Hi, I just got an Asian Arowana for the first time. I did have a lot of experience with Jardinis and Silver arows so i decided to try and get an Asian arow. However I am experiencing a lot of new behaviour and I would like to consult much experienced hobbyist for their opinion. I had my XB blue base for about 1 month now and he has been eating for good until last week. I tried opening my new tank lights and he freakout a little bit he keeps swimming up and down the walls and recently he just sat their at the bottom of my tank not swimming at all. i watched his respiration rate and it was on the normal side. I checked my paramaters and everything was in very good shape. I already figured it was probably the light fixture maybe it was too bright so I bought another light fixture the exact same one from his tank before it broke. I keep checking the water parameters and its all perfect. But now for a week already he has not eaten. He keeps swimming up and down the sides of the aquarium and most of the time he keeps still at the bottom of the aquarium. I really need help I have never experience this problem with my jardini's and silvers before thus i dont know what else i could do. I would appreciate your help guys.
Help: ASIAN AROWANA NOT EATING
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How big is the arowana, how big is the tank and are there other fish in the tank?
If your water parameters are right, she should be ok and she will settle
They can be very temperamental and if something upsets them or they not happy with something they sulk.... invariably the sulking means they don't eat and they can keep this up for a week or two sometimes longer
Try maybe changing her food and see if that entices her to eat
How big is the arowana, how big is the tank and are there other fish in the tank?
If your water parameters are right, she should be ok and she will settle
They can be very temperamental and if something upsets them or they not happy with something they sulk.... invariably the sulking means they don't eat and they can keep this up for a week or two sometimes longer
Try maybe changing her food and see if that entices her to eat
Throw some mealworms in there just a few. He should go nuts for them. Don’t spoil Just a few and then keep introducing his normal food
The arowana is about 10’’ and he is on a 75 gallon grow out tank ill transfer him to my 300 gal later on. There are no other fish with him. When i drop some pellets he ate one but then the rest he is just chewing it and then he will lose interest. I tried dropping in my homebred crickets and he just ignores it. I tried dropping in my homebred guppies he just ignores it. Hmmm he must still be upset because of the lighting should i just turn off the lights in the tank? Also should i do 10-20% water change? Before he doesnt mind me doing some water change but now im kinda scared to do a water change because i fear it will just add more to his stress?
By the way thanks for all the reply guys i really appreciate all the advice and help.
I tried some of my bred crickets and he just ignores it. Maybe ill try some mealworms later. Thank you
Omg. So did your arow eat at all for that 2 months??? What did you do? Did you just let him be? Im too worried about my arow
He ate but very little.... example he used to eat about 7-8 pieces of bite size frozen prawn or 12-15 live baby frogs a day.... when he was scared he would eat like 1-2 pcs every 3 days or 2-3 frogs every 3 days lol
I would carry on my normal routine of switching the lights on and off
Normal routine of water changes but I would do 40 to 50%... if you don't do water changes you will pick up water quality problems which is worse.
Go about your normal routine in a calm and confident way.. she needs to realize that its ok
Can take a little while but she will eventually accept this
If you say she is 10"..... that's about 25cm..... a 75 is a bit small (I understand its a grow out) but maybe she is feeling a bit cramped in the size tank..
Continue trying to feed her what ever you have available, live foods are what tempts them the most and... the big word... patience...... I know its not easy....
Thank you for the advice. I will keep doing the normal routine and do 50% water change. Should i transfer her to the 300gal now? Or should i wait for her to get used to me first before transferring her? The only reason i didnt put her in the 300gal right away was because I was still cycling the 300gal but i checked the water paramaters on the 300 and its all good now/ its been cycling for about 1 month now as well with two FX6. Thanks again for the advice
