jamosfish Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 Jardini arriving soon :happy2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 haha what size? make sure its eating pellets before hand! i find a combo of pellets in the morning, meaty (fish fillet, prawn) at night grows them super duper quick! 1 inch a month should be a minimum growth up to 40 cms. yeah! arowana! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 Nice looking coral Jardini Coral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxxnz Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 :slfg: sure going to be hi-jack... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinefish4life Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 Nice looking coral Jardini Coral Can we get those in new Zealand? (just looked and it is elegance coral) so yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally07 Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 Jamos, wanna play Hunger Games with our jardinis?? "May the odds be ever in your favour!" :spop: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 you could also put armor on them!! just use underwater silicone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 I though aros came with armour, youjust need to put lasers on their heads :spop: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally07 Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 I though aros came with armour, youjust need to put lasers on their heads :spop: To paraphrase Dr Evil... "I've got frickin' arowanas with frickin' lasers on their frickin' heads!!" :nfs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamosfish Posted August 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 I will worry about the armour and frickin lasers later...... Need to get it to eat first! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 get a young child to hold a piece of food for it, best way to get a large stubborn fish to hand feed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 What are you offering? Should take hikari sticks soon enough if you don't cave and offer it shrimp or something tastier! Where are the pics?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamosfish Posted August 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 He is getting offered Food sticks and soon (once it arrives) massivore. He doesn't even hang around the top of the tank??? Likes to hang around the bottom with his new mates the 6 pack of Geo's. Pics will be up soon. I need to clean the FX.... Damn Royals hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 He might go for the massivore, but it does sink pretty quickly and its not the kind of food you'd want the royals chowing down on! Start it out on the smalelr hikari sticks and as it grows move onto the larger ones, and/or NLS large fish formula, and start adding raw prawn into the diet (just not enough to make it fussy!). Thats always worked for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamosfish Posted August 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Thanks David I don't plan on throwing massivore in by the hand full hahaha. Has anyone ever tried earthworms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 only as bait for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 dont really like earthworms, they dont seem to be that nutritious apparently but i could be wrong. also seems dirty! i would keep trying sticks, pellet trained aro is a good aro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 you can clean out worms by putting them on a soil of fine sea sand with flour mixed in, they poo out the dirt and eat the flour (you could probably gut load them easily while doing this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamosfish Posted August 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 I was thinking of trying to gut load them with crushed massivore :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 so m=uch effort for earthworms, better just buying fish fillet. i would feed whole anchovies or fish fillet with pellets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karina Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 I clean my earthworms buy putting them in water. They expell the dirt pretty quickly and usually within 2 hours I can feed them to my eel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Earthworms seem more hassle than they're worth IMO. If you end up with a fussy aro you'll need a LOT of worms to keep it fed! As Henward said, a pellet-trained aro is a good aro... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamosfish Posted August 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 I plan on having a pellet trained aro..... unless it dies from hunger hahaha It doesn't even venture towards the surface at all?? I'm going to get some small crickets to see if it is interested as they fed it some in the store. Maybe once he realises tat his food is floating he may try having a go at the pellets. I do aggree that they seem to be a hassle but I thought it would make a nice supplement to the diet as have approx. Crude Protein-62.2% and Crude Fat-17.7%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 i wouldnt, as soon as live food is fed, that is bad. they got used to lie food, thats probably why it doesnt eat pellets. in qurantine jars are fed pellets, so the store must hvae spoilt it. as for swimming, the sides and back should be covered untill it settles or permanently, to stop it from spooking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally07 Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 You just have to be strong when pellet training - your jar is still young so there is a very good chance of success. Henward recently tried to pellet train Brutus, but the fish won (again) lol - you can't teach an old fish new diet tricks apparently. I don't think introducing live food at this stage is a good idea; wait for the jar to accept pellets first. Otherwise, you will be fighting an uphill battle. I'm using "Henward's-Tried-And-Tested-Grow-Your-Jar-Super-Large Diet" - i.e. pellets in the morning and insects in the evening; no pellets = no insects. Strong you must be, young grasshopper. :sage: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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