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Mez Ultimate Fish Guru Asian Hardfeather Enthusiast Posts: 3300 Votes: 162 Registered: 23-Feb-2001	OK, so, from another thread ive just seen in the general freshwater...what fish have you seen for sale, and what have you eaten that are kept in aquariums by hobbyists? Me personally havent had that many FW fish, but this week at work we got a whole load of Pangasius catfish in, huge farmed ones from thailand..also, ive eaten garfish fillets, and freshwater crayfish..
Posted 24-Sep-2007 20:32
Doedogg Banned Posts: 408 Kudos: 737 Votes: 445 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	I don't eat fish don't really care for the taste. I used to be Snow White, but I drifted. ~ Mae West
Posted 24-Sep-2007 20:45
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	i would never eat them as i wont. But it isnt unheard of, eatting nile perches, large mouth basses, etc. i have two large mouths and i have had some to eat, i wouldnt eat any of my "babies" but i have had some before. i have also seen nile perches for sale, and when i get my newest 525 gallon i would like to buy one as a pet for awhile. something about having the 2 or 3rd largest FW fish, means something to me.
Posted 24-Sep-2007 21:57
Gilligan Mega Fish I love you Alena Posts: 1267 Kudos: 555 Votes: 50 Registered: 25-Mar-2003	Mez you still Have that tokay Gecko? "Party it up, Drink it down"
Posted 24-Sep-2007 22:43
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Where I used to live in the states people would catch blue gill, I guess to eat. I personally loved watching them from above the surface, and when I started diving they were very fun to watch. It was them or another fish that made these amazingly round nests for their fry. While snorkeling here adams pointed out many a fish that he likes to catch (he doesnt eat fish but I do sometimes...not if I've met it though ). I'm sure a lot of the fish you find in the average SW tank are eaten by people around here. ^_^
Posted 25-Sep-2007 00:07
Ironhand74 Hobbyist Posts: 95 Kudos: 69 Votes: 295 Registered: 11-Aug-2007	a few catfish, tilapia, lobster, crayfish, bass(large and small mouth) trout, atlantic, pink, coho(silver)salmon, bluegill, sunfish (not the mola) various pike ,a few eels ....just off the top of me head.... I hope that wasen't a trick question....
Posted 25-Sep-2007 00:35
monkeyboy Fish Addict Posts: 521 Kudos: 375 Votes: 223 Registered: 10-Apr-2005	i've only seen fish from lakes in a tank once. guy had a perch he wanted to raise up. as far as eating that i buy ready to cook... lobster, crab, catfish, salmon and my favorite, perch and the rest you have catch to eat, at least where i'm at.. bluegill, sunfish, bass, perch, walleye. but honestly, i couldnt bring myself to raising one of these about then turn around and cook them up. this is where you have to seperate between whats a pet and whats for dinner. Fish tanks are an expensive addiction
Posted 25-Sep-2007 01:38
Ironhand74 Hobbyist Posts: 95 Kudos: 69 Votes: 295 Registered: 11-Aug-2007	guess I didn't mention in that detail, thats what I've eaten, that I have seen in aquaria, but eating what I've kept... no way hoser, all the declorinators and other additives some ppl use for water treatment never mind the meds for diseases, parasites and whatnot....not for human consumption now catching fish, salmon in the best !
Posted 25-Sep-2007 01:50
sora Enthusiast Posts: 184 Kudos: 96 Votes: 134 Registered: 28-Feb-2007	wow lol i never stoped to consider my fish might be food in other countrys. i personnaly dont eat meat which includes fish but to each their own. also i love those "amazingly round nests" ! lol ive only ever seen them once when i was like 10 but i sat and stared at it for awhile till i figured out that they were nests and that the fish were guarding it. 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 25-Sep-2007 03:45
Ferox Enthusiast Posts: 219 Kudos: 187 Votes: 28 Registered: 19-Dec-2003	baramundi and gold or silver perch around here, and I seem to remember a murray cod. <Vet in Training> Blog under development: http://www.nearlydrferox.blogging4life.com/
Posted 25-Sep-2007 04:49
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	I think you will find that most fish kept in Aquariums either at home or huge commercial displays are eaten by some one in one way or another. I have seen many marine fish I have caught and released also eaten. Fresh water trout, crays, and yabbies, mussels, just to name a few. *Have a look in [link=My Profile] http://www.fishprofiles.com/forums/member.aspx?id=1935[/link] for my tank info* Look here for my Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tank Photos Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 25-Sep-2007 07:40
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	Alligator gar, and it was pretty foul too And of course barramundi I tend to eat more SW things, nothing particularly tanky. For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 25-Sep-2007 20:43
monkeyboy Fish Addict Posts: 521 Kudos: 375 Votes: 223 Registered: 10-Apr-2005	keithgh... thanks for sparking my memory... but that is so true. when i was in brasil and went to the aqarium there. i would point out a friend to my that we would keep that fish as a pet, and she would follow me up with that they eat them. i wont go into specifically which fish we talked about, but i'll say cichlids were not on the menu Fish tanks are an expensive addiction
Posted 25-Sep-2007 22:07
Mez Ultimate Fish Guru Asian Hardfeather Enthusiast Posts: 3300 Votes: 162 Registered: 23-Feb-2001	calla, aligator garfish fillets are delicious...try them pan fried or grilled with a pernod and tarragon sauce. thicken with cream after flambaying your pernod and add cream to reduce. bingo...bloody gorgeous
Posted 25-Sep-2007 23:08
Ironhand74 Hobbyist Posts: 95 Kudos: 69 Votes: 295 Registered: 11-Aug-2007	Hey Mez, what time is dinner ???
Posted 26-Sep-2007 01:25
Mez Ultimate Fish Guru Asian Hardfeather Enthusiast Posts: 3300 Votes: 162 Registered: 23-Feb-2001	Edited by mez haha edit: also works well with the same way, but instead of tarrogon and pernod, use chillis and malibu.
Posted 26-Sep-2007 02:33
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	The only fish that I've eaten that is also kept in aquaria often are channel catfish and tilapia. One thing I probably wouldn't be able to eat is a pleco. That'd just be too weird. But in their natural habitat they're considered good eating. Cories, too, cooked in their "shell". -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 28-Sep-2007 04:53
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	cories? Aren't they a bit... small? For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 28-Sep-2007 05:29
Troy_Mclure Fish Addict Posts: 725 Kudos: 306 Registered: 20-Jan-2003	"deep fried cory nuggets" I have had garfish - they were great. Ive had barra too. one of my favourites. I have seen fishermen with plecos in photos and I have wondered if they ate them. I hear gourami is really nice.
Posted 28-Sep-2007 05:57
tinfoil Big Fish Posts: 438 Kudos: 252 Votes: 1 Registered: 27-Feb-2003	for me: tilapia, trout. A little while ago they had 2 tambaquis (colossoma macroponum) of app. a foot in lenght at my LFS. The guy who finally bought them, did do to eat them ...
Posted 29-Sep-2007 22:17
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