{"id":3893,"date":"2015-06-04T11:00:59","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T18:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kezune.com\/sim\/?p=3893"},"modified":"2015-06-03T12:45:21","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T19:45:21","slug":"my-first-arowana-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kezune.com\/sim\/2015\/06\/04\/my-first-arowana-tank\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Arowana Tank"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bandicam<\/a>First, an update! I decided to age my discus ahead to their breeding age because it turns out, the way I had it before, we’d be waiting about a year and a half before they reached breeding age. Here they are now, aged ahead and named. Fingers crossed they mate soon!<\/p>\n

\"bandicam<\/a>I’d never raised Arowana before, in real life or in this game, so I thought it might be fun to try here in the relatively risk-free environment of Aquazone.<\/p>\n

Once their tank was set up, I added automatic lighting and I programmed the auto-feeder. As large as they are, I really had no idea how much food these goliaths would need. 1, 2, 4, 8, a total of 12 scoops of Arowana food, and they were still very, very hungry. It did get me thinking about my options, though.<\/p>\n

\"bandicam<\/a>When it comes to feeding, I have a few options. Beside pellets, flakes and powder, I also have the option to feed them these tiny fish known as Medaka or Japanese Rice Fish<\/a>. They also have an albino variety, but if I’ll be using these guys as food, I doubt I’ll be playing with different varieties.\u00a0 To test this, I dropped two of the medaka into the tank and before I had time to blink, both were eaten by the Arowana. Well, hooray! They like live food and it does a better job of filling them up than any of the dried, processed options. I tried out a few other fish, including a green neon tetra and a cardinal tetra, and it seems like Arowana will eat just about anything that’ll fit in their mouths! At last, I have something to do with all the extra fish I get from breeding! I set up my temporary feeder tank and hoped this Arowana pair would mate, and soon.<\/p>\n