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posted 12-13-2002 08:59 AM            

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Hello everyone,

I would like to purchase a red arowana. I am having a lot of difficulty finding a source that sells them, when i email them, they say that arowanas are illegal in the U.S.! is this true?

I have heard of people in U.S. owning them and some owners have pics on the internet and pet stores in Cali are selling them for $1200 USD. So if they are illegal then what gives? Thanks.

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posted 12-15-2002 08:54 PM            

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nah their not illegal...... i have one... good luck with red tho.. red ones are hard to get

jay

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posted 01-03-2003 05:24 AM         

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They are not illegal in the US. They are from time to time banned from being shipped from South America because they have to kill the parent by cutting open the sack on the parent that the fry (the 3" ones with the yolk sack) are carried in. Ther are generally 300 to 400 in a sack. When too many of the adult fish have been killed off South America bans them from being shipped. The Arowana is a food and game fish there. As far as I know they are not currently on an endangered list.

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posted 01-03-2003 11:36 AM            

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kc5gvn: wrong fish and wrong country. The red arowana are Asian.

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posted 01-03-2003 10:42 PM         

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Excuse my failure to take note of color and confusing South Americans with Asians. I had been up all night when I came across his post.

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