Arowana In the USA, Legal or Illegal?

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I am confused, I have been looking up legality's of owning a Arowana in the US and I am having a hard time figuring out if they are Legal or Illegal to own in America. I was thinking it would be cool to have one in my
7x4x2 I am building this summer but now I am not sure if they are legal to own or not. I see one page says if farm breed yes, then another that says no lol...which is it haha.

Any one have any definite information on this?
 
Silver, and black/blue aros only are legal in the us...oh and jardini.
 
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Alaska is pretty relaxed on keeping fish for pets (unless native to the state, big no no) same with reptiles as long as not venomous. I actually seen an Arowana for sale on Craigslist a few months ago but just because it was on craigslist doesnt make it legal lol. Thanks for the replies, I will look into the Silver and black/blue Arowana's and double check local regulations to see if they list them as Illegal to own.
 
Asians, all of them are illegal in all states.

You can add Leichardti ( australian ) to the legals.

Don't know about Florida, though...
 
I was just curios. I always thought they were pretty cool but from what I read it sounds like the South Americans need a fairly low PH (6.0 I read) and my water is 8.0 out of the tap so I may not even try with these guys.
 
Easy....can try using RO water with the necessary trace elements, or alternatively can use some good buffering products like Seachem Neutral/Acid Regulator.
 
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