Frustration, is it worth it to starve and feed pellets?

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Koji;2365389; said:
If you want to train pellet, feeding nothing else apart from pellet. Once you give varity to it, it'll start choosing and making the training useless.
That’s got to be the most sensible thing I’ve read regarding food for arowana.
Pellets or a variety, I know if I starved mine until it gave in, as soon as I gave it something else I would have to starve it again to eat pellets.
It eats everything but pellets.
 
henward;2365811; said:
also prawns leave a grimey layer on top of the water and its unsightly lol
what kind of fillter are you using?
 
My aro used to eat prawns but when I started feeding superworms that's all he would he eat. He sometimes takes a piece of shrimp in his mouth but he seldom eats it. I think that he has become addicted to the superworms (live food). I have to gut load them to give the aro a varied diet. Pellets he just turns his nose up to. Stuck up aro.
 
classic-chassis;2365878; said:
That’s got to be the most sensible thing I’ve read regarding food for arowana.
Pellets or a variety, I know if I starved mine until it gave in, as soon as I gave it something else I would have to starve it again to eat pellets.
It eats everything but pellets.

In my experience, if you get a fish hooked on pellets while its still young, it will accept pellets just as happily as other foods... but im sure the outcome will be different between individuals.

Currently, all the arowana i own accept pellets with just as much zeal as they would accept prawn, squid, beef anything... and that includes a big RTG
 
order the pelletws direct from the company (ie. hikari) NOT a retail shop...much cheaper that way..u can save about 30-40%.....but if u just wana feed shrimps there is nothing wrong with that...ure choice... :s
 
I tried starving my rtg for 6 weeks just feeding pellets,but he would not and still does not eat them!

Cheers steve
 
The ones that ive heard and ive tried are jbl novo dragon,hikari cichlid gold and hikari massivore but mine doesnt like any of them!

Cheers steve
 
henward;2366708; said:
I have an fx5 on that tank
i do a water change frequently also.
but the filter makes sure there is no ammonia.

I don't know the name of them but you could get a fiilter which will skim the top (cylinder filter?) they hang on the edge of your tank. if the grime on the surface is anoying you.
Because you're running an FX5 you wouldn't need a big one, plus you can't have enough filterage.
 
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