My New 9" Premium Red Tail Golden Arowana Not Eating!

[MariaS]

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Hello Maria,

I know it doesn’t matter but it’s a He not a she . And yes thank you so much. I am already feeling relaxed with you guys by my side to guide and advise me. You are the first women I have met on MFK forum who’s into this hobby and fellows it with compassion. Hats off to you.

Regards,
Additya

Its a pleasure and keep us posted.... nice to keep a record of how they develop

Oooops... i always fall into the trap of calling them 'She'.... I dont know how to sex them.... maybe mine are also boys..... hehehe

Thank you for the kind words....

 

[Addi_13]

Hello guys,

UPDATE! Today in afternoon, I dropped a dried shrimp and he ate it. Then I dropped couple of more dried shrimp just few minutes back and he ate them all. I was dropping one by one and in between I tried to confuse him and dropped a hikari bio gold pellet but he took a bite and spit it right away.

HURAAY! Atleast he is eating now ..Now the problem is I want him to eat pellet as I have a community tank other fishes finish the shrimp before pellets so if he is on pellets he will also get all the nutrient and proteins. What should I do! Please help.

Kind Regards,
Additya

 

[Addi_13]

HELP!!! READ ABOVE!

 

[johnny potatoes]

Relax, at least it's eating. I would try Hikari food sticks, they seem to soften up quickly. Those bio gold pellets are like little rocks. Good luck

 

[Galantspeedz]

Can't help as I don't train it to eat pellets

What I do is to feed frozen market shrimp and insert the pellets into the market shrimp for him to eat

I know he still dislike it as he always try to get rid of the pellets lol