Making Millions Farming Banned Fish: Vietnam’s Endangered Arowana Hustle

[@hugo_duong]

The video is amazing, thank you Andrew's team for taking the time to visit Cá Rồng Việt Nam and don't forget to mention Hugo Duong KZbin channel. Thank you so much. Love this channel. Keep it up ! 🥰

[@CARONGVIETNAM]

I hope you like my farm. Good work from Andrew's team. Love it 😍

[@Swirlingiceblade]

ủa idol của em đi bình luận dạo nè

[@RidArmand]

Theres alot of misconceptions about this video. Asian Arowana Red/Gold is not illegal and going extinct. It is illegal if you follow the rules the American (CITES) set. The rules should already been lifted since the 90s. Infact all other countries in this world except America has been able to import Asian Arowana. The only exception is the Green(Nami) and Batik Arowana from Myanmar. This 2 Arowana are so rare and pricier than the Red and Gold if they are in color morph (Albino) Red Arowana are being mass produced in Indonesia especially the Super Red from Kalimantan. Low grade Red like Banjar Red and Yellow Tail are very cheap less than USD50 Gold Arowana and Blue Base Golden (Bukit Merah) are from Malaysia and sold at almost every Fish shop here. Both from different locality. Low grade Gold like Red Tail Golden(RTG) and Highback Gold are easily under USD50. Green Arowana like Nami Green from Pahang and Perak, Malaysia are so rare that people thought it to be extinct in the wild and farms are having problems breeding this fish. Normal Green Arowana are still plenty in the fish shop. Batik Arowana from the Myanmar are so rare also and hard to find in any fish shop. Lastly there is no Asian Arowana endemic to Vietnam. And that is not the way to breed Asian Arowana in cheap plastic tarp. They should be bred naturally on Clay pond. This video just showing a reseller in Vietnam. I have written a long post about Asian Arowana in MFK Monster Fish Keeper forum back in early 2000s about all of this. The CITES should lifted the rules and let the Asian Arowana to only be imported from Endemic country. Gold from Malaysia. Red from Indonesia and etc. This is to prevent Mass uncontrolled production from China without Microchipped fish.

[@jimmyoh1982]

Correct.. This video has misleading information..

[@ellazu3536]

Totally agreed, there are millions of those fish in farms.

[@daviddoan68]

can I have link to your post on MFK please

[@xdas32]

Thank you for taking your time to explain this 🙏 you are 100% right about this seller's breeding condition It is odd, I visited a few well known Arowana farms in Vietnam, they use clay ponds.

[@thinkingaloud5379]

you sure know what you are writing about!

[@YaoJienSaephan]

Man I love your channel. It’s not too long, not too short, extremely informative, and amazing visuals. Keep it up!!

[@Unhomiee]

At 12:58, there's a mistake/typo in the video. It should read 150,000 USD instead of 15,000 USD..

[@MetalGearMk3]

you are right. that is one expensive fish!

[@daviddoan68]

@@MetalGearMk3 I'm really astounded by the amount of money some Vietnamese paid for frivolous thing like this. There are stories, every now and then, of someone paying that kind of money for a bonsai tree, or some kind of orchard flower. Vietnam is a low-income country and apparently low IQ for some.

[@amdzack1]

Wild asian arowanas are considered endangered mainly due to habitat loss not because of the aquarium trade. The ones that are sold on asian aquariums are not wild caught but considered new breeds/strain of arowana that were specifically bred for the market. It takes decades of breeding to get aquarium grade fish and decades more to get those premium class breeds. Btw wild caught Asian Arowana are not suitable for the trade due their look and colors are lacking compared to those sold in aquariums.

[@TascastFishing]

Wow this is absolutely eye opening! Brilliant documentary 🙌

[@phong0210]

Actually 3.7 billion VND is about USD$150,000 😂

[@johnnyv303]

Troi oi! 🤯😂

[@adam-hc8ub]

thats what i was thinking, he told worth a luxury car money

[@imran4968]

Lol

[@onthatsiete]

Something your broke ass will never touch in LIFE

[@hugo_duong]

Yes exactly ❤

[@JohnT2088]

The super red arowana is the super expensive one in the fish hobby. The one you see in most common fish stores are the silver amazon arowana.

