is this true about arowanas?

[xxt2goodxx]

It is very important that you do not overfeed Arowana when they’re young, because as they grow, they might develop drop eye. Arowanas will eat insects, shrimp, pellets, live fish, beef heart, frogs, etc. The best diet for Arowanas is pellets, live crickets, and shrimps. Small feeder fish are often raised in poor conditions and can carry many diseases transmittable to predatory fishes.

i read it on wikipedia

i have a young arowana and i feed it about 3-4 times a day cause i figure if i kept it full it won't look down and search for food and develop DE... i got it at about 3 inches and now its about 5.5 inches in about 2-3 weeks

 

[Koji]

It's good to feed regularly to your young growing aro. But not to the extent that the fish is bloated.

 

[xxt2goodxx]

thanks for the input... i just feed it about 4-5 pellets per feeding about 2-3mm each pellet.... and i figured that if the arow isn't hungry and always looking down for food then it wouldn't develop DE

 

[Onion01]

nah, mine is super well fed, kept in pristine water, lots of room to swim, is wild caught, and still has de in both eyes

 

[xxt2goodxx]

nah, mine is super well fed, kept in pristine water, lots of room to swim, is wild caught, and still has de in both eyes

i see mine is in pristine water as well, well fed, plenty of swimming room 240g tank and is developing DE in one eye... i think i saw mild DE at the shop but it was the only one left

 

[T1KARMANN]

if you have a silver aro their is not much you can do about the drop eye

ALL my asian aros are SUPER well fed better than most and i have never had any drop eye out of 12 asia aros at diffrent times

its best to feed twice per day up to 12inch then cut back down to 1 feed per day

even at 12inch i normally feed 10 x super worms per feed

i have never fed pellets just super worms/meal worms with ghost/river shrimp once per month nothing else

 

[muckieman]

your will get drop eye most due nothing you can due nothing! good luck with him

 

[javeith]

What are super worms? Who makes them?

 

[Arofanatic]

Super Worms aka Morio worms, a big version of mealworms easily obtainable from reptile shop

 

[T1KARMANN]

What are super worms? Who makes them?

god made them like all other living things