Will It STarve?

Yes. Sometimes the arrowana (which is about 5 inches) mouthes the krill ,
but that is about it. He won't touch anything else. I know that these fish
could go a long time without fould but how long is long. I don't wanna come
back a couple of months from now and find him or her dead because I refused
to buy guppies and it refused to eat anything else. I hope that after a
while it will catch on and start eating and instead of cruising the tank
looking for small moving prey.

"B." wrote in message
news:4S89b.37466$S_.16042@fed1read01...
Yes. Sometimes the arrowana (which is about 5 inches) mouthes the krill ,
but that is about it. He won't touch anything else. I know that these
fish
could go a long time without fould but how long is long. I don't wanna
come
back a couple of months from now and find him or her dead because I
refused
to buy guppies and it refused to eat anything else. I hope that after a
while it will catch on and start eating and instead of cruising the tank
looking for small moving prey.


Why not breed your own feeder guppies? Much less risk of diseases because
you know the condition of the tank all the time, and the arrowana will be
happy...
levittd

Not very viable... An Arrowana will eat alot more of them then you can breed
and raise in any sort of home setup... If you have a spare tank to use as a
hospital tank, though w/ lotsof filtration, you could buy them bulk and
quarantine them w/ medications for a couple of weeks to make sure they are
disease free..
"levittd" wrote in message
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"B." wrote in message
news:4S89b.37466$S_.16042@fed1read01...
Yes. Sometimes the arrowana (which is about 5 inches) mouthes the krill
,
but that is about it. He won't touch anything else. I know that these
fish
could go a long time without fould but how long is long. I don't wanna
come
back a couple of months from now and find him or her dead because I
refused
to buy guppies and it refused to eat anything else. I hope that after a
while it will catch on and start eating and instead of cruising the tank
looking for small moving prey.


Why not breed your own feeder guppies? Much less risk of diseases because
you know the condition of the tank all the time, and the arrowana will be
happy...
levittd

"The Madd Hatter" wrote in message
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Not very viable... An Arrowana will eat alot more of them then you can
breed
and raise in any sort of home setup... If you have a spare tank to use
as a
hospital tank, though w/ lotsof filtration, you could buy them bulk and
quarantine them w/ medications for a couple of weeks to make sure they
are
disease free..
"levittd" wrote in message
...

"B." wrote in message
news:4S89b.37466$S_.16042@fed1read01...
Yes. Sometimes the arrowana (which is about 5 inches) mouthes the
krill
,
but that is about it. He won't touch anything else. I know that
these
fish
could go a long time without fould but how long is long. I don't
wanna
come
back a couple of months from now and find him or her dead because I
refused
to buy guppies and it refused to eat anything else. I hope that
after a
while it will catch on and start eating and instead of cruising the
tank
looking for small moving prey.


Why not breed your own feeder guppies? Much less risk of diseases
because
you know the condition of the tank all the time, and the arrowana
will be
happy...
levittd

I've had luck with crickets (first live, then dead) and then going to
carnivore sticks (made by Hikari, with a picture of an Arrowana on the
package). Once you can get the food sticks accepted, going to the
smaller harder pellet food is easier. Having the Arrowana alone in the
tank helps the process.

NetMax