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3 - The Showroom |
| Field
Visit by members to Kim Kang Aquaculture
- article by NSK & pictures by West |
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Did
you know that some arapaimas have
very red scales?
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| Mr Goh explained that arapaimas are
able to breed on its own, each time producing
up to 1000 fries! The fries do not need
to be harvested manually unlike the arowanas. |
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Young
baby arapaimas at about 9 inches
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| Despite its monstrous
size, arapaimas are quite harmless
fishes and hardly
attack humans. They consume their food
by sucking the food into their mouth.
The power of this suction power is not
to be underestimated, as there was once
an unsuspecting worker who was washing
his hands in the arapaimas pond, he had
his forearm sucked into the mouth of
an arapaima! The arapaima, sensing that
this was not food, quickly released the
worker’s forearm! The worker suffered
no injuries other than a fright but I
supposed he was fortunate that the giant
arapaima do not fancy human meat! |
| From the arapaima pond, we retreated
back to the farm and viewed the arowanas
in the display tanks. Among the red arowanas
on display in the showroom, there was
a particular red arowana that caught
our eyes. This thin framed red arowana
had well defined scales and it looked
as if the scales were immaculately coloured
by a fine paintbrush. |
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A
beautiful red arowana in the showroom
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| There was also a wide collection of
excellent golden crossback arowanas in
the display tanks. Measuring at merely
6 inches, these young arowanas were also
displaying traits of their parent fish,
achieving a sixth level scale shine and
tiny shiny pearl scales near the dorsal
fins! |
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A beautiful juvenile
golden crossback
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An
extraordinary juvenile with sixth
level crossing
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Pick
of the day! Our favourite juvenile
crossback!
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Pick
of the day up close and personal…
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| Today’s
visit to Kim Kang Aquaculture Sdn Bhd
was an exhilarating experience
for many of us since it was probably
the first time that we witnessed the
harvesting process and equally amazing
was the feeding of the arapaimas. Before
we realized, it was time to leave the
farm and head back to Singapore. It has
been a wonderful day in the farm and
we must really thank Mr Yap Kim Choon
and Mr Goh Siak Ngan for making this
visit possible. Both Mr Yap and Mr Goh
were equally knowledgeable and helpful
in answering our member’s queries
on the harvesting process. It was indeed
our pleasure to spend the day in the
farm with you! |
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Thank
you for the arrangement to visit
the farm, Mr Yap!
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You too, Mr Goh!
Thanks for opening up the farm!
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