arowana

Hi,a little help would ba appriciated.I finally managed to myself a silver arowana,decent size around 20cm...problem is when I got the fish he was a little flat in the stomach,got him /her home and started feeding last night...refuses to eat sticks,crickets or even live only eats blood worm...how do I go about getting the fish onto the sticks and crickets?thanks

 

Hi

They don't eat for about a week when moved from one location to the other. Nothing to worry - you can still feed from time to time but will take a while before eating. Mine did the same

Regards

F

 

Ok cool...thanks sat up till 12 last night worrin,what size is yours?I'll keep dropping bloodworm every night though

 

My Aro is about 35-40 cm. It doesn't like frozen food so i feed mine mainly crickets and pinkies from time to time. Remember they like to eat stuff that is floating. I also keep the cricket tub above water so that he can jump and take food from the tub - the crickets come to the edge of the tub and he picks them off.

F

 

Mine doesn't seem to mind the frozen food...just need it to start eating the crickets and pellets...

 

@Shannon how big is your tank?

 

Hi Shannon

You also need to establish what it was fed on previously, As i know that alot of my friends feed their arow on feeder fish.
to keep them more active.
Its ok for 3-4 days that its not eatting when in transit.

 

They were feeding pellets and bloodworm.it has been eating the bloodworm but doesn't take the full frozen block just eats the defrosted floating bits...

 

My tank is a 4ft grow out tank....planning a 2000lt build in a couple of months

 

thats awesome, yes he/she will def outgrow the tank soon. post us some pics when you can

 

Wish I knew how to post pics

 

lol very easy.. in your toolbar just above where you write your post the third button from the end is your add picture icon, if you put your mouse over it, it says "insert image" click on that then clcik the "from my computer" tab at the top, then "select file" button, and browse to where the file is on your PC, select the file and click upload.. easy as that if you don't come right let me know, i will post screen dumps for you

 

He's colours are vibrant,I'll see if I can get a better pic tonight

 

ps from south america not asia
great looking lil guy

 

True dat...mind all over the place none the less managed to get one finally

 

Someone suggested to me to turn down my power head for a little less water flow,would that also help getting him/her eating the crickets and pellets?

 

beautiful fish well done