african arow not eating**help**

[dbcb314]

Most fish will go on a hunger strike on a new environment. Fish are not dumb, they won't starve themselves to death. Give it time and he'll give in.

If you had try everything, you're fine...just keep trying every day, and take out anything that the fish won't touch.

I had a dat that refused food for 6 weeks before giving in to krill.

My lapradei still hadn't ate anything ever since I transfered him to the 240 and that was about 4 weeks ago.

stan

african aros will starve to death.....

 

[Tobyone]

african aros will starve to death.....

Not necessarily all the time will they do this. I have found from past experience that you need to have a constant supply of food in the tank, mainly live blackworms, and no substrate until they reach around 6-7". At this size they are fairly hardy and can be slowly trained to eat pellets. I have raised several of them including one that is about 2 feet now that eats only pellets. The rest I have raised and sold when they were hardy enough.

 

[KMKN]

that is weird how he died, well sorry for your loss

 

[E_americanus]

i have to disagree with this

african aros burn of food very fast when small they are infact filter feeders at sizes below 10inch

if you want to make your chances high of keeping them alive do buy 1 below 12inch

the one i had was 12inch and i never had any problems getting it feeding

so many people have lost small african aros below 10inch you wont be the 1st or last person to lose 1

i look forward to seeing how many you lose as you have all the answers why it died

sorry for your loss

i definitely agree with T1K, and disagree with flamenco...African arows are notorious for starving to death.

unfortunately with these fish at a small size, one of the best 'safety' methods you can take is to get multiple individuals. in the last batch i had, i ordered 5 and lost one right off the bat. the others were separated into different tanks (they will fight quite a bit...to the point where they are more concerned with fighting than feeding...which of course leads to death) and did very well.

these fish do require a relatively constant supply of food, which is why when they are small (under 6"-8"), live blackworms are the best source. they don't foul the water if left in the tank, and the arow will eat them over the course of the day until the next feeding.

the first time i tried these fish i failed miserably, but once i learned some of the tricks of raising them (on my own, and with some advice from others) it became much simpler (but not necessarily easy, as they do demand a certain level of attention greater than other primitive fishes or other arows). since then i've raised many of them from a small size with no losses.

again, i can't stress it enough...keep them separated, feed live blackworms at least once a day, preferably 2x, and do a 50% water change every other day and they will grow for you quite nicely. best of luck should you choose to try the fish again--
--solomon