Platinum and other Super Rare Arowanas

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Eoibio;2684101; said:
Wow the cruelist fish is probally the most exspensive...The repulsive lionhead arowana is even more cruel than a cross between a bubble eye goldy and a pom-pon goldy.Disgraceful.
Why is it cruel? I thought these were natural born, but a rare occurrence.
 

sodenoshirayuki

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Eoibio;2684101; said:
Wow the cruelist fish is probally the most exspensive...The repulsive lionhead arowana is even more cruel than a cross between a bubble eye goldy and a pom-pon goldy.Disgraceful.
Why would it be creul? Its a birth defect, not a man made thing.
 

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I don't think platinum arowana are the rarest color morphs of arowana. Melanistic and xanthic arowanas are even more rarer tha leusistics (platinum/snow).

When it come to deformed fish, the rarest would be the cyclopes asian arowana that I saw from Indo-dragon book. It only got 1 eye in the middle of it's forehead. Only if my scanner is working right now, I would scan the pic.
 

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The lionhead is cruel because people purposely breed them for the look.Cyclops aro?That just shows us how overbred they are!
 

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Eoibio;2686314; said:
The lionhead is cruel because people purposely breed them for the look.Cyclops aro?That just shows us how overbred they are!
The first lionhead jar came out accidentally but some breeder are now breeding them to get the perfect lion head shape, but I think it's still ugly.

It's actually not cruel because it's a natural deform.
 

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King-eL;2686919; said:
The first lionhead jar came out accidentally but some breeder are now breeding them to get the perfect lion head shape, but I think it's still ugly.

It's actually not cruel because it's a natural deform.

That picture gives me the heebie jeebies everytime I see it. Should be a rule for lock/delete for any new threads about that image. Edit post to remove image, post link with warning to original thread. :eek:
 

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Eoibio;2686314; said:
The lionhead is cruel because people purposely breed them for the look.Cyclops aro?That just shows us how overbred they are!
Again, its a genetic deformity. Breeders didnt make the cyclops or the lionhead. It came out like that and all they're doing now is trying to breed another one. Why is that creul? Its the same concept with albino fish.
 

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well too me every arow looks cool including birth defects like lionhead arow
 
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