Baby black aro spits out food?

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lix.ma14

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Even since I got him, my baby aro has been an excellent eater. Lately, i've notice some pieces of greenish decomposing matter at the bottom of the sand.
Today when i was feeding my aro, my baby aro spit out some pellet pieces. Since it's only 2.5 inches, i feed him one hikiri aro pellet a day. I cut it into 3 pieces. I saw my baby eat 2 pellets, but on the third pellet, he spit a pile of gunk out.

Is this common? Any input for small aro keepers? Thanks
 
Yup it happens with my green, most of the time he accept only 2 pieces., but sometimes he eats 5 to 6...
 
Gar88 said:
Was it gunk for sure? Or was it the pellet itself?
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it seems to be decomposing pellets. Is it normal for a baby aro to cram itself in a corner when it feels frightened? When i turn on my canopy lights, it does that.
 
Smallest Aro I have ever owned were Silvers around 5" so this may or may not help, but the babies I had were very mood dependent.

If they were startled they wouldn't eat. I'm not sure how long babies that small can go without food though.
 
lix.ma14 said:
it seems to be decomposing pellets. Is it normal for a baby aro to cram itself in a corner when it feels frightened? When i turn on my canopy lights, it does that.
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Do you have some floating plants in there as cover?
 
Owens said:
Smallest Aro I have ever owned were Silvers around 5" so this may or may not help, but the babies I had were very mood dependent.

If they were startled they wouldn't eat. I'm not sure how long babies that small can go without food though.
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mine eats but I just saw it spit out a piece of pellet.
 
I feed mine 2 peellets a day. I notice at the second pellet, he just tends to barf it all out. Should i just feed him one pellet?
 
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