HELP!!!

[aquaguy101]

hi im new to arowanas and i recently purchased one about a week and a half ago. He wont eat anything i've tried crickets, gold fish feeders, rosie reds, pellets, and krill nothing seems to attract him. and im worried he might die. He is 10 inches living in a 125 with a 3 " festae, 3" JD, 4" female flowerhorn, 4' salvini, 2 1/2' jaguar, and 2 plecos. None mess or even try to pick on him.. if nayone can help it would be greatly needed. thanks!

[selki]

whats the temp at? set it at 82 and add little bit of non iodized salt bout 1tsp per 10g try doing 20% water change as well

[chloe]

people starve them for 3 weeks to ween then off feeders so i presume your safe and he could still be a lil in shock, but in all fairness iv never had one but dont think it will harm him.
hope all goes well and keep us updated

[rallysman]

I've had aros go on hunger strikes for weeks. Keep trying, he'll eat eventually.

[Bderick67]

Just have a little patience, took a silver aro of mine 3 weeks before he would eat. My black aro took 5 weeks before she would eat on a regular basis. Since he is fasting right now take this oppertunity to get him to eat pellets. Once your new aro starts eating peelets you can then introduce other foods, stay away from feeder goldfish though.

[snyder810]

well with my experience of aros at the store and in my own tanks, they usually will not pass up live crickets, keep offering those. bein how it is new and who knows in what kind of health really keep an eye on those cichlids, the first sign of a torn fin and get that aro out of dodge. it's good that you got the aro much bigger than the cichlids, really good thinking because they usually don't stand up well to big cichlids when young

[henward]

if he is swimming, looks healthy
it could be stress, needs to settle
aros settle quickly i think but when there are other fish in the tank that could spook them, they take longer to settle
dont feed, wait untill it come sup to the tank when you put your hand for feeding, then you feed.

my RTG ate in less than 5 mins literally
my jardinii took 2 days
my red took 4 days.
so it depends on the fish and tank and set up.

dim the lights
raise temp to make it hungrier and active, i reckon 28 to 29 degrees celcius. i keep my aro tanks in 28 to 30.
are the sides blacked out? maybe you should do that too
and the back and keep only the front not blacked out

[marshdiesel]

are the sides blacked out? maybe you should do that too
and the back and keep only the front not blacked out

is this true for all arowanas?

i moved my 6" black arowana into a 75g grow out tank without a background and shes been super picky when it comes to eating and ive noticed her colors arent as prominent as they were when she was in my 45g with a black background... i think ill pick up a background on my home if thats the case!

[Miguel]

As said, try to convert it to pellets. I would say it is now or never.

If you give it crickets, it'll be crickets for life!!

[aquaguy101]

my water temp. was already at 83 and when i did a water change 3 days ago i added aquarium salt. he seems to be extremely spooky he is running in to the glass and jumping into the glass support at the top middle of my 125

[Miguel]

Leave it be. Keep it in low light.

Hopefully the tank is not in a very crowded place.

[zerojquan85]

I would suggest going back the the LFS u got the fish. and ask the owner what they feed the fish...

Thats what i did.. my arowana ate some feeders, then mellows.. after awhile it just stop.. I was curious and i went back the the fish store.. found out the owner feed it dried shrimp.. so i bought a can of the same stuff and now its eating it like crazy..

Course i will start changing up its diet again.. But thats always the key.. start by feeding it what its used to getting, and start little by little with diff food.. If its 10" i think in time it will eat.. make sure they "float" tho.. arow thens to be apathic towards food that do not float or sink...

Good luck!