Eating Aquarium Fish

[Horn]

In the freshwater world many people will eat fish which die or outgrow their tanks. This practice doesn't seem popular in the saltwater world. Why is that? Has anyone ever eaten a their aquarium fish?

Many of the fish we keep are commonly eaten in certain parts of the world. Snapper, grouper and sharks.

 

[melypr1985]

Wait a sec.... who eats their aquarium fish? They are mostly ornamental. What kind of freshwater fish are people eating? Oscars? Parrot Fish? Goldfish maybe which are basically Carp with colors.

I just wanna say.... yuk

 

[Horn]

People eat pacus, Oscars, gars, carp.

 

[4FordFamily]

I'm not paying this kind of money for a fish fillet...

 

[melypr1985]

I can see the gar and carp... but why eat them? Are these people especially hungry? Why not sell them? That's just weird to me... I don't think I will ever get it.

 

[Fishinizer]

Just lost my shark and that's like eating my child haha , either way im not a fish guy can't see someone eating ornamental fish but hey.

 

[Horn]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/i-ate-em-and-they-were-great.3921/

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/can-i-eat-my-cichlid-fish.303916/

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...eating-an-aquarium-fish-is-wrong.41288/page-6

 

[dmh41532]

Huh??? I been keeping fish since I was 10, met a lot of hobbyist, none eat their fish. Not really sure eating fish that have outgrown their tank is responsible Fish keeping any how. Seems odd to me, I guess like eating your pet cat after it dies.

 

[4FordFamily]

I love me some fish but I dont have any tilapia, salmon, or swordfish..

 

[D maul]

If nemo doesn't stop biting me when I'm cleaning the tank he might be my first and probably last lol.

 

[Fishinizer]

"Fish are friends not food"

 

[dsmooth]

If nemo doesn't stop biting me when I'm cleaning the tank he might be my first and probably last lol.

Lol too funny

 

[bneufelder]

I ate a damsel once. Was hard to filet and even harder to check the temp when grilling. Was delicious though.

 

[Mike in CT]

I 2nd the putting the clown fish on the menu! What I wanna know is when I clean with a small brush, he never bites the brush, just my fingers! How does he know where brush ends and my hand begins!

 

[aqualov3r]

My pair of clowns always like to give me soft nibbles haha I see them as kisses [emoji173]️ well I guess that's wat I get from taking care of them since they were babies [emoji4] they're lovable

 

[chefjpaul]

Hahahahaha.

I'm looking for some Ahi fry to tank raise some sashimi in my frag tank.