yah so this lil bugger did exactly what i thought he would. he gave me the run around on foods for 4 days then died. 
if i ever get another, it'll be almost 1ft already
if i ever get another, it'll be almost 1ft alreadyfigures... (african aro)
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That sucks bro!
If you ever get another one post some pics! I'd really like to see it.
I wish you better luck with your next african aro!
If you ever get another one post some pics! I'd really like to see it.
I wish you better luck with your next african aro!
it was a small african...what a pity....only confirms how difficult it is with these filterfeeders..
Sorry Ethnics!
Sorry Ethnics!
For next time...
Basically, the only real success seems to be in providing a constant source of food until the aros reach about 8" and develop some fat storage to allow them to receive scheduled feedings like most other fish.
I raised the young in bare tanks with sponge filters. The sponge filters allow the fish to "graze" on previously missed food until the next feeding. Be sure to rinse of the sponges every other day to keep spoiled food off of them. Keep the water on the alkaline side and at 80 degrees. Also keep a good lid on their tank. They're jumpers from the get-go. They also need a cover to provide matching air and water temps while the young's air-breathing architecture is developing.
Feed them on a variety of small foods. Frozen bloodworms, daphnia, brine shrimp, crumble food, sinking food, cyclop-eeze, flakes, and micro-pellets are all taken. Feed high protein foods since they have high metabolic rates (no cheap generic foods). Water changes of 30-50% need to be done every 2-3 days.
Af aros need to be housed either as 1 to a tank or 4 and up to a tank. With 2 or 3 you'll wind up with only one in a short time as their aggression towards each other is high.
Note: my best success was in following the above and allowing my rearing tanks to go green with algae. These are a filter-feeding species, after all, and I think they benefitted from some algae consumption in their diets.
Good luck!!
Basically, the only real success seems to be in providing a constant source of food until the aros reach about 8" and develop some fat storage to allow them to receive scheduled feedings like most other fish.
I raised the young in bare tanks with sponge filters. The sponge filters allow the fish to "graze" on previously missed food until the next feeding. Be sure to rinse of the sponges every other day to keep spoiled food off of them. Keep the water on the alkaline side and at 80 degrees. Also keep a good lid on their tank. They're jumpers from the get-go. They also need a cover to provide matching air and water temps while the young's air-breathing architecture is developing.
Feed them on a variety of small foods. Frozen bloodworms, daphnia, brine shrimp, crumble food, sinking food, cyclop-eeze, flakes, and micro-pellets are all taken. Feed high protein foods since they have high metabolic rates (no cheap generic foods). Water changes of 30-50% need to be done every 2-3 days.
Af aros need to be housed either as 1 to a tank or 4 and up to a tank. With 2 or 3 you'll wind up with only one in a short time as their aggression towards each other is high.
Note: my best success was in following the above and allowing my rearing tanks to go green with algae. These are a filter-feeding species, after all, and I think they benefitted from some algae consumption in their diets.
Good luck!!
oddball, thanks. but i read that over and over and over again. i tried bloodworms and he jus wouldn't touch it. i can't really get live blackworms, well i can but i can't get to many as i have nowhere to keep them, so i basically have to make a trip to the petstore EVERY day and i didn't wanna do that. so i followed most online methods on gettin them to eat so i tried mashed up shrimp, mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, and even a plankton frozen cube for salt water tanks with coral or whatever and i guess he didnt touch that either. smashed up aro pellets, smashed up sinking pellets.
it jus wouldn't eat. got so thin i could see his spinal cord. then a few days later it wasn't really swimming around. then next morning it was dead
it jus wouldn't eat. got so thin i could see his spinal cord. then a few days later it wasn't really swimming around. then next morning it was dead
How big was this guy? Im trying to get mine off of frozen bloodworms and live blackworms, but he doesnt want to touch much else and i dont want to starve him at all.