Premium 24k golden head Arowana 8 inches not eating

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Thank u for the Information.
Now I am waiting for my Golden Aro to start eating.
By next week I am buying 4 feet tank and hope till I shift him to bigger tank my Aro will be fine.
 
Let's hope! After that start saving for the next upgrade :)
 
If you wanted to then you could get a stock tank, they would cost less than a tank of the same size. Just something to think about.
 
The tank is laughably small for an arowana, as others have noted. I don't understand this mentality at all. The tank is way too small, so you're going to upgrade to a 4' tank, which is still way too small ... and then what? Why not get a fish that fits in the tank you have, then get bigger fish when you get a bigger tank?
 
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The size has been adresed already multiple times, does it really need to be brought back up?
 
That's true fishhead buddy but at the same time Adam makes a good point: getting a 4 foot tank is just a very temporary and small band-aid fix -- imho it would be more economical overall for OP to get a 5 or 6 ft tank now (if at all possible), rather than have to get a 2nd tank in less than a year given Aro growth rate. Also moving an Aro from one tank to another is not always an easy affair and has its risks.

Just some points to ponder OP, good to see you planning to upgrade in any case. Also if your LFS are like many here, they might not have anything on hand more than 4' -- but they should be able to order custom sizes pretty easily.
 
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G Gaurav_Anjarlekar Instead of getting a 4 foot tank why not get one of those pool kits, a stock tank, brute ponds? There are a lot of alternatives to a normal fish tank. Like I said before you can get a bigger stock tank for the same amount for a smaller tank typically.
I would really consider looking into those options before buying the tank.
 
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To answer your question, it is quite possible that you aro has become I'll from eating goldfish feeders.

And while the tank is stupidly small to keep an aro for any length of time, in a retail setting, tanks this small for individual specimens, is quite common. LFS don't keep juvie aros this size in 100+ gallon tanks.
 
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For sure, that fish will need a few days to acclimatize to its new surroundings before it is ready to eat again. Some juvie aros eat right away, some take a few days, some take longer.


and this …...

"One more thing insofar as not eating -- you might consider to lower the level of your air bubbles & surface agitation -- yes it's good to have some air/bubbles but it looks a bit much for that size tank: your Aro might prefer a calmer surface, esp. at feeding time, just experiment and see if it's a factor or not."
 
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