Platinum Silver Arowana

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Status
Not open for further replies.
"Snow white" Silver Arowana/platinum? question

Posted By: souvigna (ts-church-p5.cancom.net)
Date: Tuesday, 3 July 2001, at 12:02 p.m.

"Snow white" Silver Arowana/platinum? How rare is this fish? I saw one in Beijing...and I bought it.
How much are they going for?

REPLY BY UNOAQUATIC:

Be careful when buying these fish at high price as many are regular silvers. Unless albino silver with red eyes is rare.
 
Platinum is much more rare than diamonds (one of the most abundant precious gems, thank giant monopolies for the huge demand/price). Now alexandrite, that's rare. But I digress, even in "snow white" S/A aros are ugly.
 
Learn something new every day... but is a 20 grams of platinum more expensive than 20 grams of a gem-quality diamond?
 
They weren't labeled as "platinums", that's why I said the store probably got lucky and got in these "platinums" at the price of a regular silver arowana. Which might explain why they're $55.

Those silvers were just as bright "white" as the pictures you just posted above.

I guess you just won't believe me, but I can tell you that I've seen lots of silver arowanas and the two that I saw definitely looked different.
 
Perhaps I should just buy them home and take some pictures myself!!! lol I'm telling you all, whether what I saw were "platinum", "snow", or "white", or "whatever" name you want to call it, I can tell you that the silver arowanas I saw has the metallic white coloration, with jet black eyes.

:)

If you're in NYC, go check the store out, they might still have it.
 
I agree- unless is a fish store with NO IDEA what its doing and they thought they were the same thing.. which don't get me wrong I"ve seen my share of thoes stores, I doubt its a platinum..

the jet black eyes are intriguing.. normally silvers have rather human like eyes dont' you think? (meaning a very defined pupil and outter white area)
 
Phatboy said:
Perhaps I should just buy them home and take some pictures myself!!! lol I'm telling you all, whether what I saw were "platinum", "snow", or "white", or "whatever" name you want to call it, I can tell you that the silver arowanas I saw has the metallic white coloration, with jet black eyes.

:)

If you're in NYC, go check the store out, they might still have it.
Click to expand...

Hi brudder dude...

Check this pic out. Platinum silvers should look like this:


watermark.php


Matt white scales and no metallic tone.
 
a bit of a spoon head on that mofo
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
MonsterFishKeepers.com
Top Bottom