henward Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 I never realised the eating capabilities of a knife fish. My old one was the one wit a broken jaw, it ate small pellets and struggled to swallow bigger food. My high spot one, introd into the tank, getting along - has not over taken its growth and still growing the last few days has demonstrated its capabilities of eating. It would swallow multiple large pellets in one gulp. and today, a record 5 massivores IN ONE GULP!! and didnt spit it out or chew, just straight swallow! dropped the massivores in a neat pile of 5, then it sucks the water underneath it, lightning speed, all inside its belly 8) oh yes..... :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 evil elmo had one that ate a large number of angelfish over night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 crazy! their mouth looks so darn small! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 Your obsession with fishes eating habits is quite disturbing Henward! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 it can open up pretty big i think incredible predators Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 honestly one of the main things i like about keeping fish is not just the monstrous sizes.... sure 99% of my fish eventually get large to monstrous. but its the way they hunt and eat. i jsutposted a topic of a vid i saw, silver aro eating duck, i didnt know it would strike such a chord. but.... i am fascinated that instinctively, arowanas know how to drown their food. clown loaches, how they eat.... looks like they are not eating but really their bellies are getting fatter and fatter dats... how they swallow food far away from their mouth by sucking in water. ornates and bichirs, deathrolling to rip pieces of meat. oscar and cichlids, how it hordes food in its mouth and hides before swallowing. etc. really fascinates me. this clown swallowed 5 panadol sized pellets, with no p roblems... i can only imagine when its 40 to 50 cms long plus. ..... disturbing lol i guess i could be seen as that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 Pats Henward on the back, loved the video of the silvers munching lol, not sure why its been removed though. If it was a fish eating a person it would be ok and plastered all over the news lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 You know - I wasnt meant to offend ay. i put it there to showcase the arowanas ability to consume live food. if i was to say, that i find it against my DNA to see fish eat pelleted food and dead food as it is not natural... what that sort of conversation be removed too? As i said to a mod who removed it. If i was to describe the video by words.... would that be ok? some would say that words are more descriptive than films. i find this crazy and insane that such a video cannot be put on. anyway, im gonna get over it now..... i jsut wanted to vent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreams Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 Dunno if you'd find this interesting, but I saw heaps of clown knife fish fillets for sale in a vietnam food market As well as various species of gouramis etc. didn't get a picture of the clowns though Its so strange to see fish we keep in the aquarium to be in markets IMO but my parents seem to buy these pacu looking fish sometimes... >.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 Wow. Fish for the hobby must be pretty dam cheap over there. Selling such a fish for food would not be very expensive at all... so the price difference can't be that much different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 yeah, the price of fish in south east asia or asia is extremely cheap. youc an get borneo tigers for a few bux. silvers are 2 to 5 dollars nzd. any fish is cheap there, only a hand full are expensive, like asian aros are always gonna carry a high price, some discus, flowerhorns can to. but nothing likt it is here. pangasius sutchi catfish i ate some in south africa, they farm it for food.... not very nice to eat, plain no flavour but in asia its kept for food AND aquarium. ' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 My cousin tried discus when she was in Asia and said they were very tasty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 I've eaten CK's all the time when in asia. They are brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REEVESTA Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Mine can eat around 20-25 pices of cichild gold in one sitting and hes only around 13cm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 I liked the noise they made eating at the surface , ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 like a popping sound... prawns popping.... (district 9 joke) no really. yeah like a popping sound and they quickly retrun to the bottom and get out of the surface... its awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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