Aros ate from hand!!!

[WyldFya]

My arowanas ate from my hand for the first time today, unless you count the time I was talking to my wife, with food in the tank, and had one come bite my finger that was dangling in the water. Took quite a while but quite rewarding.

[dacox]

Nice. Mine started doing this too not long ago. It's a good way to monitor his food intake.

[DeLgAdO]

My arowanas ate from my hand for the first time today, unless you count the time I was talking to my wife, with food in the tank, and had one come bite my finger that was dangling in the water. Took quite a while but quite rewarding.

it is aint it? :grinyes:

yea it very risky when they really hungry :eek: :naughty: :headbang2

[xxblwn408]

Just one of the great experiences of owning a aro.
My first silver that ate from my hand was so gentle. The one I have now seems like he wants to take my whole hand off.

[WyldFya]

it is aint it? :grinyes:

yea it very risky when they really hungry :eek: :naughty: :headbang2

I saw your video that you feed your big girl some raw shrimp. That is SO FREAKIN SWEET! Can't wait for mine to get to be that size.

[WyldFya]

Just one of the great experiences of owning a aro.
My first silver that ate from my hand was so gentle. The one I have now seems like he wants to take my whole hand off.
Ah the beauty of diverse fish. Each one will have its own personality.

[aim]

Beware, I was bitten by my crazy adult red before when hand feeding. No serous injury just some blood, fine little teeth marks and a little itchy.

[Steve_89]

Its very cool to be able to feed them by hand :thumbsup:

[dimfer]

my aro & ray eat from my hand as well. very cool

[xrtg]

think if you have a comm tank, they'd not be so gentle. :grinyes:

most of the time they'd rush and snap at anything that fall into the water. guess it's survival of the fittest when there is more of them living together.

[davo]

good job, hope it keeps working. rays feeding from hand are pretty cool too

[sam_cj]

never tried it coz maybe i'm a bit wary that a monster fish might bite my hands off. ;)

[DrBranDo]

nice. did you have to train him? starve ect....
also there's some cool movies in the video section where
someone's feeding his dats and peacock bass by hand.

[WyldFya]

Actually I didn't have to train any of them. They just have been leery about coming up to my hand. I've been trying every day before I feed them, and yesterday they just decided to take a bite.

[h20drg]

sweeeeeeeeeeeet!!!! im jus happy mine is eatin pellets. he starve for 3 to 4 days before taking the pellets. i was about to give in. :thumbsup:

[Jbol]

sweeeeeeeeeeeet!!!! im jus happy mine is eatin pellets. he starve for 3 to 4 days before taking the pellets. i was about to give in. :thumbsup:

Ever since I started feeding mine crickets he won't even go near the krill anymore, :swear: but he'll eat anything else I give him, so far.

[joeytoe]

My big silver has eaten from my hand for awhile, but I still use my feeding stick as im fond of my fingers. :ROFL:

[WyldFya]

Speakin of which, I just got bit twice today while feeding. Didn't hurt though. Just a slight nip. The thing that hurt most was the first one scared the crap out of me cause he came from a blind spot. I pulled my hand so fast, that I hit the hood to the tank. That one hurt.

[dirteeboy808]

I haven't gotten mine to eat from my hand, but it does let me touch him......when I put my hand in the water he rubs up against like a cat

[WyldFya]

Ever since I started feeding mine crickets he won't even go near the krill anymore, :swear: but he'll eat anything else I give him, so far.
If the aro won't eat the krill, but will eat the crickets, try gut loading your crickets with the krill.

[xrtg]

Speakin of which, I just got bit twice today while feeding. Didn't hurt though. Just a slight nip. The thing that hurt most was the first one scared the crap out of me cause he came from a blind spot. I pulled my hand so fast, that I hit the hood to the tank. That one hurt.

hehe...they are masters in doing that. sometimes when i'm cleaning my tank they'd come from behind and SNAP. :)

[ROSS]

NICE... :D AT LEAST HE DID'NT EAT YOUR HAND... :naughty:

[Opiate]

my jardini eats from my hand as well...hurts like hell when it gets the end of ur finger lol

[Jbol]

If the aro won't eat the krill, but will eat the crickets, try gut loading your crickets with the krill.

Nice! I never even thought of that thanks :thumbsup: . Right now I just feed them carrots. Do you have to give crickets water or do they get moisture from the carrots.

[WyldFya]

I have fed my crickets carrots, but I also keep one of the gel water cubes in there with them just to be on the safe side.

[KJP]

I've never had aros eat from my hand but used to have rayseat from my hand...very cool. Can't wait to start trying with my silver. :headbang2

[h20drg]

Ever since I started feeding mine crickets he won't even go near the krill anymore, :swear: but he'll eat anything else I give him, so far.


da same is w/my jar. i started him off on krill but after he had a taste fo crickets he never eats krill anymore.

[h20drg]

Nice! I never even thought of that thanks :thumbsup: . Right now I just feed them carrots. Do you have to give crickets water or do they get moisture from the carrots.


carrots provides da crickets w/carotene which is suppose to be color enhancing. also da water in da carrots keeps da crickets hydrated. jus make sure its isn't all dried up.

[Fabio's Dad]

I don't think my aros will ever eat out of my hand!

[Fabio's Dad]

Oh, yeah. I don't have any.

[WyldFya]

LOSER!!! HAHA! You've had too much salt in your system lately.

[DeLgAdO]

LOSER!!! HAHA! You've had too much salt in your system lately.

just when our fish get ich

[meiling]

It is cool, but I went to chopsticks after I got tapped, he's pretty gentle though. When I pour the pellets out of the bag, he swims over, opens his mouth and i pour like 3 at a time into his mouth!

[WyldFya]

Fabio's dad is a Saltwater guy. Just giving him crap.