RE: Needs Help with Food for my silver Arowana

[waymon]

I just purchased a silver aro about a week ago..and i can't get it to eat nothyng but crikets and rosy reds....That gets to be headache on a regular basis....I was to told a local pet store to try krill and dosen't even touch it....Can someone please help me suggestions on wat to feed and about how many times a day....

 

[jd300]

bloodworms are good whats his size , thankfully mine are not very picky worms fruit a little nit of everything

 

[uberunce]

when i first got mine the guy at the LFS said to turn the light off for about 24-48hours and not feed them. after that they'll be hungry and obedient to what you feed them.

 

[waymon]

my aro is about 6 inches...still trying to figure these thyngs out

 

[Tongue33]

at that size I would stick with crickets as they are still a little delicate.. But the starve tactic works well with Silvers they are relatively easy to train..

But you need to acquire some patience as you purchased a fish that requires it Deserves more respect than you know so far A week is hardly enough time to get sick of feeding crickets

But starve and feed in a few days with pellets. And then if it doesn't take do it again.. He'll get the hint

 

[waymon]

just tried those fish sticks by hikari...and is eating those thyng like a champ....Im still going to try different thyngs to get him on diet on a variety of stuff

 

[hbluehunter]

Good job on getting him on the Hikari sticks but they get really expensive after awhile...Now my damn aro's won't eat any other sticks besides thoses...LOL...

 

[KABB44423]

pellets and blood worms let him eat the worms right out of my hand ooooo frozen blood worms that is

 

[twk1]

Try Feeding it mealworms and Market prawns, mines eat those like there is no tommorrow!!

 

[arowana man]

crickets, bloodworms, krill, superworms, nightcrawlers. stay away from feeders.i feed mine convict cichlid that i breed. i know there heathy that way.