting to anyone new to arowana and interested in getting one.
Nope, not at all. No-siree.

For sure understood where you're coming from, really lame there are these shysters out there trying to relieve people of there hard-earned money.

For those newer to Arowana, a couple of hints:
a) if someone is advertising to sell fish that are illegal in one's country, it's almost assuredly a scam but regardless, move on.
b) if an outfit with an USA number or address is advertising to sell Asian Arowana, it's for sure a scam, move on.
c) if some place is advertising that they have like 10-20 different varieties of Asian Arowana in stock, it's almost assuredly a scam, move on.

I would be extremely shocked if any place, even the most reputable Arowana shops, brokers or farms in SEA had 15-20 different varieties of Asian Arowana on hand lol. Some shops might have 4-6 if they're lucky, and some bigger farms like Qian Hu in Singapore might have a few more (but most farms specialize in just 2-4) -- I'd wager that nobody has that kind of variety on hand for sale these guys are offering. Just BS and using the old 'kid in the candy store' effect to lure in dreamy fish keepers.

 

[stratos]

I'd add to your list:

If they want payment by Western Union it is a scam
If they are located in Cameroon it is a scam

 

[islandguy11]

I'd add to your list:

If they want payment by Western Union it is a scam
If they are located in Cameroon it is a scam

Yep, and even if they're using PayPal never send money to an account that is Unverified -- if so you can forget about getting your money back from PayPal; this his how I (stupidly) got burned once when learning about all of this.

 

[Arnaout84]

Welcome aboard

Thank You

 

[DN328]

Ya, their feedback is 0. Pretty sure more scam. Not sure if buyers are protected like ebay.

Is this fish Leichardti? Or jardini?

Color aside, I'm leaning towards Jardini….something about the cheeks. In the US, I tend to see Leichardti for sale between December -March. I was told based on their breeding time, hence availability.

 

[monsteraqua]

Another one for a chuckle! I inquired about Leichardti week ago, seems to have forgotten that convo, he had heaps in stock last week now zero...

Seems he has every rare Arrow known tho.... not to mention he’s in Ohio responding to texts 11pm his time... supposedly...

Was gonna see if he had a $20 fish to buy as a tester,,,,

Another scam.... Local LFS said Leichardti around Christmas?

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So that is the list from my singapore based supplier, meaning he just copied it from somewhere, a TungHu fish has no name, its a company of breeding, a certification breeder so I dont know what he is talking about.

 

[joserruiz]

So basically its a scam this "arowanafishforsale".com... I was looking for an African Arowana and encountered this shop but really gave me second thoughts about them. Any ideas where I can get a real African Arowana?

Thanks

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Check Aquabid, EBay, MFK Vendors and other reputable online vendors.

 

[dr exum]

So basically its a scam this "arowanafishforsale".com... I was looking for an African Arowana and encountered this shop but really gave me second thoughts about them. Any ideas where I can get a real African Arowana?

Thanks

Someone has them, maybe Pedro? Aquascape?

I’ve seen them recently in my exhaustive search to replace the Leichardti my RTC consumed ?

 

[dr exum]

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