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It's a pretty risky job starving a fish specially when it's small since it doesn't have all the energy it needs to survive a long week of starvation especially when it's new to the tank... If you feel unsure for the training then you can give him pretty much small parts of krill/guppies/worms just to be sure that he won't die during the process..

You can either put it in the tank for him to smell alone or you can put your hand inside to lure him.. a good thing to see is if he eats and spits the pellets out because it's a sign that he shows interest to the pellets but if he completely ignores it then better give him some meaty foods because it will be a long process for him to be trained.
 
A few days without food will not hurt him.
Just try the one by one method until he eats one.
The Hikari food sticks have been the main part of my Jar's diet since he was 8" long.
He's now closer to 20"
 
Just to remind him... because some members here go on without feeding their fish for months and sometimes the fish ends up dying.
 
I don't think the fish is going to eat, starve him or not...it probably doesn't like the tank you have him in.

So tell you what, I'll send you the $20 for the food you bought and the $60 it will cost to FedEx him here and I'll get him to eat. I'll even post periodic photos so you can see how well he's doing :D

I'm sure he'd like the warm sunny climate here in Clearwater :headbang2

j/k the other contributors are right about getting him hungry. But I wouldn't go more than 3 or 4 days without feeding the fish something, I believe any longer than that is going to cause unnecessary stress. As Arowanas are sight hunters, try tossing the pellets into his tank a couple at a time from a few feet away. Toss them fairly close to him and he ought to investigate what's splashing down. Once it takes a few, shouldn't be a problem after that.
 
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