[@Cordycep1]

My friend had aquarium business in San francisco in early 1990s, he would would import those illegal Arawana from Asia, and hide the fish from govt Wild Life inspectors at the port of entry. He has no problem finding buyers in early 1990s which he reselled for $50K.

[@clearwateraquariumCA]

ANDREW! A video just for me?! Thank you! 😊

[@Andrew_Fraser]

Anytime! Fish farms are my kind of thing.

[@amanbudimanduro8676]

Indonesia is arowana heaven, red arowana from kalimantan / borneo, green pino arowana from kalimantan, also red banjar arowana from kalimantan, golden red arowana from sumatera and jardini arowana from papua. You should go to my country.

[@finstails8269]

Very nice video! Love the music scoring. 👏👏👏

[@VuTang858]

If the US allows the sale of these things, every Asian household would have one.

[@Ntsej_Muag]

My brother in law had a albino Arowana. It was almost half the size of a 75 gallon tank. That thing was huge.

[@keirenle]

Nah, I rather keep ciclids. I would not have to refinance my house for something that could just dies

[@NatureBoy736]

Wish we can have these Asian arrows here in USA 🇺🇸. In the 90’s I knew some Asians would go the Canada and bring them over to the US. They sold for 5-10k usd.

[@84vietskater]

My uncle used to have these fishes in fish tank in front of his restaurant which was a pho shop in San Diego in the 90s. Didn’t expect to be this expensive du ma. lol 😂

[@justinereisler5930]

i live in canada and my husband has 3 arowana . there not illegal

[@NatureBoy736]

@ yes, that’s why people from the US would go there and sneak them back over to the US.

[@JeffBilkins]

Little disappointed you didn't taste them but it was still interesting.

[@potatostarch-h3i]

i used to see these fish in old school vhs movies where a crime boss would have a massive one swimming in a tank.

[@chaddytee726]

there's a business where I live in south Australia that has an owner that got busted trying to smuggle exotic fish from Asia namely Arowana gold/red with a another person from Singapore, he has his own aquarium shop here still operating even after what he got busted for

[@aquarium.talktv]

Great video. Thank you for making this. Sincerely, a Asian Arowana owner

[@Useruytrw]

I am poorer than Church mice so thanks for showing the expensive fish for nearly free

[@orometo]

Awesome video Andrew recently discovered your channel love the format especially the fish farm tours !

[@garykap]

The title is extremely misleading. these farmed fish are not endangered. it's the wild fish.. This is not a hustle, This is a serious legal company created by a fish hobbyist and years of hard.work.

[@therealtimmy13]

But that doesn’t get VIEWS 😂

[@MoomiesKitchen]

Great video Andrew i really love the style of your editing

[@AroEnthusiast]

Prices of Asian arowanas in Vietnam are no more expensive. The decline in prices is mainly due to the development of many fish farms in both Malay and Indo, producing tons of fish in captivity with increasing quality owing to carefully selective breeding throughout decades.

[@MrGhostsword]

some of those fish are just stunning, the colors, from the pond out.. wow.. thanks for the video..

[@ImagesOfCountries]

Excellent video !

[@bangtran9139]

Great clip, totally enjoyed love from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺

[@alisonwilson632]

Awesome video, thanks so much, really enjoyed it

[@leehaseley2164]

Although I can't get my head around why people would spend that much money on a fish, or other pet for that matter, it was fascinating to see what goes into the industry.

[@Galleryfilm88]

Arwana super red Original Indonesian 🇮🇩, Why don't you come directly to Indonesia?

[@Andrew_Fraser]

I’m shooting in Indonesia February next year. Maybe then if I can get the connections.

[@tommyho7156]

Dude I love these arowana videos u got a new sub from me

[@SackusSchmackus1]

lovely content andrew, lovely.

[@le-phuongnguyen6181]

Amazing work Andrew

[@HNYCMNYC]

Excellent video Andrew

[@Dreamer66617]

Such a good cinematography. your stiull getting betyter and better m,an

[@lioneljordanyap9826]

Chinese make this fish expensive... Call it dragon fish

[@conoromeara8974]

The protein shake he put in at 8:40 was anti everythng!!

[@dragoonzen]

awesome video, very great shots.

[@rambo20242]

Awesome bro! Love it mate

[@brucewayne2773]

Just when I thought you were actually going to eat one on your channel Andrew 😋

[@Andrew_Fraser]

Hahah yeah, I’m definitely not bringing in that kinda cash yet. I’d love to get one for the office someday.

