Favorite Foods to Feed Large Arowana's?

[MistirE]

Well, I am currently doing fresh market shrimp, cutting up beef heart and trying to figure out which kind of fish fillet my fish likes...anyhow....I was wondering what everyone else likes to feed their beasts.... Thanks again!

[Mobatic]

shrimp, mealworm.

[drklevia]

earth worm is there favorite they eagerly want it and blood worms are 1 of there favorite,i havent tried frogs but people say the arowana loves them,oh yea dont buy poison frogs

[Darren87_Sg]

try to get those live whole sea prawn used for fishing to feed. A live sea prawn can still survive in freshwater for up to 2 hours b4 it dies.remember to break the spike on the head b4 throwing it in,they wont die so easily.they love those.but are expensive.

[Bogwoodbruce]

My 20" silver loves, earthworms, mussle, prawn, whitebait etc...

[Crustman]

Try Tilapia filets cut up. Sometimes you can get these 2 for 1

[MistirE]

Thanks sounds great! :headbang2

[Tongue33]

Large live Grasshoppers!!

[Miguel]

Mine eat everything. QWonderworms, crickets, mussels, FW fish fillets, raw chicken cubes ( once per 2 weeks ), shrimp...

but, earnestly, I decided to go the extra lenght and force them on to pellets....it is starting to work...

[MistirE]

Mine eat everything. QWonderworms, crickets, mussels, FW fish fillets, raw chicken cubes ( once per 2 weeks ), shrimp...

but, earnestly, I decided to go the extra lenght and force them on to pellets....it is starting to work...
That is what I am trying to do......pellets are the best well rounded food for arowana....at least some of the better ones.

[xiahaolong168]

I used to have one and I fed krill shrimp and earthworms

[supaoat]

My Arowana is not a picky eater. It will eat anything that can fit in its mouth. There are so many things that I fed my beast such as krill, silverside, feeder, pellet, mealworm, cricket, and so on.

[carcrazy]

Man, are you lucky. My aro is a picky eater. He will reluctantly eat shrimp, but if I feed him super worms (which he loves) he refuses to eat shrimp again for a few days. I can gut load the worms but I'd rather try to get him to eat a variety of foods.

Since I feed my rays shrimp, there is no point in trying to get the aro to eat pellets as he'll just grab the shrimp when I feed the rays. Sometimes I soak the shrimp overnight in liquid vitamins (azoo).

[MistirE]

Man, are you lucky. My aro is a picky eater. He will reluctantly eat shrimp, but if I feed him super worms (which he loves) he refuses to eat shrimp again for a few days. I can gut load the worms but I'd rather try to get him to eat a variety of foods.

Since I feed my rays shrimp, there is no point in trying to get the aro to eat pellets as he'll just grab the shrimp when I feed the rays. Sometimes I soak the shrimp overnight in liquid vitamins (azoo).AZOO I am not familiar with this....I think I heard about it...please inform me more about where to buy, what it contains, and positive things about the product as well as negatives. Thanks! ;)

[Miguel]

Man, are you lucky. My aro is a picky eater. He will reluctantly eat shrimp, but if I feed him super worms (which he loves) he refuses to eat shrimp again for a few days. I can gut load the worms but I'd rather try to get him to eat a variety of foods.

Since I feed my rays shrimp, there is no point in trying to get the aro to eat pellets as he'll just grab the shrimp when I feed the rays. Sometimes I soak the shrimp overnight in liquid vitamins (azoo).

Be real carefull on the fatty content of Wonderworms....
feed it sparingly

[Miguel]

AZOO I am not familiar with this....I think I heard about it...please inform me more about where to buy, what it contains, and positive things about the product as well as negatives. Thanks! ;)

Azoo is a chinese brand Mistire...I do not like it, although others vouch for it.

Try to see if you can get hold of the german JBL Aro pellets ( NeoDragon they're called )

[Monolicious]

Crickets,mealworm,Hikari food sticks

[Miguel]

Hikari, of course. As Dainichi , a very good american brand.

