Rare things are expensive. According to the fish boss, the high price is mainly due to the lack of goods. In order to prove its preciousness, the head of arowana was implanted with a computer identification chip, and the place of origin also issued a special identification certificate, which is of great collection value.
It is said that there is another main reason for selling such a high price: these fish can bring "good feng shui". Yesterday, the reporter saw in the large aquarium markets such as Wanghai in Jiangbei and Huamian Street in Yuzhong District that once it was named "Feng Shui Fish", the price would be very high. It is observed that "Feng Shui fish" are mostly gold, red and silver arowana, and the price of arowana is the highest. Arowana with a Malaysian "hukou" can also sell for 42,000 yuan.
The price of adult fish is high, so is the price of young fish. The price of young arowana with a length of more than ten centimeters is more than 3,000 yuan, and red-blooded parrots and colorful arhats can also be sold for several thousand yuan.
Fish boss said that the price in Chongqing is still relatively low in the whole country. In coastal cities such as Guangzhou and Fuzhou, the slightly grotesque "feng shui fish" is more expensive, such as the three-eyed arowana, which can be sold for hundreds of thousands of yuan.
Yang, a big aquatic product producer in Jieshui aquarium market, said that most of these high-grade marine ornamental fish currently sold in Chongqing come from Malaysia, the Philippines and other places. As soon as these "foreign fish" arrived in Chongqing, they were worshipped by some rich people as "treasures of town houses" and "feng shui fish".
"Feng Shui brings good luck" and "Feng Shui Fish" have a story circulating in the fish market, which is well told by fish bosses. Last year, a real estate boss in Jiangbei bought a dragon fish. The fish died "for no reason" the day before the business trip, and the boss had an accident on the business trip the next day. I was not injured at all. It is said that this is the arowana that helped him "block" the disaster. This story naturally became an advertisement for fish owners to sell fish.
It is not easy to raise such a valuable "Feng Shui fish". It is said that arowana's food for one day is 80 yuan/Jin Dao Xin prawn. Because of the high cost, the "Feng Shui Fish" seems to fluctuate, and the fish boss said that he could sell one in half a year. Buyers are mostly private entrepreneurs, such as car and real estate developers.
Arowana is not allowed to drink local fresh water. In order to feed the "exotic" high-grade fish bought at a huge cost, inland cities can only carry out artificial seawater. At present, the price of artificial seawater per kilogram in 2 yuan has doubled compared with the same period of last year, which is much more expensive than the pure water that citizens drink.