Discus and Arowana

[Tam Nguyen]

Hi,

I was wondering if it is okay to put arowana and discus in the same tank?
And how come my arowana does not eat? I feed it krill, guppies, and arowana
food and it does not eat. I just got it about 1 week. It is 6-7 inches
long. Very healthy, however, would not eat. Thanks.

[The Madd Hatter]

it'll start eating once you put the discus in.... i don't think your discus
will thank yu though ;-)

"Tam Nguyen" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if it is okay to put arowana and discus in the same tank?
> And how come my arowana does not eat? I feed it krill, guppies, and
arowana
> food and it does not eat. I just got it about 1 week. It is 6-7 inches
> long. Very healthy, however, would not eat. Thanks.
>
>
>
>

[Mephistopheles]

"Tam Nguyen" > wrote in
:

> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if it is okay to put arowana and discus in the same
> tank? And how come my arowana does not eat? I feed it krill, guppies,
> and arowana food and it does not eat. I just got it about 1 week. It
> is 6-7 inches long. Very healthy, however, would not eat. Thanks.
>

I have kept a foot-long silver (South American) arowana in with Severums
and Uaru with no problems -- so long as the fish are big enough so that
the arowana cannot fit them in its mouth. Arowanas can sometimes be a
bit boisterous though. Do not know much about discus, so you will have
to judge whether this will be a problem.

Regarding eating, arowanas usually have voracious appetites. However,
small arowanas especially can be a bit sensitive about their environment,
so it may just be getting settled in. You might want to ask wherever you
got it from what they were feeding it. Finally, arowanas are designed to
eat from the surface of the water (they eat lots of insects in nature).
You might try floating things on the water, e.g. crickets or flies.

Meph

[jk]

"Tam Nguyen" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if it is okay to put arowana and discus in the same tank?
> And how come my arowana does not eat? I feed it krill, guppies, and
arowana
> food and it does not eat. I just got it about 1 week. It is 6-7 inches
> long. Very healthy, however, would not eat. Thanks.
>
>

Well if he doesn't eat by next week, he'll be dead... Discus or no discus.

--
JK Sinrod NY
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www.sinrodstudios.com
Coney Island Memories
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[Sarotherodon]

"Tam Nguyen" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if it is okay to put arowana and discus in the same tank?
> And how come my arowana does not eat? I feed it krill, guppies, and
arowana
> food and it does not eat. I just got it about 1 week. It is 6-7 inches
> long. Very healthy, however, would not eat. Thanks.
>
I'm not sure I would keep and arrowana with discus. I have raised a couple
of small ones. One was easy and the other was picky to feed. For the picky
one, I kept it in a small tank, about 15 gallons, heavily planted with
Bananna plants. The lilly pads provided good cover, without entangling or
hiding the food. After about 3 or 4 days in the tank (low light also) the
arrowana started eating soaked freeze dried plankton-similar to krill, but
small. I never had to resort to guppies, I was afraid that once it ate live
food it would not accept any other. All it ate for a few weeks was the
plankton. Eventually, I let it go a few days without eating, once it looked
plump and like it was doing OK. After the short starvation it began to eat
soaked Hikari cichlid pellets, the red ones, forget the name. After that it
did fine.
The one I had first had been feeding on guppies at the store and
switched over to the plankton without any trouble. These two were very
small, but not with the yolk sac still attached. Does your arro nudge the
food or take it in and spit it out? My picky one was easily startled and
would often spit out food and jump if disturbed during feeding. It
eventually became quite calm and avoracious feeder, but would still jump now
and again. Just their natural instinct.

[The Madd Hatter]

There is one food that I have never seen any fish refuse, whether it me
marine or fresh water. Try MYSIS... This is a type of frozen food.. It is a
shrimp from freshwater lakes. Supposed to be the ultimate food. I've seen
the guy at the LFS feed marine lion fish w/ it.. Those fish very rarely
accept "dead" foods. Its worth a try, though it can be a bit tricky to find
a supplier.

GL
"Tam Nguyen" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if it is okay to put arowana and discus in the same tank?
> And how come my arowana does not eat? I feed it krill, guppies, and
arowana
> food and it does not eat. I just got it about 1 week. It is 6-7 inches
> long. Very healthy, however, would not eat. Thanks.
>
>
>
>

[Mephistopheles]

Mephistopheles > wrote in
hlink.net:

> "Tam Nguyen" > wrote in
> :
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was wondering if it is okay to put arowana and discus in the same
>> tank? And how come my arowana does not eat? I feed it krill,
>> guppies, and arowana food and it does not eat. I just got it about 1
>> week. It is 6-7 inches long. Very healthy, however, would not eat.
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> I have kept a foot-long silver (South American) arowana in with
> Severums and Uaru with no problems -- so long as the fish are big
> enough so that the arowana cannot fit them in its mouth. Arowanas can
> sometimes be a bit boisterous though. Do not know much about discus,
> so you will have to judge whether this will be a problem.
>
> Regarding eating, arowanas usually have voracious appetites. However,
> small arowanas especially can be a bit sensitive about their
> environment, so it may just be getting settled in. You might want to
> ask wherever you got it from what they were feeding it. Finally,
> arowanas are designed to eat from the surface of the water (they eat
> lots of insects in nature). You might try floating things on the
> water, e.g. crickets or flies.
>
> Meph
>

Another thing to try regarding eating is raising the tank temperature to
say 85 degrees. This will increase the fish's metabolism rate, and
should also thereby increase its appetite. Also, as someone else
suggested, floating some plants or something else to provide cover at the
surface of the water may make the arowana feel more comfortable -- since
they are surface loving fish.

Meph

[T]

Hikari sells Mysis in the US in a frozen pack. I would think it might be
imported to other countries as well..

Timmer...


"The Madd Hatter" > wrote in message
able.rogers.com...
> There is one food that I have never seen any fish refuse, whether it me
> marine or fresh water. Try MYSIS... This is a type of frozen food.. It is
a
> shrimp from freshwater lakes. Supposed to be the ultimate food. I've seen
> the guy at the LFS feed marine lion fish w/ it.. Those fish very rarely
> accept "dead" foods. Its worth a try, though it can be a bit tricky to
find
> a supplier.
>
> GL
> "Tam Nguyen" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was wondering if it is okay to put arowana and discus in the same
tank?
> > And how come my arowana does not eat? I feed it krill, guppies, and
> arowana
> > food and it does not eat. I just got it about 1 week. It is 6-7 inches
> > long. Very healthy, however, would not eat. Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>