Diet Variety
Live foods: feeder shrimp, crickets, mealworms, earthworms.
Frozen: krill, prawn, silverside, beef heart (rare).
Pellet: high-quality arowana pellets as base food.
Avoid These Foods
Goldfish: poor nutrition + thiaminase + parasites. Causes long-term health issues.
Tubifex worms: parasite risk too high.
Beef heart: more fat than wild arowana diet — sparingly only.
Schedule
Adults: feed 2-3 times weekly. Don't overfeed — obesity causes drop-eye.
Juveniles (under 12 inches): 5-6 times weekly with smaller portions.
Hand-Training
Arowanas can learn to take food from your hand. Start with feeding tongs.
Bond builds over months. Tame arowanas are more interactive than untrained ones.
- ✦Stop feeding live goldfish — health risks outweigh benefits
- ✦Add Indian almond leaves for natural water conditioning
- ✦Calcium-rich foods (krill, shrimp) support strong scales