[@ballistic350]

​@Andrew_Fraser tell sonny to buy one for y'all to eat😂😂😂

[@brucewayne2773]

@@ballistic350 Probably does not taste very good either , so I would pass.

[@KennyEatsWorld]

beautifully done documentary. didn't know district 5 ornamental fish market is so huge. I would love to visit next time

[@CreditBroker]

Wow! This is a great episode

[@brentgabel3660]

Until the 5:33 mark I was asking myself "Why does he keep saying 'marijuana'?". Ohhhhhhhhh. Arowana. That makes more sense.

[@reavl6494]

nicely produced sir

[@sproject6962]

Another good work from Andrew team. I know mr. Tri since he founded Ca Rong VN, its good to see you filmed his business.

[@CARONGVIETNAM]

Thanks u so much❤❤❤❤😊

[@shinneneguns4815]

Fuark this is meal worthy but it's not meal time 😢 keep it up G, the videos are insanely interesting and the production keeps on improving more and more

[@potatostarch-h3i]

your videos are very well done. and very interesting niche subjects. very impressive

[@eduardochavacano]

If more vloggers make videos about this area of Saigon, showing the giant fish tanks, the value of this fish may drop. No more mystery, 😢

[@PowerTwister_QLe]

The Arowana fish with over $150,000.00 dollar I think he bought way way OVER-PRICE😂

[@Andrew-oy5lb]

Did u ever think we would live in a world where a specifically colored fish would be worth me than human life. Lol. Crazy world were livin in

[@ballistic350]

And illegal in the states, like wtf how, its a fish no ones gonna release in the wild...

[@BenjiSun]

look at the Japanese Nishiki koi carp breeding and trade, it's not that much different. Yet the stigma is there for Arowana but not for Nishiki koi. or for that matter, captive breeding and pet trade of axolotl and wild salamander poaching and selling the immature juveniles as fake axolotls. the hypocrisy is real.

[@scottcahala7779]

Amazing. Thanks for sharing.

[@SR-ky2ft]

Arowana super red original from indonesia

[@boss5759]

You should also try visiting flowerhorn farms :)

[@bensoohoo1061]

Can't even share this video on Facebook because of the title. 😅

[@Andrew_Fraser]

lol really 😅 ?

[@mr.niceguy2524]

Best quality Arowana (arwana) its From Indonesia

[@userkiyz]

Yeah super red is from Indonesia, kapuas river, kalimantan island

[@andyhallbootdoctornz3991]

Probably a dumb question but do they eat these things or do they put them in aquariums to show the friends?

[@c-LAW]

3:37 "my friend and owner" -- I'm sure this is very objetcive from this point on.

[@benzmuatv895]

America shouldn’t Banned this beautiful Arowana. It make no sense to Banned this fish

[@RaymondMullen-t9j]

But do They '''TASTE GOOD '''???...Are They better Fry or Baked ?

[@HoangNguyen-rd3wr]

I usually like to eat them as sashimi.

[@RaymondMullen-t9j]

Also Great for Me....

[@glynndraper437]

Of course not they are fresh water fish

[@unknownpeople3378]

This fish has very tender meat, but be careful with the bones .

[@tedysubandy5299]

Long time ago people used to eat this fish in Kalimantan (Indonesian) where they were found in the river. You can still eat it now if you can afford it

[@Stefanonymous]

Nice good stuff man

[@CaoTri_Vu]

12:56 you missed one zero at the end. it's $150k not $15k

[@rouleslite5312]

The title is a click bait because arowana is not even banned nor endangered because they don't even exist in the wild here in Vietnam. Most of the arowanas that you see in the fish store are from breeder. Why? I'm literally a Vietnamese fishkeeper and I'm quite piss about the misleading title.

[@PCP-ov7nj]

Why are they making arowana short with hump? Does look good at all

[@ngocthachle494]

I was impressed by the one that full back with a little light of purple I came across some where

[@Tommy-Wong]

We have too many regulations here in the USA , that’s why we miss a lot of beautiful pets and other goods in the World 🌎 has offers .

[@MarijaPukuota]

That’s also brings a lot danger to local ecosystem.

