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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| Arowana!
What do I feed my Arowana that has just lost his yolk sac? I'm planning to upgrade to a bigger tank. I put in some Tropical Granules and he ate some is that okay for him? Thanks!  | 
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| It is okay for it right now, but should be fed freeze dried or live brine shrimp, black worms and soon very small fish such as white cloud minnows. | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Wow, what size tank are you upgrading to? | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Along what FishKing said about small fish - you could try breeding guppys for the babies? Of course, you could keep the best quality fry if you wanted... Or you personally don't like the idea (I'm not an acctual fan of that myself - but everyone is entitled to their own opinion  ), but just a suggestion. | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| what size is it and what size is the tank, there not cheap fish where im from... | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Feeding live fish is a risky buisness as you don't know what diseases they might be carrying if bought from a petstore. My Oscar eats Guppys but I breed these myself. | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| As has been said above, breeding your own fish is one way to go. Otherwise, other live/fresh/frozen food such as worms, shrimp, beef heart, etc... will do well. The important thing is to vary the feeding.
I'm guessing that you already know that, in the long run, that fish is going to need a tank that's at least a couple of feet on the shortest side, and significantly longer. The good news is that they can live in relatively shallow water. | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| If just lost yolk sac, , coud try fry of livebearers as other mentioned. But I had better success w/ FD plankton (chopped up to samll size individually) since FD stayed float for while. They can use too much energy trying to catch frys at his point, IMO, depending on size of tank. FD plankton doesnt require chasing at least. Would try frys when arowanas are bit larger. | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Won't you need like a swimming pool for a fish that big? Don't they get to be like 4 or 5 feet? | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Yeah, certain types reach 4 ft.
Most are kept in 1000 gal. tanks. | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| I'm 5'2 and I like my fish to be considerably smaller than me lol. You couldnt pay me to put my hand in a tank with that.
Sorry #'s just kidding (not really lol) | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| lol.
I know, when I go to aquariums that have arowana & pacu I wonder who the poor soul is that gets to go for a swim of something goes wrong in the tank.
The National Zoo in DC has a beautiful amazon exhibit with these fish. | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| I'll put that on my list, with the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, of trips I want to take. | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Yeah, it's beautiful.
I stood in the same spot & watched for like an hour, lol.
My friends thought that I was crazy. | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| One of the best exhibits at St Paul's Como Zoo is an Amazon river exhibit, with thousands and thousands and thousands of gallons, deeper areas for the arowana and pacu, and shallower places for the smaller fish, stingrays, and catfish. | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Sounds like the way people react when I start talking about my fish. Im gonna look up the DC Zoo to see if I can find some pics | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I have pics, but they're on my other computer. 
Grrr....I hate technology, that other computer won't let me burn pics so I have no way to get them online. | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| Don't they have an exhibit for Discus too? I went to the Baltimore Aquarium and they had a MASSIVE Arowana and some Discus! It was an amazing sight to behold! | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| I'll add Baltimore to my list too lol. They had no discus or angel fish in the Rain Forest or the Aquarium building at the Cleveland Zoo last time I was there. | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| my 12" and 14" ocars are in a 450 gal tank with an arrowana until theit QT time is up ...my albino in these pics is the 14" fish...you can see her with the arrowana and he feeds them all his own minnows, guppies, and beef heart... 004-8.jpg 007-5.jpg | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Mannnn....I'd love to have a tank that large.
That's like a dream tank for me. | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Wow Shawnie!! I'm speechless and that does not happen ofter. That tank is crazy big. I would seriously be nervous to put my hand in there in the dark. I can't imagine how you do water changes | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by suemvb  Wow Shawnie!! I'm speechless and that does not happen ofter. That tank is crazy big. I would seriously be nervous to put my hand in there in the dark. I can't imagine how you do water changes | oops!! forgot for some that werent here a few months ago..those arent my tanks I had to give up my oscars for a bigger better home | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| I'm sorry. Was that your tank or is that the tank that you moved them too? | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| The arowana isn't all that violent toward humans, I don't think. They don't have the type of mouth necessary to rend flesh (piranha and puffers are more suited for that) from the bone. They likely could give you a nasty bite if they confused your fingers for food, I suppose. | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Yeah......I rather not risk it. | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| A little off topic but i saw one eat a duck live . This questions to thread maker what size tank do you plan on putting this in as you know from others post in this thread they get extremely large which in the long run will cause you to keep upgrading if you don't get a large enough tank for full growth. | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| Arowana's are really cool and they are nice fish! | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| i looove the look of the silver arowana but they need at least 120g and i only have 55.  | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Quote:
Originally Posted by midnightwolf i looove the look of the silver arowana but they need at least 120g and i only have 55. | I'd say even bigger than a 120g. They grow to be 2' long, and the tank's narrowest dimension should be bigger than that, to allow the fish to turn around. | |
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