Silver Arowana help!!!

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Do you MFKers know a lot about Arowanas? I've done a lot of research but they seem to be the hardest fish for me to keep...I don't know why. I just got a silver Aro yesterday with no yolk sac:D. He's about 2.5" and active. My problem is that I'm afraid to do anything with him(water changes,even feeding). I have tried to feed him freeze dried blood worms--haven't noticed him eating:(. Yesterday he was swimming at the top--today he's swimming about middle level(still active). I have him in a small quarintine tank with a small common pleco. I don't know may be I'm just paranoid..well I know I'm paranoid after I had one with sac die after a 20% water change :ripand had one poorly shipped die after a couple of hours:rip.
Any advice?
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Thanks guys,
Chris
 
just give him some time, if he is new to the tank, just give it awhile for him to settle in.. you can try feeding him crickets, and just do small WC
 
Hey all, I thawed some blood worms--worked like a charm--lol..He's a greedy little bugger! I feel a little better about his welfare now. He's in a very small tank with one very small pleco(to clean up un eaten food)_but the arowana is only 2-3".
My next question is how often to change water and if prime at regular strength for conditioner is ok????
Still need advice....
Thanks for all of your help,
Chris
 
feed him live shrimp from stores or regular shrimp. hmmmm wait since u have a small tank dont feed them shrimp. Arowana grows faster when they eat live shrimp. Also arowana is freaking picky with food so train him to whatever you can afford or have time to feed him. Furthermore, Do not ever feed them feeder fish... Feeder fish will cause them kidney disease which makes ur arowana floats upside down.
 
The only thing I've been able to get him to eat is thawed blood worms and freeze dried blood worms. I tried a couple of small cichlid pellets but he is not interested. I did read that feeders are bad but a lot of distributers feed the baby aros baby guppies. I haven't tried this and don't plan to... My goal is to get him pellet trained. I'll ask again--Is prime at regular strength ok for water conditioner?
As far as I can tell the small pleco is cleaning up the uneaten bloodworms, however I feel I should change the water but I don't want to harm him. Would a 10% change suffice?
Thanks for your help,
Chris
 
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