[@thegentlekid7954]

Cinematography 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@BugzNBeanz]

They’re illegal because they’re endangered… yet allowing them to be bought and sold promotes breeding projects within the hobby saving the species as a whole. What’s the problem here???? The illegal status only helps the black market the same way keeping weed illegal helps the cartels. Making both legal only helps each respected community.

[@aquarium.talktv]

A Saratoga is not an Asian Arowana though… they are two different species of Arowana.

[@Silver_Noicers]

yea its an incredible business for THEM so they can have so much money, but the animal harm is fucked up bro, its not okay to do this to animals....

[@chrisizme2]

Those fish very expansive so they are very well cared for. People take better care for the fish more than they do for their children.

[@Silver_Noicers]

@@chrisizme2 did u even saw the video?

[@QuocNguyen-ly2lw]

Please, Andrew make another one that’s part two about the habitat of this Asian arowana, please please….

[@laurakarr29]

And another one about the kind of aquarium/pond setups these superstar fish end up in.

[@hunganh4612]

Nhìn thấy Hoàng Sa - Trường Sa trên bản đồ trong video là ok rồi! 😂❤

[@logic.and.reasoning]

They add a ground up plant root or berry to tranquillise the fish.

[@MinhTran-tv6gh]

correction 3.7 billion vietnam dong is 150k USD not 15K

[@jamesstock7882]

Great video haha Drop eye is a disease lmao not a type can you do reptiles next

[@gtrfreak]

What backpack are you using? looks water resistant

[@bobbyhillthe3rd]

They just steal any animal and sell them. I seen the same thing happen to all types of birds from exotic to a normal everyday pigeon

[@tnductai]

wrong conversion there vid editor 😂 $150k not 15k

[@KimNgo-f9u]

Owner of the shop very fun guy .

[@genmockify]

They look beautiful.

[@tedysubandy5299]

Very beautiful fish love it

[@IgorEngelen1974]

not so different from the koi market

[@artleo1251]

1:50 is when the video starts

[@artleo1251]

Actually 3:15 is where the video starts

[@namrehh]

these guys are breeding TF out of these fish, hardly seems endangered lol

[@888Peetah]

Holy moly! $150k for a fish!?

[@ballistic350]

Make it legal in the states so we can breed and grow the population back smh,

[@Rambosgeckos]

He said drop eye 😂

[@billlam7756]

I thought this a food channel???? I'm disappointed no catch cook! 😂

[@Andrew_Fraser]

That would be an expensive meal

[@davidd5226]

This could easily be on TV. Louis Theroux mark 2.

[@JackJones-x5g]

Oh my maaate... jeezz... good video Andrew... cheers Mate from the nation's capital.

[@somerandomfella]

That would make some expensive sashimi..

[@brokenstacker8297]

I don’t know much about fish but those fish sure like they are in overcrowded and unhealthy conditions

[@kylemoore3928]

Well made video but not very accurate. But if you think a Saratoga and Asian arowana are the same thing then we never expected much from the start…

[@SandroLendler]

Very interesting... ty!

[@TheOne_isGOD]

lol my aunt has one and i thought it was cheap and ugly and didnt understand why she had one, i never asked, now i know.

[@keirenle]

I don't live in vn but is it still illegal if the fishes are farmed breeding?

[@Nes71798]

That farm not breeding farm. they just buy from another farm (thailand,malaysia,indonesia) then feed them for bigger size in the pond and they sell in there country.

[@Omeiden]

it's too well produced, WAY too polished. Gone are the humble youtube days

[@miorfaizulsabki6667]

yup..you dont see stray cows on the street, people playing with cow dung or spitting tobacco.

[@rockys7726]

Even though it's legal in Canada if you try to import (smuggle) one into the US you will face thousands in fines and maybe imprisonment...

[@BRZZ-xw4hd]

great vid thanks....peace out

[@KamotengDahon]

Recommending to buy endangered species. Sounds good to me.

[@sparksmobilerepair4025]

I want an Asian arowna sooo bad! id gladly pay 10k+ for a red color version!

[@JohnT2088]

The fish cost around that amount. Smaller size but with shipping maybe 15-20k usd total , shipping to the usa. Cost bit cheaper if your country is closer

[@sparksmobilerepair4025]

@@JohnT2088 yea if they were legal here id buy one in a heartbeat they are so nice! I own silvers currently but have always wanted an Asian arowna