Jardini Arowana

[Chizzle]

Still not eating, ill keep trying. He's starting to nip at his cichla tankmates.

 

[pi-eyed]

Still not eating, ill keep trying. He's starting to nip at his cichla tankmates.

Sounds like he is trying to establish rank in "his" tank. Which means that he is starting to settle in. Now is the time you have to keep a close eye on your jar's aggression. They can kill for no reason. Not to be worried though. Just keep an eye on them. Mine still nip at tankmates now and then. As for feeding, it may take a while. When I brought home my little jar last year, he wouldn't eat for a week. I finally got him to eat crickets. Then I went from crickets to plankton+blood worms(FD) and eventually to pellets..Now he eats anything... His favorite is tilapia fillets.

Keep us posted,
Chris

 

[JLSEF9]

seeing all these small aros makes me want to grow out another one. nice jars guys

 

[Chizzle]

It ate frozen blood worms this morning, i saw it try an aro stick but it spat it out. What should I do to encourage it to eat the sticks?

 

[pi-eyed]

Congrats on him eating !!! Just give him time on the aro sticks.. It may take a while before he relizes that it's food.


---Chris

 

[Chizzle]

its eating fd krill now as well, still nogo on hikari aro sticks =[

 

[pi-eyed]

If he grabs the aro sticks and spits them out, he's almost ready to start eating them. Try to introduce the pellets and nothing else for a few days. He should be eating them in no time.

Before you know it you'll have a beast like mine !!!!!!!

-----Chris

 

[andsco]

My Jar got super aggressive at about 10" but they are ALL different.

 

[RovenzVill]

My Jar got super aggressive at about 10" but they are ALL different.

Mine was very mean at 6 inch, hed almost kill my 5 inch flowerhorn, relentless fish on a rage. Depends on individual temper of each fish