Jardini not eating

Hi all

I have a Jardini arowana that I was selling a while back but kept him owing to the fact that he stopped eating. It had been two weeks now and he has not eaten anything, nor shown classic Jardini aggression like his brother and he is currently housed in a four foot with an earth eater who is placid and possibly the least intimidating fish I have.

i have tried shrimp, crickets, chicken etc. and he seems uninterested in it all.

he is still swimming efficiently and is showing great colour

i am however not keen on feeding him feeders at the moment unless I have to
the water is fine, I switched him and his brother( who is eating anything i put in the tank) around and his brother is still eating aggressively

any help will be greatly appreciated , regards, Jason

 

What were you feeding him before he stopped?
Maybe try mixing in some garlic guard with his food.

 

I've bought a searchem garlic product and he still isn't interested

he used to be fed on super shrimp, a dried shrimp product for arowanas apparently and small frozen chicken cubes

 

I think feeding frozen food to him might be your problem? You'll need a more knowledgable person to help you out with that though. It causes problems in their guts when you feed fish frozen food that hasn't thawed yet.

 

Okay thank you for the responses
is there anyone on the forum who can help me further ? all the chicken that was given was not completely frozen but I believe that it may have made him constipated. Only recently had he started pooing , but I am worried he has internal damage then, is this possible? I've had a couple of these guys and have never had this problem. The rest have grown up strong colorful and heahealthy regards Jason

 

Hey man
If the jardini is still swimming around as normal and the tail colours are bright I wouldn't worry to much yet my girl has gone on hunger strikes a couple of times over the years the longest being close to a month . Just keep feeding what you have always fed and remove it afterward s if not eaten . when my jar was sick she stoped swimming completely and just hung around the surface .check your water quality do a few small water changes . I dose with rooibos and salt at the first sign of trouble now ...


BUT I must say 99%of the time any problem I have had with the jar has been from outside the tank and not the water quality ,the smallest thing like furniture moving , books out of place on the bookshelf .small little things seem to freak her out for days on end until I move it back or she gets used to it . If you moved him then that is likely the problem change in environment etc . Might not be your problem but worth looking at .

 

whats your water temperature?

 

The water sits at 27 , I haven't tried earth worms yet , will give it a go. Thanks @stormbringer101 , the room is very busy, might move her or him to a quieter room if it persists.

he/ she is swimming freely with no problems , was just concerned about her eating, obviously.

Thanks all for your advadvice regards, Jason

 

Good luck , will still come and look at one of them to buy if you still keen then and if I ever get back home again.

 

Definitely man, he went for a small piece of chicken last night which is very good news, although he didn't eat it, it at least shows some interest. I think I might try keep the one, the other one you are more than welcome to come have a look at. He shows characteristic Jardini behavior. Beautiful looking fish

 

Tried to feed him today and he ate:bigsmile:

 

Nice ,glad he is eating .