Arowana pickiness

[dragonfish]

I keep seeing all these threads about getting young aros to start eating. I got mine at the 4-5 inch range from a private owner. Brought it home and put it in a 37 gallon. It started eating pellets that night. That week it also ate crickets, bloodworms, shrimp and strips of fish. He was then moved into a 58 gallon. Ate that night and every feeding after that, no matter what I put in. He also ate two pims and my juruense. Next moved to the 120 and that night bit my finger in his haste to get a piece of shrimp. He has never refused any foods no matter the circumstances. So I'm putting up this poll to get opinions on whether or not this is normal.

 

[carcrazy]

My aro ate pellets at the store but when I brought him home he would only eat bloodworms. When he got a little bigger he ate shrimp and now he only eats super worms. He's not a big eater and is now on a food strike for the past few days (he looks healthy otherwise).

 

[Bderick67]

Hard to generalize. Not all aros are the same, Not a aros are housed in the same sitsuation.

I've raised 3(2 silvers 1 black) and never had feeding issues. Started all on freeze dryed blood worms and had them all eating a variety of foods by 6".

 

[benzjamin13]

I've raised a few Aros and none of them were picky. I usually don't feed them the day I get them and the next day, they'll hit whatever I throw in there.

 

[likestofish]

mine was easy went stright to frozen brine shrimp then shrimp then pellets in like 3
weeks.

 

[Red Devil]

mine was easy from day one too... in his 2nd year....he decided he was going on a binge... fast ... 6 weeks later he finally ate a cricket.. then he was okay for another year.. when he was 4 he decided he did not like krill anymore..or shrimp or pellets except for arow pellets.. no more silversides.. so now at age almost 6years... he eats when he wants to eat.. sometimes everything i offer..sometimes i have to net it all out.. very moody and picky... but that is true arowana behavior.. and never wear red... forget it.. he definitly loses his appetite if he sees red.... But he is healthy .. few scales missing from his flight out a month ago during a water change.. and he is still growing...

 

[Brian Fish]

Mine wouldn't eat for almost a month that I saw. He was 2-3 inches now he eats everything most days. Some days I have to net the food out. He tried to eat my 4 inch albino pleco but I hit the tank and told him NO. 4 weeks later its still there with only one small hiding spot.

 

[VinLwj]

I had kept few types of aros, but i found that Golden Aro types are very food picky when become adult...and i heard x-back would be more worst.

 

[sodenoshirayuki]

I had kept few types of aros, but i found that Golden Aro types are very food picky when become adult...and i heard x-back would be more worst.

I think its just asian aros in general. Once i fed mine meal worms, they wouldn't eat anything else until i starved them for a week or two. I tried this on 3 different chili reds and they all had the same result.

 

[aeri]

Ate that night and every feeding after that, no matter what I put in. He also ate two pims and my juruense.

oh dear.