Variety of different food for arowana

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Steven Williams

Steven Williams

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So my silver arowana lately hasn't been taking its pellets as much as it used to. I assumed it was being stubborn, starved it a few days and then it started eating them again. A month has passed and it's back at it again. It loves crickets and it demolishes those but lately hasn't been eating much pellets. It's a year old and 13 inches. I'm currently in the process of making it a pond and I'm just wondering what other foods can I feed it. Lately I haven't fed it as much crickets cause I share them between the arowana, my two FH, and my leopard gecko. Plus crickets don't really fill it up anymore. I tried market shrimp, it bit then spit out. Tilapia is too expensive in my parents opinion so they won't let me feed it that. I used to have two types of pellets but one of them ran out a couple months ago. What can I feed it? My lfs don't really carry much variety of food and I never use feeder fish. It's also way to big for ghost shrimp and still too small for crayfish. Suggestions?

Here's a vid of it now (I know the tank is small I'm making it a pond it will be done by summer hopefully)
This is also an update on my rescued arowana for those that follow the progress of my arowana

 
Pratosh said:
What happened to its upper fins?
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It's a rescue I got read my other threads the previous owner only fed it the turtle treats which was like dried mealworms and insects. It was also being bullied by my FH because when I was out of town he put them together just read my older thread called Arowana Advice something like that
 
When was that bullied thing?? If it is recent then he is probably stressed out... and azoo is good that's what I m currently feeding
 
Steven Williams said:
So my silver arowana lately hasn't been taking its pellets as much as it used to. I assumed it was being stubborn, starved it a few days and then it started eating them again. A month has passed and it's back at it again. It loves crickets and it demolishes those but lately hasn't been eating much pellets. It's a year old and 13 inches. I'm currently in the process of making it a pond and I'm just wondering what other foods can I feed it. Lately I haven't fed it as much crickets cause I share them between the arowana, my two FH, and my leopard gecko. Plus crickets don't really fill it up anymore. I tried market shrimp, it bit then spit out. Tilapia is too expensive in my parents opinion so they won't let me feed it that. I used to have two types of pellets but one of them ran out a couple months ago. What can I feed it? My lfs don't really carry much variety of food and I never use feeder fish. It's also way to big for ghost shrimp and still too small for crayfish. Suggestions?

Here's a vid of it now (I know the tank is small I'm making it a pond it will be done by summer hopefully)
This is also an update on my rescued arowana for those that follow the progress of my arowana

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I remember your post in another thread about this silver... great job bring him back and he looks amazing compare to when you got him at 1st! Trying using fishing line, tie the shrimp and move it around when he comes towards it...I do this to my aro, at 1st she (Pepper) did bother with it, but with a little persistence he finally gave in...its been 1 wk now and eating shrimp with stuffed hiraki sticks. Hope this helps buddy...Good luck!!
 
Pratosh said:
When was that bullied thing?? If it is recent then he is probably stressed out... and azoo is good that's what I m currently feeding
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A long time ago when he was around 6 inches he's been fine from that a while ago and Azoo is great but I'll try hikari too and mix it up
 
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