what is the best way to start feeding a new arowana

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I have recently installed a 210g tank. I have put in two australian barramundi one "barramundi" and one arowana leichardti or saratoga. I most recentaly have kept marine, and some huge americans chiclids before that. I have shaken the marine due to cost and its just boring! give me a monster that will come and look at you and in some way interact with you.
so i have put the two fish in the tank have the water perfect threw in 40 feeders that they have picked off at night over the last week. now i am starting on pellets, i drop them in and have had not one pick one up. I know pellets are not as exiteing as feeders, but also i know the breeders will not feed the fry feeders as its another expence.
so does any one have any tips on feeding or maybe you have a way you like to feed like time, amounts, non feeding times, staving a fish to change a feed source or any thing like this, I am keen to read your thoughts

attached is a pic of a barra i caught in a stocked dam in Queensland Australia it was 117cm long and gave me a bit of a fight.

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thats a huge barracuda you caught there

about your aro wait a little while for him to settle then you can start with any meaty foods such as earthworms
even new aros wil accept earthworms
 
headbanger_jib;1571279; said:
thats a huge barracuda you caught there

about your aro wait a little while for him to settle then you can start with any meaty foods such as earthworms
even new aros wil accept earthworms
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its not a barracuda, its a barramundi latis calarifer or something like that of the top of my head.

Cammo X
 
Very nice catch you have there.

On the aro, I've used the same process for all 3 of mine. I give them a few days to acclimate to the environment and then really make sure to get food to them after that.

I found that the key to getting a new aro to eat is sticking to small offerings, multiple times a day. If you try once a day there is a good chance that he may miss the feeding...then that's another day added on to the starvation period.

As far as food used...I use shrimp, krill, haddock/pollock fillets, worms, crickets (gut-load them first!!), and pellets.
 
I don't know if this is a practical solution for you, but I would recommend providing them with a "teacher."

I had a baby aro that would refuse to eat anything but live feeders. I had him in a quarantine tank for three weeks and he wouldn't even look at pellets, freeze dried krill or fresh raw shrimp. Then I moved him into my big tank with my Oscars, Silver Dollars, Balas and Clown Loaches. On day one he watched the other fish gorge themselves at feeding time, but he stayed towards the back of the tank. On day two he joined in the action and stuffed his face. He now loves his raw shrimp and I think he learned from the others.

I would try adding an Oscar to teach them.

Good luck with your new monsters!
 
thanks fellas,
it would seem americans have a a much better appitite, I guess being a top feeder floaters would be better as well. ill try a few things you guys have mentioned.
cheers
 
Cammo X;1571367; said:
its not a barracuda, its a barramundi latis calarifer or something like that of the top of my head.

Cammo X
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my mistake always get confused with mundi and cuda part
 
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