My arowana spit out cricket, after crunching it

[Helangkawi]

hi guys,

this is the update of my yellow tail arowana..

now for about 7 weeks, it already grew up to 4.5 inch...

but i noticed something, in about last few days, maybe about a week..my arowana started to eat less...it like to spit back the cricket after crunching it...if i put 3-4 crickets, maybe only 1 be eaten, the rest just dead meat..

now already transferred to new home, from 2ft tank to 4ft tank...but still it won't eat the cricket

what should i do now...water temperature clocked at 28c, i have no ph reader, but the ph should be suitable

my tank setup

water heater
power head 35wt, max flow 24L
4 foot x 2 foot tank, with gravel at the bottom
filter media, top filter with nice quality sponge and bio ball

 

[fishbum]

Are you only feeding crickets?

 

[iloveoscars702]

What else is in his diet??

 

[Helangkawi]

fishbum&iloveoscars702

yup, the diet was only crickets, when my arowana still about 2-3 inch, i do gave it small carp as the diet

previously, it ate about 3-4 crickets per meal...3 meal for a day following schedule

this problem started for the past 2 weeks

 

[jworth]

try giving it pellets and fillets as well. crickets could potentially cause a blockage with the hard skeleton over time.

 

[Helangkawi]

try giving it pellets and fillets as well. crickets could potentially cause a blockage with the hard skeleton over time.

for fillet i don't think will do

for pallet, is it just a normal pallet for koi will do?


*i always took out the cricket skeleton legs before i feed my fish

 

[fishbum]

Cut up some tilapia ,soak it in garlic guard,then freeze it.You can do the same with market shrimp. Also try some freeze dried krill.

 

[LBathory]

freeze dried krill has always got my aros back to normal as far as feedings go, but i've noticed the same behavior sometimes when feeding crickets.

 

[Gshock]

for fillet i don't think will do

for pallet, is it just a normal pallet for koi will do?


*i always took out the cricket skeleton legs before i feed my fish

Crickets have an exoskeleton, not an actual skeleton. Even if you took off the legs, the rest of the body is still the remaining exoskeleton.

 

[Helangkawi]

it is hard to find hard krill and to make a fillet from tilapia from my portion

or else, is it ok to feed it with koi's pallet? the round shape pallet