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	So I went to my local asian supermarket and found plecos in the TILAPIA TANK!
rocker23 Hobbyist Posts: 105 Kudos: 70 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jun-2005	Ok i find this very weird. I found dozens of fully grown plecos in a Tilapia tank in my local asian grocery store, I have no idea if they just ended up there accidentally or w/e. I know that asian people don't eat plecos or even know that kind of fish. are they even edible?
Posted 22-Sep-2007 12:17
jase101 Big Fish Posts: 345 Kudos: 273 Votes: 1 Registered: 06-Jul-2004	why don't you ask the owners of the shop?
Posted 22-Sep-2007 12:32
clownloachfan Fish Addict Posts: 660 Kudos: 850 Votes: 115 Registered: 10-Oct-2003	Yes, plecos are edible. I met someone a year ago that went on a trip down in south america. I cant remember if he had it in soup or if it was grilled. Its apparently safer to eat them down there than beef.
Posted 22-Sep-2007 21:53
eat_ham222 Banned Posts: 97 Kudos: 72 Votes: 16 Registered: 20-Jul-2007	OMG THATS TERRIBLE T-T;
Posted 23-Sep-2007 02:11
Alex Fish Addict 510 Posts: 721 Registered: 03-Oct-2004	so its terrible to eat a pleco but more then ethically justifiable to eat ham? ''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''
Posted 23-Sep-2007 08:07
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Not to speak on behalf of all Chinese people everywhere, but throughout Eastern Asian history, probably every known species of macrofauna has been eaten at least once. Also natives often grill loricariids right in their "shells"
Posted 23-Sep-2007 08:33
sora Enthusiast Posts: 184 Kudos: 96 Votes: 134 Registered: 28-Feb-2007	wow lol. i never even thought of them as edible. The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we dont know what to do.
Posted 24-Sep-2007 04:31
rocker23 Hobbyist Posts: 105 Kudos: 70 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jun-2005	I asked and i don't undeststand wut they said, i asked another worker and they don't know where those fishes came from, and he also told me they don't know how to sell the fish or know what it is, i think it came with the tilapia
Posted 24-Sep-2007 09:12
RickyM Enthusiast Posts: 175 Kudos: 101 Votes: 62 Registered: 12-Oct-2006	Buy some from the market and sell them to the hobbyist. Your going to safe some lives and make some $$$
Posted 24-Sep-2007 18:56
clownloachfan Fish Addict Posts: 660 Kudos: 850 Votes: 115 Registered: 10-Oct-2003	hmmm, i wonder what clown loaches taste like. Yes they are still my favorite fish, but i would still taste it.
Posted 24-Sep-2007 19:43
MrKipper Fingerling Posts: 21 Kudos: 17 Votes: 0 Registered: 17-Jun-2007	Edited by MrKipper i wonder what clown loaches taste like Well, clown loaches taste kinda funny! Budum tss! As for the Plecos' taste, it just plain sucks! Badum-dum tss! Good night folks, you've been great! cricket chirping
Posted 24-Sep-2007 22:37
wish-ga Mega Fish Dial 1800-Positive-Posts Posts: 1198 Kudos: 640 Registered: 07-Aug-2001	Post of the year! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ My fish blow kisses at me all day long ~~~
Posted 25-Sep-2007 04:25
Alex Fish Addict 510 Posts: 721 Registered: 03-Oct-2004	agrees with wish ''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''
Posted 25-Sep-2007 09:51
monkeyboy Fish Addict Posts: 521 Kudos: 375 Votes: 223 Registered: 10-Apr-2005	as with all food, its all regional, everybodys different. as in another thread, when i was in brazil at an aquarium, my friend there told me that red tail cat fish is big on the menu there. as where here in the states its a pet. Fish tanks are an expensive addiction
Posted 25-Sep-2007 23:13
Aqua_D Fingerling Posts: 22 Kudos: 28 Votes: 1 Registered: 14-Sep-2007	Yep just about every fish in the hobby is eaten locally. Discus are on the menu for natives in SA. Present: L183, L114, L330, LDA33, L059, L340, L136, L399, Clown, Whip Tail Past: L001, L239, L200, L134, L030, L110, L204, L260, LDA08, L226, Ancistrs sp3 albino as well as calico, L187 (sp2), Common Hypostomus punctatus
Posted 26-Sep-2007 15:16
ps141 Small Fry Posts: 2 Kudos: 1 Votes: 1 Registered: 06-Apr-2007	When i came back from college i set up my ten gallon aquarium on the kitchen table and my sister brought the foreign exchange student from japan over and he asked if we were going to eat the fish out of the tank
Posted 24-Oct-2007 06:28
tyler9999 Hobbyist Posts: 51 Kudos: 22 Votes: 1 Registered: 17-Oct-2007	I have also heard that Oscars make a great pan frying fish. Dont know that it is true but ya never know.
Posted 25-Oct-2007 03:47
superlion Mega Fish Posts: 1246 Kudos: 673 Votes: 339 Registered: 27-Sep-2003	I've heard of people eating koi too... not 100% that's not an urban legend though. ><>
Posted 25-Oct-2007 04:18
inkodinkomalinko Fish Guru Posts: 2441 Kudos: 833 Registered: 18-Jan-2003	I probaby went to over four dozen asian supermarkets/grocery stores and visted Hong Kong/China three times have never seen plecos in the tanks or on the menu . Maybe they were just in the ponds the tilapia were bred in.
Posted 25-Oct-2007 05:24


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