raw or cooked food for arowana?

[duongsta4o9]

I feed my jardini mostly pellets, but also feed it raw shrimp about twice aweek. Sometime raw meat for a treat or lizards I find.

Came across my mind today to Google up is it better to cook the raw shrimp/meat. Lol.

Anybody cook those up before feeding? What's the benefit?

 

[duongsta4o9]

Had it for about 6 months already btw

 

[jpcampbell123]

raw is always more natural for any fish just make sure their are no contanments in the prey.

john

 

[duongsta4o9]

Thought so too..did read some about having it cooked lol weird

 

[monsternoob]

No one cooks it in the wild! We only cook our food to make it easier to chew and digest

 

[duongsta4o9]

yes im very sure of that lol. was just curious if people did it, and i googled about it and found some people here on MFK do cook up the shrimp/meat

 

[Kaya]

hey mate.. you've mentioned shrimp / meat? do you feed any other meat than fish?

 

[silverdragon500]

I 've got a 26 inch silver that I feed raw peeled & deveined shrimp. Will accept shell -on shrimp but alot of the time shells end up some how in the tank. Also loves tilapia raw pieces along with Hikari food sticks. Eats no other kind of sticks or pellets. Was surprized when he ate chunks of cucumber one time. You know everybody can use some fiber once & awhile. Ha Ha

300 gallon for now until I build my dream tank

 

[Scuba_Kid]

Nice i got a 250 gallon tank with a arowana a little over 12 inches i got alot of other fishes in there with him and water is really clear i got two magnum 250's with bio wheels and i rarley have to change the water i have the tempeture at 80 i think. The ph and everything stays real stable i barley check it anymore. I feed the arowana shirmp pellets grass hoppers and i use to feed him small fish like feeder fish but i heard thoose are bad so i stopped. Also on a unrelated topic i have 2 blue botia loach and they hide in this big conch shell and i didnt see them for like a whole week i thought my arowana ate them but then one day i saw one of them come out of the shell and he was completley white! Anyways good luck with your arowana.

 

[duongsta4o9]

hey mate.. you've mentioned shrimp / meat? do you feed any other meat than fish?

only other things that i feed it sometimes are mini nightcrawlers called dillies. and also crickets. IF i find a gecko/lizard then i feed it that also.