most highly endangered fish meaning international trade is tightly restricted only captivebred asian arowana can be traded commercially there are 23 breeders in asia prime specimens are worth up to 5000 and illegal trafficking has been a documented problem in cites parties marine species expert species listed under the wildlife protection act are taken care of so that they are not traded but it is unfortunate that the species that are not endemic but traded are not given enough attention tito joseph programme manager wildlife protection society for survival diethealthy guppies goldfish frogs or shrimps make a good stable diet dropping any fish into their space turn the arowanas into carnivores temperaturebest between 24 and 30 degree celsius and a ph level between 70 and 75jumping fish asian arowana or golden arowana scleropages formosus may live for many years they live over 20 years in captivity lowering the aquarium temperature might also make them look young longer than they would in a higher temperature often spotted swimming on the surface and are capable of jumping from the aquarium the aquarium must be wellcovered silver arowana in the wild have been known to jump at insects in trees generally a healthy arowana fish grows to 2430 inches 6075 cm some varieties grow to 48 inches 120 cm in the wild vaastu value according to vaastu principles if placed in the right direction any problem likely to hit the family kills the fish first it is believed that keeping these fish at home gives one mental relaxation by watching their movements they are mainly seen as a balancing element as pets they bring prosperity and happiness in ones life