The swimming posture of the arowana is also one of the key points of selection. When swimming, the body of the arowana should remain horizontal, not skewed, and each fin should be fully expanded. When turning, the swim should be smooth and powerful. When selecting Arowana, you can ask to feed the Arowana to observe whether the Arowana is in a good state of eating and whether it is mentally energetic when swimming, so as to avoid buying Arowana with poor spirits or diseases.
Regardless of the species of Arowana, you should pay attention to the above points when choosing. Only by selecting a healthy dragon fish can we see the excellent performance of ailong in the future careful breeding.
In the body type, the head shape of the dragon fish is also a part of everyone's eager pursuit, basically a beautiful head shape refers to the smooth line from the head to the end of the mouth, its jaw can not be relaxed and open, nor can it have sarcoma or foreign bodies, and the gill cover position is smooth and shiny.
The head type of Arowana is generally divided into: head (spoon head), cannon head and flat head.
1. (spoon head)
The is also called the spoon head. Viewed from the side, the mouth of the arowana is upturned upwards, and the shape looks like a spoon, so it is called a cocked head or a spoon head. Because the is more special, with a wide body can highlight the domineering spirit of the arowana, this body shape of the is called chariot, this chariot body type is particularly dark by aquarists in the red Arowana. This kind of head performance, perhaps because of the relationship between curves, makes the body posture of the arowana swim more fluent and soothing, and over time it has become an important aesthetic requirement.
2. Shell heads
The shell head refers to the curve of the head of the dragon fish is more rounded, the whole looks like the front end of the shell, and the head is shorter, giving people a very stable feeling. Although the dragon fish with the cannonball head is slightly inferior to the cocked dragon fish, the innate sense of stability of the shell head is also popular with aquarists, especially the golden dragon of the shell head type.
3. Flat head
Flat head mainly refers to the head of the dragon fish and the back ridge showing a straight line, neither upturned nor round, between the shell head and the spoon head, is a head type with a high incidence.
Among the three head types, the spoon head and the traditional cannon head each have their own followers, but relatively speaking, the market is relatively hot for the spoon head arowana. The size of the head of the dragon fish needs to be proportional to the body, and there are also some small, upturned heads with a high back, which is also a unique proportion. Because of the different strains, there are so-called special body shapes, such as the short body shape and raised back of the "Fulong", and the "emperor type" and the "overlord type" that make the arowana have a slender body and the "overlord type" with a thick body due to the different styles of personal breeding and appreciation. In addition, the most important thing is to observe whether there are abnormal bends or lumps in various parts of the body, in addition to the front and side of the examination, it is also necessary to observe the fish body from the surface of the water so that it will not be missed.
Color and body shape are the most intuitive visual feelings given to people by Arowana, and the coordinated and domineering body shape can deeply shock the viewer, which is also the basis of appreciation. In addition, the body type of Arowana is also divided into short body, chariot and other types.
Short body refers to the short body of the dragon fish, the fish body is wide, short, thick, very domineering beauty, which is also a favorite of many aquarists.
Chariot refers to a type of body shape of the arowana, generally the head is cocked (refers to the overall upward trend of the arowana head), the wide body (the body of the arowana is relatively wide compared to the same size of the arowana), and the large fin (mainly refers to the large back three fins of the arowana). The dragon fish of this body is very domineering, and it is also the more respected red dragon body in China in recent years.
Chariots are one of the many body types of dragons, which may appear in both red dragons and golden dragons, but for today, chariots are mostly the ideal size of red dragons. But admiring the Arowana is not only about the domineering body, but more about appreciating its color, and the Arowana, which is both body and color, can be regarded as a perfect arowana.
The "back of the word" is often referred to as the neat and one-shaped scales on the back of the dragon fish, and there are no extra scales from beginning to end. The back of the ordinary arowana does not appear neatly shaped, so the back of the arowana is higher in price than the average arowana. Unlike chariots, a back is just a special case of dragon fish, whether it is a red dragon or a golden dragon. Because the occurrence rate of the back of the word is relatively low, and it is also higher than the normal arowana in terms of ornamentality. But whether it is a red dragon or a golden dragon, they all have their own characteristics of appreciation. If the golden dragon on the back of a word has no gold at all, there is no ornamentation. Therefore, when choosing a dragon fish, the first thing to do is to choose the quality of the dragon, and then see if it is a word back.