Starting again where I left, just showing some pictures of how my favourite No. 2 would have beaten all his expensive good genetic heritage mates from the same farm. (Interesting to note that both the favourite siblings aren't from the most expensive line offered by the farm, but it's just unexplained dumb luck I got one hidden with extra great beauty to be demonstrated later in life ?) Even at night lighting, the gold outshines.
Closest rival to the gold currently is this fella
Now the difference is getting pretty big when it gets compared to those that are of unknown parentage, genetic superiority etc. Favourite no. 2 just has some super bright colours and shine that makes it shine from the rest. It is hard not to notice Golden Blue.
Unless I add more lights to the tank, currently, at night, it only has warm yellow coloured lights, so it makes all the fish look golden. It is worth mentioning that even under such lighting, the gold on almost all the good genetic heritage pieces have shiny and a lively kind of shine to the gold.
The rest of the nicer half :
I do have four/five pieces that has these dull looking gold that doesn't really shine. I guess if a fish doesn't have the genes to have good gold shine/blue hue, it just won't get it. Well, I was the one who didn't wanna start out with an all star arowana community at first as I was thinking since they are gonna try to tear each other apart, why waste the money.... but when I now have a rather still largely peaceful tank up to this point, I have my regrets that I didn't start out with all of good genetic heritage.
My next project will be to thin the community and switch their tanks. My 2 favourites will get their own dedicated tank. I'm bringing back a red arowana soon that was to be sold to a new buyer long ago but guess currently timing isn't right, but I'm getting more tanks, so, that's fine. The soon to be emptied tank will be waiting for another new arowana community. I would expect any sane person to question the logic for doing that or why would one person wanna keep so many Asian arowanas. Well, now that I know for certain where the source of such beautiful Blue Base arowanas are from, and I am very happy to with the product/fishes (actually, the more accurate way to describe will be I am immensely happy with the blue based arowanas I got), it is an opportunity that is too damned hard to turn down.
I know the hobby isn't about just one species of fish. Just pray I can repeat to grow out the second peaceful community of arowanas. If I were to use forum chatter as benchmark, my first attempt to own an arowana community would have so far been a hugely successful but oddly lucky fluke first shot. I am still not too certain for sure what helps to create a peaceful community of arowanas, but if I have something to be thankful for, I would be thankful that :
1. The best fighter in the tank does not really attacks other arowanas unless being attacked. Doesn't seem interested to be the alpha too unless during meals.
2. The fiercest fish in the tank is a among the most scrawny one.
I do also observe that by changing their environment in small ways confuses/annoys them which does cause them to start small fights, but I rather they always have continuous small fights than a huge big fight. And changing of water frequently does seem important in keeping their tempers low. There are some who think this may be caused by hormones, and I don't think I will ever find out.
