its been almost the one year mark for my hiback gold...at this rate that its eating..i don't think it will ever grow into a monster lol...don't know why but my fish loves to go on 2 to 3 weeks fasting periods...water parameters are normal...aro looks healthy and swims normally...my geos are...
thanks...ya..the aro shows no interest in them so far..i'll start taking the fry out in the next few days and put them into grow out tanks....frozen scallops are pretty cheap actually....bag for 5 bucks lasts me over a month...aro usually eats one per day, sometimes only half of one and about...
my lil juvie hiback gold...150g with dual fx6s...tankmates are 5 geophagus redhead tapajos...dominant pair recently spawned and now there are about 100 free swimming wigglers in the tank also...aro continues to show zero interest in eating them and will swim right into the cluster of babies...
if its not as fatty as salmon i guess it would be a good feed.....i mix my aro's diet with scallops/white shrimp/meal worms/crickets....i'd like to add some sort of fish in the future too..most likely talapia bc its readily available and quite cheap also..
finally got back into the aro world and now have a hiback gold with 5 geophagus red head tapajos in my 150g setup...i've owned an rtg....datnoids (ST,IT,CT).peacockbass..flowerhorns and many other tropical fish over the past few decades....but arowanas have always been my number one fish and i'm...