How do I hand feed my arowana?

[3617]

Ok first I know i'm gonna get a lot of hate for this but I've been having my silver arowana for 6 months and I never bought a filter, i have no idea about ph or ammonia or whatever but how it's still living healthy so now I want to spend more time with my fish by hand feeding it but then I can't because he is always so shy, I feed it with hikari food sticks and sometimes throw in a little piece of hotdog, any tips on hand feeding it?

 

[3617]

i mean i never bought a heater

 

[Hao]

Handfeeding takes time. The Aro has to be comfortable with you.

 

[3617]

like most of the time i just open the lid and throw him food, never actually took the time to hand feed it because every time i do it he gets scared and kept swimming towards it then back up and do it again and i would get impatient and quit

 

[Hao]

like most of the time i just open the lid and throw him food, never actually took the time to hand feed it because every time i do it he gets scared and kept swimming towards it then back up and do it again and i would get impatient and quit

Just curious, but how big is your tank? Also how big is your Aro? If tank too small for Aro, could be why it's skittish.

 

[J.Lake]

hot dogs?mmmmmmmmm

 

[tomojsg]

you can feed hotdog made by poultry (Ex: turkey & chicken) lol

what is your temp at?

get a test kit and test your water params... unless you wanna go home one day and find your aro dead b/c your water params was too high or something.

 

[3617]

10 gal and idk 8 inches im guessing?

 

[3617]

whats water param

 

[tomojsg]

10 gal and idk 8 inches im guessing?

i hope your joking... cause a 8" aro is way to big for a 10g tank... a/ one full grown silver needs a min. tank dimensions of 6'L x 3'W x 2'H....

make sure you have a lid on your tank also so you have no openings b/c aros are known as powerful jumpers!