Reza Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 Hi all Just wondering if anyone out there has an arowana, particulalrly the asian/australian type. Would like to see some pictures and discuss what foods you feed them. I'll post a couple pics of my Jardini later. I have such a hard time taking photos of him with my Canon A80. ~Reza~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFISHGUY Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 I've kept them in the past. The silver was boring and not much color. The jardini I had kicked the crap out of my giant gourami which was about twice the size and that was the end of the arowanas until I can afford a really nice asian one. As for food I fed mine raw shrimp which brings out a lot of the red and pink hues, and crickets. My uncle has a chili red that he got from Golds which is an awsome specimen. They are way more mild than the jardinis or silvers and ten times as pretty. There really is no comparison. He keeps his with a tigriness cat ( not sure of the spelling) some ugly friggin' parrot fish and about a dozen oddly marked clown loaches. He feeds his the shrimp ,NLS , crickets , and occasionally the silversides. This is one of the nicest arrowanas I've seen and its only about 10 or 12" long. Sure to be an awsome specimen. Sorry I lost the pics he sent me but I'll try to get some more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFISHGUY Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 FYI those of you that don't know , these fish are excellent jumpers. My first jardini got to be about 10'' and one day I got up to find that he had jumped out of the tank even with a heavy glass top. After that I put latches on the top. I watched the second one try to do the same thing . He was trying to get at a spider that was hanging from the ceiling. Very cool fish but IMHO you should only keep these guys in at least a 6' -180+gal tank. I kept mine in a 5'-150gal and they outgrew it in about a year and a half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 Not at current, but I have kept Africans and Jardinis in the past....I will probably get myself a nice RG x-back scleropages someday soonish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFISHGUY Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: Hey you posted at the same time as I did ; I think that means you owe me a beer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: Hey you posted at the same time as I did ; I think that means you owe me a beer. ...or that you owe me one.... :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reza Posted August 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 I have my Jardini in a 90 at the moment, he is still shorter than the 18" depth of the tank so he can stay there for a little longer. A 6' is for sure a must for aros. I picked mine up from Big Al's 18 months ago when he was about 2", he's about 12" now. I heard that once they reach around 10" they really start to grow quickly. He/she has IMO really nice colouring, atleast compared to ALL of the Jardinis I have seen in pet stores, why are so many white with ragged fins??????? You can see a picture of him when he was bought and about 5 months ago here: http://s6.invisionfree.com/AlbertaAquatica...topic=512&st=15 ~Reza~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reza Posted August 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 I agree that the asians are far nicer than the jardinis with only having 5 scales from top to bottom instead of the seven with the Australian relatives. Makes for larger and more beautiful scales. I just can't justify the $1000 price tag for an average juvie. Oh Toirtis, I too would love a X-Back. One day!!!! I feed my guy shrimp, crickets, squid and have trained him to eat floating cichlid pellet food. Obviously not a good food to eat all the time, however it does make it easy when I go away and my friends don't like feeding live crickets etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFISHGUY Posted August 20, 2005 Report Share Posted August 20, 2005 Nice pics . He's got some nice color to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace99 Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 I bought a 7 inch Jardini from Riverfront 1 month ago. I've been trying to get him used to dry floating food (Hikari) but he will only eat frozen food. I've tried starving him for 2 days and he still won't each it. Should I starve him for a longer period....and how many days of starvation is safe? Any help would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neatfreak Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 did you only want to feed him dry? petland fed theres super worms, crickets, krill[shrimp] they say it takes a few days for fish to except new foods. what dry are you tring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace99 Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 If makes for easier feedings if they will take dry pellets (Hikari) 50% of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 FYI - I'll have 5mm NLS floating pellets in stock in approx 1 week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neatfreak Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 i agree :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reza Posted September 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 (edited) I started off feeding my 2" jardini mysis and treating him with dried earthworms or crickets (can be bought from Big Al's/Petsmart). After some time, 3 months I think, he would pick at the cichlid pellets I put in the tank for my other fish. When he hit about 5" and realised he was the king of the tank he would come to the surface unafraid of the cichlids and eat the floating pellets. I always feed him clams/mysis/earthworms as a staple but if he is hungry he'll eat the pellets. Just give it some time, perhaps putting a couple in his tank 15 minutes before you feed him the frozen food might help. In time he may eat some. The nice thing about getting them to eat pellets is that when I am camping my friends only have to feed him pellets. Strange how some people don't like getting near freeze dried crickets. LOL Edited September 8, 2005 by Reza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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