New 9" african aro not eating

freshfishin727 · Mar 4, 2016

Only had him for almost 2 days now, he's swimming around but not eating at feeding time. I'm currently feeding my fish cut shrimp. Cut Tilapia, frozen mysis shrimp, floating hikari and sinking hikari as well.

Any info would be awesome

kno4te · Mar 4, 2016

New tank syndrome. Just sit tight and wait. It will eventually eat. Needs time to settle in.

tlindsey · Mar 4, 2016

kno4te said:
New tank syndrome. Just sit tight and wait. It will eventually eat. Needs time to settle in.

+1

freshfishin727 · Mar 4, 2016

kno4te said:
New tank syndrome. Just sit tight and wait. It will eventually eat. Needs time to settle in.

Thank you for the response! ! So it's normal nothing to worry about? Foods I'm feed are good?

kno4te · Mar 4, 2016

It's normal for a new fish not to eat if it's just been introduced into a new tank. It's stressful especially if it's wild caught and still getting used to a fish shops water setup and cramped tank. Then goes into ur tank and same thing happens. Some fish are more sensitive than others for sure.

Not sure if it's sick or not as u can always get fish that are sick. That's different. But wait and watch how it's swimming and try feeding after several days even 10 days later.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/baby-african-arowana-feeding.250203/

Here's a link on feeding that might help.

Oddball · Mar 4, 2016

Most likely new tank syndrome. You may want to try feeding it small sinking hi-pro granules, frozen daphnia, brine shrimp, and cyclop-eeze. Afaros are primarily a filter-feeding species. So, smaller foods would be more welcome than trying to feed it like a 9" cichlid.