SILVER ASIAN AROWANA

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AAVPredatory

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Help everyone, I recently bought a 3” aro and put him in a 210 (72x24x29) fish tank. I’m afraid he’s not going to eat the food I put for when during feeding time and eventually die. Is it a bad idea that he’s so small in a big tank for him at this age?

I also bought an ornate bichir and he’s about 3” too. I’m also very worried bc he’s more of a bottom feeder and I’m afraid he won’t find the food I give him. What should I do???
 
TheWolfman said:
What food is he currently eating? How long has the tank been cycled? How long has he been in the tank?
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The place I got him from has him on frozen bloodworm diet. Both the aro and bichir. The tank has been cycled for two weeks now. I check my parameters and everything is good. I put him in yesterday but he was already fed so I didn’t feed him, I also figured he would be stressed out and wouldn’t eat.
 
I suspect the bloodworms will get blown all over that tank before the aro finds a small amount of them to eat.Try giving it some floating pellets,at least it would eventually find and eat them.
 
AAVPredatory said:
What about the bichir?
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The bichir would find them too but it is a good idea to get that young aro on some good nutritious food like the pellets so I would drop in sinking pellets in the hopes that the bichir would not eat all of the floaters.
 
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You could feed the bichir in a dish, and the aro in a floating ring. They will quickly learn where the food is, if you are consistent about it and it will help prevent the food from being scattered.
 
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^Good idea.....and by the way,a silver Asian aro?...can you post a few photos of it?
 
krichardson said:
The bichir would find them too but it is a good idea to get that young aro on some good nutritious food like the pellets so I would drop in sinking pellets in the hopes that the bichir would not eat all of the floaters.
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I’m getting mixed answers about what I should be feeding my aro. A lot of people are saying keep him on a pellet diet over live food/frozen food. I understand that I should keep him on a variety of foods but should I feed him more pellets than the rest of it doesn’t really matter as long as I switch it up.
 
Get the aro on bugs, small crickets are a good idea, any reptile shop will stock them.
 
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