African aro
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Even in captivity african aro can grow to 30". They are filter feeders loves bloodworms and krills. The only downside about this fish is that they are easily underfeed and will likely to die of starvation. If you have enough plankton as food for this fish then you'll have a nice and healty looking african aro.
i feed my tank everyday with blood worm and will start feeding mysis and krill
i have always want to try one just to see what they are like
the owner says its eatting prawn and pellets
i thought they started to eat larger foods once they got to 12inch
I was thinking to get one as well. But once I find out that this is kind of a "filter-feeding" fish http://aquaticpredators.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11173 , then I decided not to have it.
If you have photos, please let us know.
I forgot to mention that this fish changed its diet as it grows. Juvenile will will eat small pieces of prawn and any other meaty food. As it grow they start eating small insect to plankton size food. Mine never eat pellet no matter how I tried. I end up trading the fish when it was about 20" as I can't provide enough planton size food as my other fish eat most of them.
This is one of the key reasons why I give up. One web site also mentioned that they will act like a catfish when they grow even bigger. Not sure this is true or not.
T1KARMANN
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just out of intrest
was your african aro aggressive
mine is in with 4 x xbacks 1 x chilli red and a RTG and he has taken over the tank its like hes the new alpha male
im not sure if hes just trying to be freindly but it looks like hes attacking all the other aros he opens his mouth real wide likes hes snapping at them
the other aro are real scared of him
was your african aro aggressive
mine is in with 4 x xbacks 1 x chilli red and a RTG and he has taken over the tank its like hes the new alpha male
im not sure if hes just trying to be freindly but it looks like hes attacking all the other aros he opens his mouth real wide likes hes snapping at them
the other aro are real scared of him
Mine was a little aggressive but no harm was done. It's more like flaring its fins and chasing.
As it grow it became less aggressive and more into looking for food. Put some substrate in your tank and put some live black worms. Make sure the worm are healthy and wash them with cold water not hot water. Don't let the aros eat the worms first. Let them free in your tank and they will bury in the substrate and multiple. This will make your african aro busy looking for the worms and this will also prevent your african aro from starving.
As it grow it became less aggressive and more into looking for food. Put some substrate in your tank and put some live black worms. Make sure the worm are healthy and wash them with cold water not hot water. Don't let the aros eat the worms first. Let them free in your tank and they will bury in the substrate and multiple. This will make your african aro busy looking for the worms and this will also prevent your african aro from starving.
IMHO, It's not worthwhile to scare the x-backs and red because of an African aro. When they feel uncomfortable, they would like to jump around or hitting glasses.
I hope I am wrong.
T1KARMANN
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got the bug again they are a very cool fish not scared of anything like a babay arapima
i havent seen it eat much
would would you recomend as the best foods i have tryed frozen blood worm krill mysis prawn and pellets sinking pellets do you think floating pellets will be better
sorry for all the ?s im a complete afro newbie
If it take floating pellet then that's great, but sinking pellet would be nice so it can take it share. All the floating pellets will be consumed by asian aros. As long as the fish won't starved. Btw it's great to hear that african aro is eating pellets. Mine never did, I hope my second one will try it this time.