The Asian Arowana is a kind of freshwater fish that is found in Southeast Asia, where they live in slow-moving waters, waterways, and streams.

The adults arowana eat other kinds of fish, and younger ones eat insects.

These Arowana have become popular in Asia because of their similarity to the mythical Chinese dragon, and hence, is seen as auspicious by Chinese.

Some even believe that the Asian Arowana fish are descendents of the mythical dragons.

Dragons are also thought to be immortal and possess invincible powers that will protect its owner against evil or any bad incidents. However, as a endangered species, Arowana has to be reared and sold under permits.

There are different types of Golden Arowana, Golden Crossback Arowana and Red Tail Golden Arowana. However, the Golden Crossback Arowana is more popular.

The Cross Back Golden Arowana will have a brilliant golden colour that intersects at its back when the fish matures.

The Golden Crossback Arowana is one of the most expensive of the Arowana fishes as their golden scales are very nice and looks like a gold plate.

The demand is incredibly high, as there is a very low supply of this Asian Arowana. There are also different hues of the Golden Arowana, hence there are different varieties of the fish.

The Golden Arowana is native to Southeast Asia and live in blackwater rivers, slow-moving waters that flow through forested swamps and wetlands.

The Asian Arowana is already a Feng Shui Fish, because of the resemblance to the mythological Chinese dragon and beliefs of the dragon.

The Golden Arowanas are specifically more auspicious as the gold shows the presence of both riches and achievement and is believed to bring both.

The golden colour also can generate Yang energy and the Golden Arowana are known to bring good luck and peace to the your house with this positive energy, protecting your family from harm and evil.

The Golden Arowana also has the Metal Element for those who need it to balance their Five Elements in Feng Shui.

When selecting a Cross Back Golden, there are a few characteristics you should be looking out for.

A high quality Cross Back Golden has scales that are reflective, glittering, neat, large and distinctive. It should also have the golden colour reaching the fifth row of scales, as the higher it reaches, the better the quality.

The neatness of scales should stand out at first sight. A pure breed one would even come with a golden belly.

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