[Piranha_Rage]

Hey. I bought a wild catched Silver Aro three days ago. And I would like to train it to eat pellets. I really need some advice. Please help. Send me a PM.

[Miguel]

Hey. I bought a wild catched Silver Aro three days ago. And I would like to train it to eat pellets. I really need some advice. Please help. Send me a PM.


Why a PM? Thsi interests everybody:)

What size is it? you sure it is wild?

what is it currently eating?

[spwd]

hi guys i feed my rtg meal worms and crickets and prawn,he does occasionally eat a little krill and i more or less starved him for 6 weeks to try and get him to eat pellets but he never eats them,tried massivore cichlid gold and jbl etc

I tried stuffing the prawns with the pellets but he just doesnt eat the prawn then!

Cheers steve

[Dovii dude]

My Jar will eat just about anything,but he seems to enjoy,raw shrimp,squid and Jumbo cichlid sticks the most.

[carcrazy]

AZOO I am not familiar with this....I think I heard about it...please inform me more about where to buy, what it contains, and positive things about the product as well as negatives. Thanks! ;)Azoo Arowana Vitamins is a liquid that contains various B vitamins as well as A, D, E and beta glucin for aros (according to the label). It is meant to be added to the water but I use it to enrich market prawn by soaking it overnight. Hopefull, I am not overdosing them! I do this for one feeding out of six. I purchased a one gallon jug of it off of ebay for $100 Canadian including shipping. It seems to have enhanced the color of my aro and other fish but maybe they are just getting more mature. Who knows?

It hasn't hurt the fish so I guess I'll keep using it. My lfs also adds vitamins to his water but I forget what brand.

[MistirE]

Azoo Arowana Vitamins is a liquid that contains various B vitamins as well as A, D, E and beta glucin for aros (according to the label). It is meant to be added to the water but I use it to enrich market prawn by soaking it overnight. Hopefull, I am not overdosing them! I do this for one feeding out of six. I purchased a one gallon jug of it off of ebay for $100 Canadian including shipping. It seems to have enhanced the color of my aro and other fish but maybe they are just getting more mature. Who knows?

It hasn't hurt the fish so I guess I'll keep using it. My lfs also adds vitamins to his water but I forget what brand.sounds interesting...I must do some research on this before I decide to use something like this....very insightful though...thanks ;)

[MistirE]

Azoo is a chinese brand Mistire...I do not like it, although others vouch for it.

Try to see if you can get hold of the german JBL Aro pellets ( NeoDragon they're called )I will see....it will probably be something I must order off the internet.....hawaii is limited when it comes to options and my LFS is the only one unless you drive 2 hours to the other side of the island. They are opening a Petco here! :headbang2:nilly::popcorn::D

[Ill take that mean one]

dude just stuff the prawns with pellets thats <-------------------what he eats.

[MistirE]

dude just stuff the prawns with pellets thats <-------------------what he eats.
Been stuffing fresh market shrimp with hikari food stick and sinking carnivore sinking pellet. he does gobble it up....just looking for new ways to feed. ;)

[tanks4thememories]

Large live Grasshoppers!!

My Jar goes coocoo for Large live Grasshoppers!!

[MistirE]

My Jar goes coocoo for Large live Grasshoppers!!
I wish I could get them here in hawaii...the guy at hawaii agricultural said someone lit a bunch of silver arowanas go in a small FW lake here and they were breeding.....saw them jumping all over the place for dragonflys....

[cigar larry]

Tried tilapia, no luck. Thanks

[QueueBa11]

I wish I could get them here in hawaii...the guy at hawaii agricultural said someone lit a bunch of silver arowanas go in a small FW lake here and they were breeding.....saw them jumping all over the place for dragonflys....

Cool. I always wondered if anyone ever released aros in Hawaii. I mean, look at what happened with releases in Lake Wilson. I would never do it, but I'd love to see pictures.

I fed my aro crickets, market prawns, and the occasional hunk of tuna.

[MistirE]

They thrive aparrently...but would definately be a threat to a small eco system.

[hmoobvwj]

From my exp my 18" Jardini loves crawfish....he ate around 20+ a day when I feed him them!