Feeding Arowana?

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Abhi090585

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Hey,

I bought a 6 inch asian high back golden arowana yesterday that I am keeping with my discus.

I had questions regarding what to feed this guy. The person I bought him from had kept him exclusively on pink small shrimp twice a day. I'm wondering whether that's fine. Will the arowana get all the nutrients? I want him to grow fast and get great colour.

I feed Sera discus staple to my discus. Do discus also eat shrimp, and if yes, is it beneficial?

Any advise will be great appreciated. Thanks a ton!
 
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Abhi090585 said:
Hey,

I bought a 6 inch asian high back golden arowana yesterday that I am keeping with my discus.

I had questions regarding what to feed this guy. The person I bought him from had kept him exclusively on pink small shrimp twice a day. I'm wondering whether that's fine. Will the arowana get all the nutrients? I want him to grow fast and get great colour.

I feed Sera discus staple to my discus. Do discus also eat shrimp, and if yes, is it beneficial?

Any advise will be great appreciated. Thanks a ton!
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Abhi090585 said:
Hey,

I bought a 6 inch asian high back golden arowana yesterday that I am keeping with my discus.

I had questions regarding what to feed this guy. The person I bought him from had kept him exclusively on pink small shrimp twice a day. I'm wondering whether that's fine. Will the arowana get all the nutrients? I want him to grow fast and get great colour.

I feed Sera discus staple to my discus. Do discus also eat shrimp, and if yes, is it beneficial?

Any advise will be great appreciated. Thanks a ton!
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The shrimp are ok but a good brand floating pellet or floating food stick would add more nutrition to the Aro's diet. I honestly don't know if the Discus will eat the shrimp.
 
tlindsey said:
The shrimp are ok but a good brand floating pellet or floating food stick would add more nutrition to the Aro's diet. I honestly don't know if the Discus will eat the shrimp.
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Thanks for responding. Would you recommend Hikari Massivore Delight OR Hikari Tropical Food Sticks?
 
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For new aro that isn't baby depending if tank raised or not will suggest feeding preference. Slowly introduce foods it won't take but don't starve the fish, that's just not healthy. Discus will take the role of scavenger since aro is more competitive so it will eat basically eat aro leftovers. Sometimes crush up pellets to give to discus only too and aro will get jealous, it'll take the pellets you're giving to the other fish in time. Try hikari sinking so it attacks it then switch to floating aro food. Adjust pH if you have discus w/the ketapang but not so much that is too low for aro. Don't only feed shrimp, mix it up. Decrease feeding if you need to + allow aro to feel confident when taking any *new foods.
 
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Deadliestviper7 said:
Shrimp is good,you should also get insects as aros are insectivores
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Right now I’m mixing “Fluker’s” aquatic turtle + bearded dragon medley brand freeze dried insect mix of meal worms, krill, & crickets & the freeze dried cockroaches I found on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076CFMK2L/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1Y92Z0VC6E1B1 or tadpoles when I can find them. The crayfish I’ve had for a while now shares a tank with him though one day might be his dinner!

He loves centipedes as a treat but I don’t get them live for him as often as I’d like. When I know I’ll miss feeding schedule I’ll go to the bait shop and give him some minnows and even the better quality baits around out of curiosity. On the regular his diet consists of anything i get at the Asian supermarket that’s in his ballpark // shrimp, beef heart, fresh fish, and once in a while something a little different just to see if he’ll try it like a squid or scallop, etc.. Still trying to put more quality pellets when i mix w/freeze dried insects but overall trying not to give live foods as one day would like to mix him with some little guys.
 
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i feed mine scallops...small crickets...small meal worms...market shrimp....mine is the pickiest eater...won't eat anything too big...i'm really hoping this changes but not likely..my first RTG ate anything and everything...this one is starting to hit 12" now and was regularly eating one frozen scallop in the morn..then about 10 small meal worms at night...then the past few weeks...stopped eating until i added small baby crickets....now will only eat a small pc or two of scallops....fish looks perfectly healthy..water paramaters are on point...
 
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