African arowana from Wes

[J. H.]

i know nothing about african aros, but they do sell filter feeder food for corals, and many people feed various filter feeders (shrimp, bivalves, daphnia, etc.) with ground flakes, pollen, yeast and/or many other homemade concoctions. They normally shut off their filter, feed, wait a bit for their animals to eat, and turn the filter back on again.
If the problem is just the small mouth, they may be able to eat that gel food stuff people make/sell for goldfish.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Minus two. Zero for two.

Just lost my second aro a few hours ago. Its 240 gal tank overflowed when I was working outside. I came in too late. The aro drowned. I even tried mouth to mouth out of desperation but to no avail. Just like one of my lungfishes a month or two back.

I have had it for almost exactly a year. Came in at 8". Last measurement 22.5". Smart fish and perpetually hungry. Sadly not smart enough to lift a lid and take a breath.

No one to blame but myself.

I've never seen such mouth apparatus as in this fish:

 

[stratos]

Sorry for your loss. You did a great job raising the fish, crap happens sometimes.

 

[islandguy11]

Sorry to hear that; I lost a nice young Gold Xback recently -- because I stupidly didn't cover a large internal corner filter on my 375 -- if only we could turn back the clock just a little bit, but I guess that would stifle true learning.

 

[MariaS]

Sorry for your loss thebiggerthebetter ... that is so sad... she was looking amazing..

 

[Deadliestviper7]

Sorry for your loss, such a unfortunate accident