First Jardini, any tips?

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Gshock;3723115; said:
That makes no sense at all. Confirmed data comes FROM experience. So basically, confirmed data IS experience.
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dude chill out... the guy wants help and input... keep personal
spams to yourself...

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For Jardini, its the same with all arowana.. with a catch... they are more skittish compare to silvers, blks, africans.. dunno about asian.. never had one..

Jardini will most certainly start eating anything that can fit into itself mouth... I'd start with crickets, then moved up to arowana sticks and bine shrimp.. One u get it to start eating raw market shrimp, u can move on to beef heart, meat strips and fish fillet.... Growth rate is a lot slower compare to Silver Arows.. so it takes 1 year for a jardini to reach 10-13" compare to 6-7 months for a silver arowana...

Also, the 8" mark is when a jardini will show its true nature.. I was fortunately enough to own a non aggressive Jardini until it died at around 10".. Great fish, and very colorful.. I'll get another one if i ever come across a baby one..
 
zerojquan85;3723147; said:
dude chill out... the guy wants help and input... keep personal
spams to yourself...

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For Jardini, its the same with all arowana.. with a catch... they are more skittish compare to silvers, blks, africans.. dunno about asian.. never had one..

Jardini will most certainly start eating anything that can fit into itself mouth... I'd start with crickets, then moved up to arowana sticks and bine shrimp.. One u get it to start eating raw market shrimp, u can move on to beef heart, meat strips and fish fillet.... Growth rate is a lot slower compare to Silver Arows.. so it takes 1 year for a jardini to reach 10-13" compare to 6-7 months for a silver arowana...

Also, the 8" mark is when a jardini will show its true nature.. I was fortunately enough to own a non aggressive Jardini until it died at around 10".. Great fish, and very colorful.. I'll get another one if i ever come across a baby one..
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I provide links which answer all his questions and it's called personal spam? Oh well, no matter. Theres still alot of loopholes in your advice.

1. Jardini are usually NOT more skitish than silvers and blacks, more agressive, yes, more skitish, definitely not.
2. Recommending mamalian meat for a fish? Good idea? Probably not.
3. Start with crickets first? So it can become a PITA to convert to other foods? Doesn't sound good to me.
4. Brine shrimp for an aro? Thats just a big waste of money.
5. Growth rate is NOT slower...it only slows down drastically when it reaches somewhere around 16"ish
6. It certainly does not take a year for a jar to reach 10-13"

Is this not why "confirmed data" is favoured over personal experiences?
 
Gshock;3723493; said:
I provide links which answer all his questions and it's called personal spam? Oh well, no matter. Theres still alot of loopholes in your advice.

1. Jardini are usually NOT more skitish than silvers and blacks, more agressive, yes, more skitish, definitely not.
2. Recommending mamalian meat for a fish? Good idea? Probably not.
3. Start with crickets first? So it can become a PITA to convert to other foods? Doesn't sound good to me.
4. Brine shrimp for an aro? Thats just a big waste of money.
5. Growth rate is NOT slower...it only slows down drastically when it reaches somewhere around 16"ish
6. It certainly does not take a year for a jar to reach 10-13"

Is this not why "confirmed data" is favoured over personal experiences?
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This is MY personal experience, while yours may be different:

- My jardini was more skittish than my silver when I still had the silver.
- The guy said "meat strips", not mammalian meat in particular. I still feed my jar chicken fillet among other raw foods, which is not mammalian meat, and he loves it. Any comment on that? I would feed frogs to my jar too if I had access to them.
- The silvers get LONGER FASTER than the jardinis, but the jars get bulkier than the silvers. Depends on how you look at it. I think it's fair to generalize that the growth rate of silver is higher than that of jardinis.
- I brought my jar home when it was 2.5" long on 12/24/2009, and I was told he was 2-3 months old. Tomorrow is exactly one year since I've had him, and he is now 15"-16". Taking a year for a jar to get to 12" mark is NOT uncommon, unless my experience is just an exception.
 
arodini;3723862; said:
This is MY personal experience, while yours may be different:

- My jardini was more skittish than my silver when I still had the silver.
- The guy said "meat strips", not mammalian meat in particular. I still feed my jar chicken fillet among other raw foods, which is not mammalian meat, and he loves it. Any comment on that? I would feed frogs to my jar too if I had access to them. Unless im blind, he clearly said beefheart? No?
- The silvers get LONGER FASTER than the jardinis, but the jars get bulkier than the silvers. Depends on how you look at it. I think it's fair to generalize that the growth rate of silver is higher than that of jardinis. Overtime, yes. Not within the first 12-16" though, its only after that they start bulking and stop stretching.
- I brought my jar home when it was 2.5" long on 12/24/2009, and I was told he was 2-3 months old. Tomorrow is exactly one year since I've had him, and he is now 15"-16". Taking a year for a jar to get to 12" mark is NOT uncommon, unless my experience is just an exception.
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arodini;3723862; said:
This is MY personal experience, while yours may be different:

- My jardini was more skittish than my silver when I still had the silver.
- The guy said "meat strips", not mammalian meat in particular. I still feed my jar chicken fillet among other raw foods, which is not mammalian meat, and he loves it. Any comment on that? I would feed frogs to my jar too if I had access to them.
- The silvers get LONGER FASTER than the jardinis, but the jars get bulkier than the silvers. Depends on how you look at it. I think it's fair to generalize that the growth rate of silver is higher than that of jardinis.
- I brought my jar home when it was 2.5" long on 12/24/2009, and I was told he was 2-3 months old. Tomorrow is exactly one year since I've had him, and he is now 15"-16". Taking a year for a jar to get to 12" mark is NOT uncommon, unless my experience is just an exception.
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Yes i would agree with that..
 
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