Blood Red from CV Maju

Theo asked me to post some pictures of the new arrival.


This is a Blood Red Asian Arowana from CV Maju Farm.


He actually came in much larger than expected, from tip to tail it is around 18", a real monster.

The only time I've ever had trouble lifting a bag into the tank for acclimating a single fish.


Took these with the P&S, will take some with the dlsr in the next day or two once I get the glass cleaned up a bit.
Lighting is 10000k LEDs.
I will take some pics under 6700K t5's tomorrow.

Anyways, coloration of this guy is quite good, thin frame scales with nice red color and a dark purple base.







Taken with Flash.


For frame of reference, the flagtail is around 9-10".

What a great looking Red! Congrats on this awesome pick up! What's the tag date?

great color already.

wow, nice looking fish

Nice fish!

Great looking fish!

Thanks for the comments everyone!


Playing around with my new lens. Not the ideal glass for this type of photography, but not too bad nonetheless.

Here's a couple of quick pics I snapped tonight:

(Nikon D7000, 24-120mm f4, no flash, 4200ISO)

Wow, fantastic looking red. I really like the body shape and finnage of Maju aro's. It seems that the prominent purple base is a common characteristic of their red's too. Very interested to see how this fish continues to develop. Keep us updated!

very nice blood red!!!

Nice to see it with more stabilized colours; I am also very interested to see how this fish develops, sure is a beauty.