feeding young arowanas

[rollerboy244]

hello just need a suggestion as to what and how to feed smaller arowanas,other than live feeder fish---i am about to get a Scleropages leichardti between 4-6 inches i use new spectrum products for my current fish how are their larger fish formulations what size pellets thanks rollerboy244

[Neo Baron]

When arowanas still have a yolk sac dont feed them till it is completley gone. when it is gone you can feed it anything i fed mine frozen bloodworms and pellets. they will eat anything when they are young so u can teach it to stay away from feeders. now i feed mine krill and jumbomin floating sticks, it made my silver aro turn into a silver w/ red highlights.

[redtailfool]

They eat pretty much anything.. try cutting small pieces of market shrimp and throwing it in an arc.. when the shrimp hits the water, the aro will chase it ...

[forcefeedback]

hello just need a suggestion as to what and how to feed smaller arowanas,other than live feeder fish---i am about to get a Scleropages leichardti between 4-6 inches i use new spectrum products for my current fish how are their larger fish formulations what size pellets thanks rollerboy244
At that size Mealworms are nice. Crickets are also a good choice. Nice & Soft.
Also will improve the shine.... :cool:

[Steve_89]

My baby aros loved crickets and prawns.

[Neo Baron]

the hard carapice of the crickets and mealworms are not the best for the young aros because it could mess up the digestive track. stick w/ what i said before and your aro will flourish.

[rayman45]

i fed my baby arowanas with a bbq stick
pit the shrim on the end
and let him chase it for a little.

i feed most my fish like this so they all get food

[shoefreak03]

i fed my dry shrimp, market shrimps, live bloodworms and chopped up nightcrawlers. they will pretty much each anything.

[iheartfishies]

dried krill, dried shrimp, bio pellets, frozen shrimp, flakes, all frozen.

Great eater.

[rollerboy244]

thanks for the replies guys my leichardti showed up on the plane this afternoon great shape ate flakes i was feeding my cycling fishes--so my worries are over my prevous arowanas i had as a kid would only eat live fish
blacks and jardinis---i probably didn't try hard enough to wean off of them now that i am older and wiser LOL Any one with leichardti experience know if their colors can be enhanced especially the reds with foods pellets krill etc

[redtailfool]

If you want to feed crickets, be sure to remove the legs as this is usually uneaten
and will just pollute your tank.

[oily]

i feed my baby aros with market prawn,pellet.they are easier to train than adult aros.Had tried to convert my bigger aro to take pellet but give up after one month "battle"

[HamsterGuy]

:( :( :(
I have 3 baby slivers arowanas and one of them ate the guppy i use to cycle my tank with and now it wont anything else except guppies. :(
I try starving it for 2 days but looking at the flat stomach hurts my heart.
I dont have the heart to starve it.
The other 2 i fed are growing fast and the 1 that only eat guppies is very small. :( :( :(
My advice to all is dont feed ur aros LIVING stuff early in their days.

[Steve_89]

Rollerboy~~~~

I have a leichardti with real red fins. Ive kept many leichardti b4 and kept them on the same diet and this is the only one with nice red fins... so I think its just the luck of the draw as to what the quality of the fish is.

[essence]

Hey Rollerboy...

I suppose you could try feeding the leichardti with carotene rich food...stuff like prawns. Plus, many people feed their arowanas with worms and crickets which they have pumped up with carrots prior to enhance the colour, maybe try that?

I have heard that the fish also adapts to the background colour to an extent, so a darker background may make the fish's colour more intense as it grows?

[bsplenden]

I really enjoy watching my predators chase and eat live meat. It makes me smile to see them so enthusiastic about food.

I do still feed pellets to them, but only once in a while.

The key to having your arowana to eating a huge variety of food is to introduce it to them from a young age. Now mine eats centipedes, frogs, fishes, meat, pellets, crickets, superworms, etc.

But do continue to feed them pellets before you feed the live food to make sure they remember that pellets are still to be eaten. Else they get addicted to live food and you gotta starve them.

For small arowanas, I don't recommend you starve them to get them to eat pellets.

Once they reach 6" or so, you can starve them so that they will accept pellets. I won't worry about them not eating for more than a couple of weak. They ain't as weak as you think. But it will be up to each individual to judge if the starving should carry on. Observe the fish. Although fishes can be starved for some time, do remember that once past a certain limit, they won't eat even if you throw in feeders, so don't overdo on the starving part.

[guppy]

If you want to feed crickets, be sure to remove the legs as this is usually uneaten
and will just pollute your tank.
If I feed crickets to anything I dust them with mineral supplement first, it is cheap and can't hurt.

[dascsh]

Mine took Krill and silversides.

[TetraArowana]

try pellets or dried krill....best time to train young.

[vinodlaxmikanth]

mine is still young but when i first got my silver arowana i grew him on frozen bloodworms. Now, i'm feeding him feeder mollys. PLanning to continue the frozen bloodworms and maybe start on krill soon...