silver arrowana question

[godwin lee]

I just got one baby silver arrowana from my lfs this afternoon and a bag of hikari carnivorous fish sticks for him.

My question is, do arrowana's not eat when they are watched? because everytime i am there by the tank he doesnt seem to eat them while when I am gone from the tank some of the sticks are gone. is this normal arrowana behavour or is it just my arrowana?

[OrionGirl]

a) Arrowana's are not easily acclimated to prepared foods. They are highly carnivorous, and getting them onto prepared foods will take some work.

b) Arrowanas get 30+ inches as an adult. If you do not have at least a 150 tank lined up, take the fish back. Keeping it in a smaller tank is certain death. Even the 150 might not be big enough for an adult.

If you can provide the tank size, set up a tank and begin breeding guppies. Normally, I do not advocate feeding live fish, but for juvenile carnivores, is sometimes the only option. Once it's eating and healthy, you can begin training it on other foods.