I. Key points of raising dragon fish
1 , Arowana should be fed in a small amount and many times, and the feeding times of arowanas at different stages are different. Generally speaking, the feeding times of the fry stage is 6 to 8 times, and the feeding times of the juvenile stage. For 2 to 5 times, the feeding frequency of the big fish stage is 1 to 2 times.
2. Try to schedule the feeding time when the arowana has a strong appetite. Arowana’s appetite depends on water temperature and dissolved oxygen, so it is generally recommended to feed between 10 and 18 o’clock, and control the time of each feeding within 5 to 10 minutes.
3. When the juvenile arowana below 12cm is suitable for eating raw bait, it can be fed with freshly shelled white mealworms, or can also be fed with decapitated shrimp And freshly shelled blood worms, etc. Pay attention to let the dragon fish eat less and more meals, and you can feed it 3 times a day.
4. For small fishes of 12-25cm, it is best to feed them once a day in the morning, at noon and in the evening. Each time, let the dragon fish eat until it is 80% full, and it is best to let the dragon fish eat. The fish should be eaten within 10 minutes to avoid the residual bait polluting the water quality. The bait fed to the arowana can be mealworms, small crickets, small cockroaches of 1-2cm small fish, decapitated shrimp and synthetic arowana bait. It is generally recommended to feed synthetic bait in the morning, small fish at noon, and shrimp and insects at night. Pay attention to feeding the arowana with floating bait, because many arowanas do not eat food below the body, and this can also prevent the arowana from eating food below the body and cause “eye drop”.
5. For the sub-adult arowana with a height of 24-45cm, this stage is the coloring period of the arowana. You can feed the arowana once a day and stop feeding once a week. Note that the food fed at this time should be of high quality and not quantity, so as to avoid overfeeding and causing obesity in the arowana. You can mainly feed shrimps, cockroaches and crickets and other bait containing astaxanthin and carotene to promote the color of arowana.
6. For adult arowanas over 45cm, because the growth of arowanas at this stage tends to be slow, in order to avoid fat accumulation caused by feeding too much, it is recommended to feed them once a day. Mainly feed artificial bait and small fish and shrimp, soft-shelled turtle, raw fish, shrimp meat, frog, centipede, cricket, mealworm, loach and other foods.
2. Precautions for feeding dragon fish
1. When feeding medium and large stream shrimps to arowana, pay attention to cutting off the shrimp sword before feeding to prevent stab wounds to the throat and stomach of the arowana.
2. The purchased feed such as small fish or shrimp should be sterilized before feeding.
3. It is advisable to control the amount of feeding each time until the dragon fish is full.
4. When feeding cockroaches to dragon fish, be careful not to feed dead cockroaches.
5. When feeding loach, pay attention to make the loach faint before feeding.
6. Try not to feed whole shrimp to the young arowana, so as not to block its stomach and even cause the young arowana to die violently.
When feeding arowana, you should pay attention to adjusting its staple food and non-staple food according to the growth stage of the arowana. For example, the small arowana should be fed the growth-type bait, and the arowana during the coloring period should be fed. Feed the bait that assists hair color.
