Well, it worked for awhile

[sunvalley aquarist]

I posted awhile back that I had successfully put my 8 semi-juvenile (4") turquoise discus in with my 18" Silver ARO. They got along for over 4 months.
Then my ARO , now 22" to 24", went on a hunger strike and stopped eating the Jumbo Krill that I'd been feeding him since I had him at 7", last September.
I started feeding him market shrimp which he readily took to. I E-mailed "Wetwebmedia" and asked them the nutritional value of the shrimp. They suggested that I not feed market shrimp because of its thiamine content and the side effect of vitamin B-1.
They suggested to feed tilapia instead. So for about a week I've been feeding tilapia. I don't know if feeding the "fish" to my ARO gave him a taste for fish, or if he would have developed this bad behavior anyway, but he began harassing the discus.
I was lucky enough to find a LFS who would take him.

 

[Kaya]

Well you tried but too bad you had to give him away.. should have just popped in another tank for him.. cheers

 

[rhodes_96]

. I E-mailed "Wetwebmedia" and asked them the nutritional value of the shrimp. They suggested that I not feed market shrimp because of its thiamine content and the side effect of vitamin B-1.
They suggested to feed tilapia instead. .

What a load of crap wetwebmedia told you.

Many many arowana enthusiasts feed their arowanas market shrimp as the main dietry source. Most if not all the prize winning asian arowana's are feed market shrimp. The market shrimp shell is a source of carotine which helps to bring out the fishes colouration. As an aro enthusiast for many years I feed all my aros on market ahrimp as their main dietry intake and they are very healthy and don't have vitamin deficency issues. There is nothing wrong with adding tilapia fillets into an arowanas diet.
I suggest in the future the consultation of this forum and other arowana dedicated forums to get the correct info.

 

[BIGtyme]

man that sucks, i woulda dumped the discus somewhere not the aro