Arowana will not eat help

[Southjerseycichlidz]

Go a 17 inch arowana on Saturday it is now Tuesday and hasn't eaten yet should I be worried .. He was said to be fed shrimp floating pellets and night crawlers.. I threw in some super worms and pellets and hasn't eaten anything

 

[jwh]

Not uncommon for an aro when re homed, they can go for weeks without feeding. I have never had a fish starve to death in the presence of food, resist the urge to overfeed. For me, live crickets and hikari jumbo carnisticks has always done the trick

 

[Dee eng]

Just give him some time. Prop still going through new tank sindrone. Trust me, he won't starve himself, eventually it'll eat just be patience my friend!

 

[Ihsnshaik]

My 11" flowerhorn took weeks to eat pellets. He wasn't eating anything at all until I gave him shrimp. Took him a month or two to eat pellets. Some fish are stressed out and some fish are picky.

 

[davenmandy]

Arowana are well known for their hunger strikes. I had one not eat for 1.5 months and had no issues, and one day just like nothing started eating like normal. This is very common, I am surprised you haven't come across this in your research before buying the fish.

 

[Woefulrelic]

Did you get a 17" aro for a 24" width?

 

[jsodwi]

It will come around. Mine went almost 3 months without eating.

 

[Southjerseycichlidz]

Did you get a 17" aro for a 24" width?

For now I ended up getting the fish for free the guy had a pacu that was beatin it up .. I'm building a 6x3.5 after the holidays if all goes as planned