New Jardini wont eat!

[turboGarrett]

Got my first aro, a baby jardini (~3") last friday(4 days ago) and I have yet to see this guy eat. I have tried fd plankton, frozen krill, frozen bloodworms, flakes, pellets, crushed pellets, market shrimp, live crickets and rosie red minnows. Had to put a synodontis cat from another tank to tackle clean up the uneaten food.

He is in a 300 gallon tank with the catfish and seems to be comfortable with surroundings. The person at the fish store I purchased him thought he was feeding on the freeze dried plankton, but didn't seem 100% sure.

Any suggestions on what else I should try? Getting a little worried here...

 

[JeZtuR]

Simple answer to your question. Put the fish in a smaller tank, this will make him feel more comfortable. Putting him in a 300g tank will definetly stress him out. Try putting him in like a 30g tank and slowly introduce him to a 300g.

 

[jp80911]

a 3" fish in a 300 gallon tank it'll probably never be able to find the food you drop in there.
keep it in a smaller tank and it'll eat, grow it out a bit then add back to the 300g tank

 

[Gshock]

Simple answer to your question. Put the fish in a smaller tank, this will make him feel more comfortable. Putting him in a 300g tank will definetly stress him out.

Fail...

a 3" fish in a 300 gallon tank it'll probably never be able to find the food you drop in there.
keep it in a smaller tank and it'll eat, grow it out a bit then add back to the 300g tank

Bingo!

 

[turboGarrett]

The food goes right over his head and he usually cruises over to inspect, I don't think it's an issue of finding the food. I have seen him grab a bloodworm and spit it out, but that's about it. I have an extra 10 gallon for feeders, just worried that moving him will cause uneeded stress.

 

[jp80911]

I have my 3" black aro in a 10g tank right now, it's eating like a pig in there.
it'll probably make it more comfortable in a smaller tank right now with some added floating plants.

 

[captianredbelly]

Stay strong with the feedings. Sometimes it takes a while for them to get hungry enough. My jar diddnt eat for a week after I brought it home. The same theroy applys for introducing new types of food. Eventually they will eat

 

[rhodes_96]

You can reduce the height of the water in the tank by at least half. This will help the young aro acclimatise to it's surroundings. Hopefully it will start eating. If it's spitting food back out, your half way there.