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I'm new to aros as well but i've learned to recognize when the aro is hungry, how much he eats and more importantly, that some aros have a taste for certain things. for example mine doesn't like tubiflex and blood worms, eats shrimps ok but loves hikari food sticks. also learn how big he can munch. at first i would give mine a whole shrimp and he would bite on it, hold it in its mouth and spit it out. turns out it was simply too big to swallow so now i break them in half. All that to say spend some quality time with the fish. you'll learn his habits and preferences

also, my boy (or gal) is 6 months old
 
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flukeone said:
I'm new to aros as well but i've learned to recognize when the aro is hungry, how much he eats and more importantly, that some aros have a taste for certain things. for example mine doesn't like tubiflex and blood worms, eats shrimps ok but loves hikari food sticks. also learn how big he can munch. at first i would give mine a whole shrimp and he would bite on it, hold it in its mouth and spit it out. turns out it was simply too big to swallow so now i break them in half. All that to say spend some quality time with the fish. you'll learn his habits and preferences

also, my boy (or gal) is 6 months old
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Good point about breaking or cutting up the food into smaller pieces, I think most Aros, esp. younger ones, don't seem to like to chew their food -- it's like if it's too much work for them they just spit it out.

About the taste thing, not sure about Silvers, but Asians can be very whimsical in their tastes over time, so don't be surprised if your Silver does too. For about 10 months both of mine readily ate pellets (along with frozen shrimp and fish), but just recently they're both started giving me a hard time about pellets (one more than the other). They've also been eating frozen pangasius all this time, but one of them decided suddenly she doesn't like that anymore and will only eat asian sea bass now. Sometimes you feel like they're just trying to mess with your head lol.
 
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Speaking of which. I was wondering if the shrimps available in the supermarket for us humans suitable for aros?

To OP, sorry to hijack the thread. Just a quick question.
 
flukeone said:
Speaking of which. I was wondering if the shrimps available in the supermarket for us humans suitable for aros?

To OP, sorry to hijack the thread. Just a quick question.
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Sure they are; that's all most of us have easy access to (in fact my Aros only get frozen food from the best quality market chain on the island; it's more expensive there but they generally use higher quality suppliers).
 
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Damn pampered things aren't they?

As for going off pellets, have you tried switching to a different pellet?
My fish went off some flake I had, just wouldn't eat it anymore, but switching to a different type fixed that easily.
 
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If you're able to afford an Asian arowana, then you can afford to feed it proper high quality pellets at the least.
 
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Akeno071 said:
Damn pampered things aren't they?

As for going off pellets, have you tried switching to a different pellet?
My fish went off some flake I had, just wouldn't eat it anymore, but switching to a different type fixed that easily.
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They were eating several brands of pellets on a rotating basis already (Sianlon, Hikari Foodstick and Ocean Free AR-G2), so that's really not the issue (and one them is still eating pellets, but he gets 'full' of them faster than before and stops after about 8 or 9 pellets; he didn't use to stop until I stopped giving).

Gaurav Aros won't eat flake food, Akeno071 was just referring to his fish and the fact that changing brands (either pellets or flakes) can possibly help in similar situations.

I also wouldn't recommend chicken heart, beef heart or anything crazy like boiled eggs. Your Aro will do fine on pellets, shrimp, fish or similar. Yes insects are great, and some people go full-on with crickets, super worm and even centipedes, but if you start them on this stuff they'll likely never eat pellets. Just keep it simple is my recommendation; your first goal should be to create a good environment that your fish feels comfortable in, then it will assuredly eat better.
 
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