arowana help

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It's common for aro not eating for the first few days when they're shifted to a new tank. But some will eat almost immediately.
 
also, try not to freak the fish out to much such as making sudden movements close to the tank as silver aros can be very jumpy. when i bought mine, i would hold a piece of krill in the water about twice a day and the aro would ignore it. finally, after the 3rd day he took the krill out of my hand and ive been handfeeding him ever since!

i think being patient is really the best thing you can do in this case
 
My RTG didn't eat for 3 days after introducing him. And even when he did start eating, it was only a little bit. It took about a week to get him on a full diet. Relax and try not to worry too much.
 
jcardona1;1787501; said:
also, try not to freak the fish out to much such as making sudden movements close to the tank as silver aros can be very jumpy. when i bought mine, i would hold a piece of krill in the water about twice a day and the aro would ignore it. finally, after the 3rd day he took the krill out of my hand and ive been handfeeding him ever since!

i think being patient is really the best thing you can do in this case

I use to do that to my silvers... when they're smaller. Now that they have grown so much... I dare not do it anymore.:grinno:
 
how many days?

3-14 days. at 10" he'll be fine. if he goes past a month without eating. then post back

and same here koji! hand feeding almost 30" beast's is a tough one. especially when there starving and lunge like mad men during feeding time. and i mean BOOM SPLASH BOOM BOOM BOOM during feeding time lol
 
haha im sure that will stop when he gets a little bigger. he's only 10" and often times he makes a nice splash and usually bites my hand instead of the food :ROFL: i can only imagine what a 30"er would do :eek:
 
ethnics;1787516; said:
how many days?

3-14 days. at 10" he'll be fine. if he goes past a month without eating. then post back

and same here koji! hand feeding almost 30" beast's is a tough one. especially when there starving and lunge like mad men during feeding time. and i mean BOOM SPLASH BOOM BOOM BOOM during feeding time lol

jcardona1;1787534; said:
haha im sure that will stop when he gets a little bigger. he's only 10" and often times he makes a nice splash and usually bites my hand instead of the food :ROFL: i can only imagine what a 30"er would do :eek:

This is the reason why I stop doing hand feeding to aros which are brown up.:cry:

Hand_Feeding aro outcome.jpg

Hand_Feeding Aro.jpg
 
haha damn thats a nice little battle scar!
 
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