Has anyone eaten a Aquarium fish?

[Doctorgori]

has anyone been traveling and actually eaten any of the fish we keep, as in Hawaii or somewhere? Lion fish? et
Just wondering what yellow tang taste like, it looks like it might make nice samiches
I did see a picture of crocea and giant clams for sale as food, so it would figure the people in the tropics eat some of the fish regularly

 

[blaxsun]

Just wondering what yellow tang taste like, it looks like it might make nice samiches

 

[ZoWhat]

McTangs

 

[wtac]

In my travels in the 90's I've eaten various butterflyfish, fusilliers, large Acanathurus tangs, angelfish, squirrelfish, discus, cichlids.

I generally don't eat fish other than fish&chips but when there isnt anything else to eat for a main protein source...when in Rome...

 

[MONTANTK]

I have seen people eat aquarium fish on the show Survivor. I believe one time they ate a regal Angel and I cringed.

When I worked at my LFS we would occasionally order sushi and you can only imagine the corny jokes we would hear from customers lol

 

[FishyFishFish]

Yeah, I put all my pets in a sandwich yesterday

 

[truetricia]

has anyone been traveling and actually eaten any of the fish we keep, as in Hawaii or somewhere? Lion fish? et
Just wondering what yellow tang taste like, it looks like it might make nice samiches
I did see a picture of crocea and giant clams for sale as food, so it would figure the people in the tropics eat some of the fish regularly

I think lionfish might be the most common. In Florida, where they're an invasive species, many restaurants offer lionfish on the menu and some places even offer to cook wild-caught lionfish for a discount with an order of side dishes. I've had it before and tastes like other good fish.

 

[Gtinnel]

I have seen people eat aquarium fish on the show Survivor. I believe one time they ate a regal Angel and I cringed.

When I worked at my LFS we would occasionally order sushi and you can only imagine the corny jokes we would hear from customers lol

There used to be a lfs around me that was just a small reef shop. The owner wasn't able to sustain the business as just a reef shop, so he also made it into a sushi restaurant as well. The thought of going into a restaurant to buy sushi with him selling fish from tanks just a few feet away is kinda disgusting IMO. I've been in some clean lfs but none clean enough that I would eat from there. It just seems like a horrible combination.

 

[minerman]

I think lionfish might be the most common. In Florida, where they're an invasive species, many restaurants offer lionfish on the menu and some places even offer to cook wild-caught lionfish for a discount with an order of side dishes. I've had it before and tastes like other good fish.

Where in Florida do you get lionfish? I live in SW Florida and I've never found a restaurant that serves it.

 

[WVNed]

Just on pizza. The dried ones from the floor.

 

[Alaeriel]

I feel like putting this in a reefkeeper's forum is kind of like asking if anyone has gone to a country where eating dogs is common and munched on Fido...

 

[RobB'z Reef]

I feel like putting this in a reefkeeper's forum is kind of like asking if anyone has gone to a country where eating dogs is common and munched on Fido...

I've had dog... Kinda like a Chuck roast, only not as good.

 

[MONTANTK]

There used to be a lfs around me that was just a small reef shop. The owner wasn't able to sustain the business as just a reef shop, so he also made it into a sushi restaurant as well. The thought of going into a restaurant to buy sushi with him selling fish from tanks just a few feet away is kinda disgusting IMO. I've been in some clean lfs but none clean enough that I would eat from there. It just seems like a horrible combination.

That’s pretty gross honestly. Doesn’t exactly inspire confidence in what you’re eating

 

[M Stein]

Flounder is an aquarium fish.
Not a widely kept one.
But it's still an aquarium fish.

 

[truetricia]

Where in Florida do you get lionfish? I live in SW Florida and I've never found a restaurant that serves it.

There's a bunch in the Keys, especially ones that offer to cook them for free. One used to keep a tank of live ones caught by local divers that they'd then serve. There's a few up in Cocoa Beach too. I'm not sure about SW FL though.

 

[blaxsun]

I've had dog... Kinda like a Chuck roast, only not as good.

"You'll eat like a hog...when you taste our dog!"

 

[jfoahs04]

I think lionfish might be the most common. In Florida, where they're an invasive species, many restaurants offer lionfish on the menu and some places even offer to cook wild-caught lionfish for a discount with an order of side dishes. I've had it before and tastes like other good fish.

I was coming in to say this. Perfectly good eating fish and all over the place on menus in Florida. I've had it a few times.

I've eaten several types of Grouper (also all over menus in the Southeast), though I don't know if I've ever had any that are regularly kept in aquariums. I also tried puffer twice in Japan, though again, I'm not sure which specific species.

I'd be open to trying others, but only wild caught. The idea of eating one that's been sitting in a living room fish tank is weird (and potentially unhealthy) for multiple reasons.

 

[blaxsun]

 

[Bribo12]

Triggerfish is delicious.

 

[Poof No Eyebrows]

Fish are friends not food?