henward Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 hi guys newly acquired jardinii. i have owned arowanas in the past, generally very accepting of food. this jardinii is a little strange, some days it will munch raw shrimp, some days it will relish ox heart. but some days, it will take a bit, and drop it or chase it and then when its close, swim away. the fish si active and chases food and comes up to the tank when you are dropping food. but pretty random in terms of acceptance of food. i want it to be generally accepting of beef heart or shrimp. what do you think i shoudl do? starve it untill it eats that readily? or jsut feed it what it wants to eat? variety is after all the spice of life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 or jsut feed it what it wants to eat? variety is after all the spice of life Sounds good to me, thats what I do with my big dat and ornate, some days they're hungry, some days they're not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 always ready for a young mouse or cockroach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpiC Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 my jardini eats anything that goes in the tank voraciously including fingers, he can eat a whole packet of bloodworms in one go. i can feed him tons of shrimp and then put heaps of pellets in for my cichlids he chases them off and eats everything he can get near. so yours being choosey seems odd to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stereotaxic Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 Sounds like you have a jardini with personality. You may want to stick to maybe 1 or 2 foods only, the ones he may accept easily? All the best anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 our one eats anything that disturbs the top of the water, or anything i hold in my fingers he still waits for the aro to feed first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 how's the Suvattii doing henward? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted October 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 superbly i have a fluval 204 in that tank you had so plenty of filtration i love it its hard to resist feeding it every care sheet and forum says i must feed it as it is mature only once every 3 to 4 days. so thats whati have been doing so far. feeding it shelled prawns soon ill try crab legs and shellfish but i want to feed it lots, its relaly fun feeding it:D but i have to resist new found love for puffers, i have already started my search for a FAHAKA puffer:) tank is ready and all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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