AROWANA

The Asian Arowana (Scleropages formosus), also called the Asian Bony tongue, is a species of freshwater bony fish from Southeast Asia. Its four varieties are native to the rivers of Southeast Asia and Indonesia.

The Asian Arowana has a long body; large pectoral fins; dorsal and anal fins located far back on the body; and a much larger caudal fin than that of its relative, the Silver arowana. Its scales are large and usually metallic colored, and it has paired barbels on the end of the lower jaw. It is a mouth brooder. It is sometimes called Dragon Fish by fish enthusiasts because of its resemblance to the mythical Chinese dragon.

NATURAL HABITAT OF GOLDEN CROSSBACK AROWANA

Bukit Merah Lake with total land area 1,650 acres is the place of origin of golden crossback arowana. The varieties naturally occur in this lake known as the best quality and most expensive arowana in the world.

REARING POND

Hundreds of well maintain rearing pond are built in the 13 hectares of land area placed more than 1,500 pieces of mature arowana brood stocks.

QUARANTINE ROOM

Infected fish or newly introduced fish into the farm are placed in the quarantine room. The sick fish are treated with medicine based on diagnosis in the quarantine room as disease preventive measures.

INCUBATION/NURSERY ROOM

The room placed aquarium tank for incubation and rearing of newly harvested arowana fry to 4-5 inches of marketable fry. The 24 hour monitored room is fixed with efficient aeration and filtration system and the temperature is maintained to optimum level to ensure the high survival rate and top quality of fry are produced.

MICROCHIP INJECTION

All the breeding stocks and fry for local and export market are individually tagged with coded microchips (Passive Implanted Transponder, PIT) with a unique 10 digits and alphabets code. It can be scanned with digital scanner or reader. Technique of PIT implanting is monitored and under supervision of Department of Fisheries Officers.

HARVESTING

Harvesting of fry is carried out every two months. Normally about 20-60 fry are collected from each brooding male fish. The harvesting process is only carried out by the highly skill staffs of the company in order to avoid injury of the parent fish as well as the newly collected fry. The harvesting and hatching technique is adopted from the R&D Division of Fisheries Department.

MARKETING

Arowana fry are marketed locally as well as for export. The individual fry is implanted with microchip for identification before being marketed (especially for export market).