Good Day fellow fish keepers. Any suggestion on how to train silver arowana to recognize me? cuz when i go near its aquarium he easily spooked and he swim away. any suggestion on how to train them?
Train Arowana to recognize me.
- Thread starter Brix Pacis
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Just sit in front of your tank for hours and days in a week or so it'll get use to you. Jk, agree with above, it'll take time. Those lil guys are very skiddish when they're young. Patience my friend! Sooner or later he's gonna look at you and beg for food which is pretty kewl.
Pull up a chair and observe. Move slowly. I have had 3 Aros that ate from my hands. My Jardini let me pet it and would rub on my arm when it was in the tank. It will take some time but the younger it is when you start working with it the better.
I've had mine side it was about 3 or 4", it's now about 18" it immediately recognizes me when I enter the room. It is spooked by other people but it knows I'm the guy with the food. I feed it by hand, it swims right up and eats out of my hand. Time will allow it to relate you with food.
I had a silver aro that I grew from 4" to about 28". After a year of having it, I could literally 'pet' it and it wouldn't get spooked. So I concur with others and say that it takes time. Also, the more you mess around with your aquarium (rearranging decorations, netting out fish, etc...) the longer it will take. Because each time you do it, you're reenforcing the fright & flight behavior in your aro...