Arowana fish with length less than 12 cm are juvenile fish, so small fish and shrimp are their ideal food. Arowana fish has a stomach. It is best to remove the head and tail when feeding small shrimps, so as not to hurt the internal organs of the arowana fish. Mealworm and bloodworm are a very good kind of baits. They can be fed 4 times a day to juvenile arowana fish.
Arowana fish longer than 15cm can feed live baits due to meet the nutritional demand during its high speed growth period.
Arowana fish with length 20cm can feed bigger live fish and shrimp, as well as meat and small loach. Feed them along with Centipede, Dubia Roaches, or Frog if available. These are all yummy cheats that Arowana fish like to eat. But we must disinfect the diets before feeding them to Arowana to protect against any Pathogen.
It’s also good to feed Beef, with high protein and low lipid contents, a great feedstuff to arowana fish. It needs time to train the fish to adapt to new feedstuff. Because arowana fish is not accustomed to new feed shortly.