HELP Black arowana not eating

[Ruii]

It has been 2 days since i bought this black arowana, it's about longer then your middle finger. it won't eat since i bought it , but i bought a spotted gar a day before and it's eating happily.. did i bought the wrong food for the arowana? i tried frozen blood worms, blood worms, guppy, small prawns pallets but .. no use.. please help!

 

[Ruii]

oh yea! i forgot to say it's in a 4feet tank

 

[Poloboy]

arowanas prefere food thats alive, try grasshoppers they will eat insects in wild

 

[Ruii]

so if i buy mealworms will it eat at this age and why does he not eat anything now?

 

[Ryan75]

Mealworms may not be your best choice since the chitin in mealworms is hard to digest.

 

[lungfishlover]

crickets are the way to go - aro's cant resist them. it may just be a case of it being new in the tank. my aro took a week before it ate but it was considerably larger than yours.

 

[wantokeeptrout]

just be a little patient, if it doesn't eat within about 1 week then start worrying
the aro probably just needs a little time to adjust, crickets would be the best food. Good luck

 

[Ruii]

Crickets? Oh all right ! I'll get some cricket now and only after a week they start eating?! So worried about him starving! Btw thanks guys!

 

[Bderick67]

Proper food for a 2" baby black is freeze dried blood worms. Feed these 4-5 times daily and maintain your temp at about 84 degrees. At about 4" you can start feeding crushed pellets as a staple. Once you start feeding crickets limit feeding them to once a week. Crickets are very addictive and it will be hard to get your arowana to eat other foods if crickets are the stable.

 

[Ruii]

WOW thanks! alot thats very helpful!... but he always hides at the bottom when i open the lid to feed him... very weird !