African Arowana
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Do a search on this site since there's a ton of info already on raising the young aro.
Basically, the only real success seems to be in providing a constant source of food until the aros reach about 8" and develop some fat storage to allow them to receive scheduled feedings like most other fish.
I raised the young in bare tanks with sponge filters. The sponge filters allow the fish to "graze" on previously missed food until the next feeding. Be sure to rinse of the sponges every other day to keep spoiled food off of them. Keep the water on the alkaline side and at 80 degrees. Also keep a good lid on their tank. They're jumpers from the get-go. They also need a cover to provide matching air and water temps while the young's air-breathing architecture is developing.
Feed them on a variety of small foods. Frozen bloodworms, daphnia, brine shrimp, crumble food, sinking food, flakes, and micro-pellets are all taken. Feed high protein foods since they have high metabolic rates (no cheap generic foods). Water changes of 30-50% need to be done every 2-3 days.
Af aros need to be housed either as 1 to a tank or 4 and up to a tank. With 2 or 3 you'll wind up with only one in short time as their aggression towards each other is high.
Note: my best success was in following the above and allowing my rearing tanks to go green with algae. These are a filter-feeding species, after all, and I think they benefitted from some algae consumption in their diets.
Good luck!!
Basically, the only real success seems to be in providing a constant source of food until the aros reach about 8" and develop some fat storage to allow them to receive scheduled feedings like most other fish.
I raised the young in bare tanks with sponge filters. The sponge filters allow the fish to "graze" on previously missed food until the next feeding. Be sure to rinse of the sponges every other day to keep spoiled food off of them. Keep the water on the alkaline side and at 80 degrees. Also keep a good lid on their tank. They're jumpers from the get-go. They also need a cover to provide matching air and water temps while the young's air-breathing architecture is developing.
Feed them on a variety of small foods. Frozen bloodworms, daphnia, brine shrimp, crumble food, sinking food, flakes, and micro-pellets are all taken. Feed high protein foods since they have high metabolic rates (no cheap generic foods). Water changes of 30-50% need to be done every 2-3 days.
Af aros need to be housed either as 1 to a tank or 4 and up to a tank. With 2 or 3 you'll wind up with only one in short time as their aggression towards each other is high.
Note: my best success was in following the above and allowing my rearing tanks to go green with algae. These are a filter-feeding species, after all, and I think they benefitted from some algae consumption in their diets.
Good luck!!
Currently they're housed with my community tank of oscars and one jardini in the same tank as well. So far no aggression shown since last night. I'm currently feeding the tank with sinking pellets. Hopefully they do accept these sinking pellets for the protein in these pellets are rather high which may prove to be helpful in building more bulk in these african aros.
Will do more updates on them soon...hopefully they dun die on me like the one which I use to own afew years back.
I just got myself 2 of this babies and any idea how am I gonna take care of them? Pretty new to african aros.
you dunce!!
cmon your a spore guy, you gotta do yur research before you buy the fish!
haha!! We dun get to get thgese african aros teasy here in singapore. They're seasonal thus they're like gems here. Well, read alot in the net but nothing compared to ppl who actually keeping them right? Thus asking ppl who are keeping them right now is far more effective than reading in the net imho.you dunce!!
cmon your a spore guy, you gotta do yur research before you buy the fish!
Hope your jardini will tolerate them. My jardini was only 7" and for the first couple of days it showed no aggression towards it's new silver tankmate. Then couple days later he obliterated the silver...... I had my jardini in a comm tank since it was 3-4in and never showed any signs of aggression until the silver came along. Just keep close watch!
Ive been told chopped up blackworms work well. Like oddball said,theyre filter feeders so they have to be feed small pieces of food as juveniles. Feed them 4 times a day or more as they require a lot when young. Finally, they do have a high mortality rate under juvies as 5 inches.
So good luck and hopefully yours make it as monsters !
So good luck and hopefully yours make it as monsters !
i wouldnt keep jars with other aro's...if sumthing goes down it's just not worth it..however it all depends onthe individual fish...keep a close eye n good luck..