hand feeding arowana

[aznxcalikid]

i got my jardini to eat from my hand by having him watch all my cichlids do it. first day i tried and it worked.
i think this is the easiest way to teach them to do that if anyone even wants them to.

 

[playa7]

right on...what do you feed him with?

 

[aznxcalikid]

i did it with bloodworm cubes but ithink it will work for anything as long as it sees other fish eating from your hands.

 

[playa7]

cool...my Jar lives by itself..so i was pretty hard for me to teach him...but, i finally got him to eat out of my hand with market shrimp.

 

[akskirmish]

Nice-
Both mine do this also-It's neat,But watch your fingers....

 

[scubasteve06]

My cichlids I got almost a week ago will come swim around my hand whenever I put it in there, but they wont eat from my hand yet.

 

[aznxcalikid]

i got my jardini to take flakes today also. at first he spit it out but now he takes it. i fed him blood worms on a regular basis so i didnt starve him to take it. im using Omega One Super Color flakes.

 

[twk1]

Congrats that you got it to eat from your hand!! How big is your jar??

 

[aznxcalikid]

bout 3.5 inches.

 

[playa7]

bout 3.5 inches.

3" incredible! ....my Jar didnt trust me till he was 8"+ ,lol