jardini on pellets
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1. if you can get black worms, they are even better but blood worms are fine. but never feed any live fish to your jardini!
2. don't bother trying to get a jardini on pellets, its not going to happen.
3. feed your jardini feeders and it will get parasites and other diseases such as BLACK SPOTS DISEASE - which you can't cure!! feeders can lead to more aggression so what the point?..
4. keep your water VERY clean by doing the right amount of water changes weekly and having the correct size filter. if your fish isn't eating it may be the water. keep tempature at 78 degree F, or 25 degress C.
frozen foods such as shrimp, silversides, tilapia, krill, smelt are a MUCH much better alternative to wimpy pellets.
2. don't bother trying to get a jardini on pellets, its not going to happen.
3. feed your jardini feeders and it will get parasites and other diseases such as BLACK SPOTS DISEASE - which you can't cure!! feeders can lead to more aggression so what the point?..
4. keep your water VERY clean by doing the right amount of water changes weekly and having the correct size filter. if your fish isn't eating it may be the water. keep tempature at 78 degree F, or 25 degress C.
frozen foods such as shrimp, silversides, tilapia, krill, smelt are a MUCH much better alternative to wimpy pellets.
yanfloist;3646683; said:
I'm gonna disagree with a lot of what you stated here.
Black worms or blood worms are fine, just make sure he's eating. You may want to defrost them first in a cup of tank water and feed them to your jar slowly. I'd also suggest taking small chunks of aro sticks or pellets, either smashed or broken in half and mix in with the bloodworms. He'll start to recognize the pellets as food.
I don't have a jar, but I know people that do, that feed pellets, so yeah...it has happened.
I would avoid live unless you breed your own. You never know what might be wrong with the feeders at the lfs, they could have ich, parasites, etc and you don't want to introduce that to your tank. However, I still breed my own feeder guppies and give my fish a treat every now and then. I've never noticed my fish to become more aggressive because of this.
As the jar grows, try the frozen shrimp, tilapia, krill, etc. Cut it up in little pieces when he's still young. From my experience, once they eat one form of sea food, they'll eat whatever other sea food you throw in the tank as well. However, I'd still try to keep a staple of pellets if he'll eat them. Its a good staple for a fast growing healthy fish.
I've had my jardini for almost a year now, since he was 2" long - he's about 16" now. As baby, I kept him in a 20 gal long tank by himself so I could feed him well, until he was around 4" long. Remember about frequent water change - I do 15% weekly at this stage. Before reaching 4", I fed him frozen bloodworm and occasionally beef heart (I wanted to beef him up at this stage) and baby krills - made sure you soak them in warm water for 3-5 minutes before feeding. When he grew to 5", I started introducing fresh cut-up shrimp pieces, earthworms, live mealworms. Then cut-up chicken fillet pieces and superworms, crikets. I fed him twice a day before he reached 12".
And since 12", I mainly feed him chicken/salmon/talapia/whiteing fillets and whole peeled-and-head-tail-removed shrimps (size small, it says 41-46 on the 1 lb. bag). Occasionally, I feed him live comets (that I buy from LFS and quarantine for 3-4 weeks), live night crawlers, live superworms, crickets. As for watcher change, I gradually reduced the frequency to once every two weeks at 30%. I clean my canister filter every 4-6 months.
Good luck.
Oh yeah, I really really tried to get him on pellets, but didn't succeed.
And since 12", I mainly feed him chicken/salmon/talapia/whiteing fillets and whole peeled-and-head-tail-removed shrimps (size small, it says 41-46 on the 1 lb. bag). Occasionally, I feed him live comets (that I buy from LFS and quarantine for 3-4 weeks), live night crawlers, live superworms, crickets. As for watcher change, I gradually reduced the frequency to once every two weeks at 30%. I clean my canister filter every 4-6 months.
Good luck.
Oh yeah, I really really tried to get him on pellets, but didn't succeed.
Any proof for your statement here? Arowanas eat frogs/ducklings in the wild, and as far as I know chicken meat is kind of the same type as frogs and ducks.yanfloist;3651939; said:
My relatives in asia feed their precious Asian Arowanas baby frogs as a main diet there for a long time.
Do you raise this kind of fish yourself?