Different grade of Asian Aro's
Basically everything in a nut shell...although might be too simplifying...
xbacks comes in a few flavours mainly the core colours of their scales that most commonly known to be blue core colours that shine and reflected by light. Most people prefer the deeper the blue the better like the marble blue xback which is Panda's highest grade of blue base xback. There are other colours of core colour too like purple.
Speaking of purple core based arowanas are the violet fusion that has purple core colours. Reds are differentiated by the same basic grading system of different core colours on the scales. The purple colour core in reds are what seems to be popular.
Now I believe in sinagapore xbacks and reds are just as popular and in canada I get a sense that its reds that more dominate.
One other basic to consider high grade besides the different core colours are how gold, how much the gold colour has cross to the 6th lvl of scale, how broad the body. Basically the more gold it is, more cross it is and the more broader the body the higher grade. Now most prefer spoon head type xbacks the higher but realistically, most xbacks have bullet heads and thats just the natures of xbacks.
Reds fit about the same profile as xbacks basically, the redder it is the better, reds crosses over as well and the more cross the better, etc.
Now with RTGs, usually RTGS is about lower goldier than xbacks hence the name red tail golden. Now Panda's HBRTG is a cross between xbacks and RTG so hence the higher lvl of shine, more gold tone and spoon head, which I suppose got it from the RTG side.
when buying an aro you would judge by looking at the above mentioned attributes of the young aro. Of course the higher of the above attributes of the young aro the more expensive it is. That would make sense since your paying more for a more potential aro to turn out with high attributes of either gold or red when in adult. Now there are cases of aros being young and got all the high attributes but in adult they wouldn't turn out as expected. Some people say its due to care of the owner but in my oppinion, its just nature and chances of potential being not as expected are rare cases and shouldn't be considered. A potential quality red or xback will turn out as expected in most cases, like 85% or more. The cases of potential quality turning out not so good is really rare, but some say its contributed to pre sale conditionings like white tank treatments for xbacks in which case the aro is placed in a all white tank that will cause the shine to go up at young age and disappear when aged. But thats just ill practices and high unethical.
Wow Protoxeno,
How did you become such a pro at writing about the different grades of Aro's?
Last Nov 30th, 07 you had a question on "Extreme" asking if any one knew the deifference between XB & RTG.
Here's your question below;
protoxeno
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:17 pm Post subject: How much golder is xback compared to RTG?
Hey guys just a question to you experts out there who had seen full adult xbacks and RTGs. How much golder is xback compared to RTG? Can we use a numberic digit like 2x, 3x and such? And Is xback tend to be more shiney as well?
I am a bit confused on the who comparsion between RTG and xbacks. I know xbacks got all the perlies and it crossover to lvl 6 and RTG doesn't but in rare cases you can find some RTG that looks like xbacks. I find the xback prices are more top than reds in the GTA so I want to know if the difference is really huge.
Protoxeno, Lets be honest here.
Who's the real genius behind the answer? I find it hard to beleive that it was your words used in answering this question.
As a Moderator, do you have hired writers to answer questions for you?
Sorry if I sound a bit harsh but, you made a valid comment on my Arow on Extremehub, concerning my VIP and how it is not worth the money to buy. Then I see you asking about differences in Arow's in another forum.
I am left with the thought that for a person not to know the differences in Arow's you as a MODERATOR should be commenting on other ppl's fish.
I think you realy don't know what U R talking about.
I almost feel ripped off, your comments about my VIP stated that my fish is a late bloomer and not worth the price, when you know nothing about the different phases a FGXB goes thru in it's colour changes.
Now this!
I am sure most Memebers of EXTRME & AROWANA CLUB CANADA, would like an explanation on how you came up with this elaborate perfect answer, concerning you were confused a few days ago.
Care to reply?
I invite all members to reply as well. Or, maybe I'm just being one sided?
