Fish food for Silver Arowana

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  1. alvinsmith

    alvinsmith Plankton

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    alvinsmith, Oct 21, 2011
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  2. NanaReefer

    NanaReefer Fu Manchu Lion Fish

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    Guppies, feeder gold fish, minnows, night crawlers. May I ask what size tank your keeping it in?
     
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  3. project1

    project1 Spaghetti Worm

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    omg im so jealous of you they are so hard to find down here! i hopes its a 75 gal + they need alot of room i think i heard full grown will need a 200 gal. i have always wanted a silver arrowana
    heres a site that has some foods listed
    http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/arowana/silver.php
     
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  4. Hydronaut

    Hydronaut Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    More like 300gal minimum. Silvers can grow up to 36" long, so you would need a tank at least that wide eventually. As far as feeding goes, I've heard of a lot of people using Hikari Massivore and Hikari Carnivore Sticks. I'd probably go with the sticks since they float and arowanas tend to feed near the surface.
     
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  5. alvinsmith

    alvinsmith Plankton

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    Thanks for the tips Hydronaut. Actually I don't have idea that it will grow 36" long.
     
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  6. ferretfish

    ferretfish Sea Dragon

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    ^+1 hikara carnavore sticks are good for arowanna's
     
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  7. kss2801

    kss2801 Montipora Capricornis

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    I grew mine up on tetra koi sticks. He got to 24 inches then jumped out of the pond he was in when there was slight flooding.
     
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  8. DustinB32

    DustinB32 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    any good quality pellet/stick would be ok. I would say feeder fish but only if you quarantine them first to make sure they're disease free. Any kind of feeder insects, shrimp, frogs, I've even seen on youtube people feeding them mice.
     
    DustinB32, Oct 26, 2011
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  9. mightyrae

    mightyrae Spaghetti Worm

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    I would avoid live food. They can be trained to eat pellets quite easily after about a week of no food. I've used hikari floating sticks with much success. I will tell you to make sure you do a big water change every week to avoid folded gil flap. Its not fixable from what Ive read. Also the height of your tank as the eyes will get frozen in one direction as it will amost always be looking down at you or whatever. Ive seen up as well for low tanks. GL
     
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  10. skyline377

    skyline377 Astrea Snail

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    I had mind for 12 year he/she just passed. I never feed live food I just feed Hikari Carnivore Sticks and freeze dried krill. Now I have 3 extra packs of the food sticks wondering if I can feed it to my reef fishes.
     
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