Barracuda

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kikithemermaid

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I was horrified to see yesterday that my LFS was selling a barracuda. I asked one of the guys there why they had a barracuda and he shrugged and said, "I don't know anything about them. We make money off it." They also had a flowerhorn, I think it's called, a giant $800 FW fish in an 8 gallon tank. It could barely move. I was so angry, I almost cried. Isn't this irresponsible?
 
fishygurl

fishygurl

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yes it is but they do make money off of them, i recently saw 5 baby barricudas at one of my lfs's last week... and around 3 teens (1-2 feet) at another over a period of time
 
el guapo

el guapo

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Barracuda do not belong in the trade . In my opinion even the extremely large custom home tanks are still too small . These fish belong in the ocean or at least in public aquariums where the tanks are in the 100's of thousands of gallons range .
 
osuaquarist

osuaquarist

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Originally Posted by EL GUAPO
http:///forum/post/2608574
Barracuda do not belong in the trade . In my opinion even the extremely large custom home tanks are still too small . These fish belong in the ocean or at least in public aquariums where the tanks are in the 100's of thousands of gallons range .
I hope to have a million gallon some day
 
skinnypete

skinnypete

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Could it have been a FW red tail barracuda (Acestrorhynchus falcatus)? Those are actually pretty awesome fish. They only get about 10-12". I've owned a couple during my fresh water days.
 
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kikithemermaid

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No, it was SW. It was with a lionfish and a powder blue tang.

They belong in the ocean!!
 
srfisher17

srfisher17

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There are all kinds of fish that really shouldn't be sold. But, the number of fish lost during capture, shipping, holding tanks, more shipping, meds, QT, cramped quarters, etc, etc; makes the number of fish lost by hobbiests seem quite small. I really don't see much difference between that barracuda; which an expert can successfully keep, and the tuna I had for lunch.
 
srfisher17

srfisher17

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Originally Posted by EL GUAPO
http:///forum/post/2609607
Grilled or just a tuna salad sandwhich ?
Just a sammich; orange roughy for dinner though! Delicious fish--broiled with a little tarragon!
BTW Barracuda is an excellent fish to eat; but the bigger ones can carry ciguatera poisioning.
 
srfisher17

srfisher17

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Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/2610706
I would want to see an 800 dollar flower horn!
I never heard of them; but googled them and they sell for under 10 bucks; maybe the sign at the lfs was supposed to say $8.00. Incredibly ugly example of a genetically engineered fish, IMO. I never have seen any man-made fish, FW or SW that was as pretty as the the one's made by nature. When I raised FW angels & discus to support my SW addiction; I had a hard time selling the wild strains, but sure liked them better. Most of today's discus look plastic to me; the same with the man-made varieties of SW clownfish. I know lots of folks love them, and I must be nuts, but we can all have an opinion.
 
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kikithemermaid

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Originally Posted by srfisher17
http:///forum/post/2610961
I never heard of them; but googled them and they sell for under 10 bucks; maybe the sign at the lfs was supposed to say $8.00. Incredibly ugly example of a genetically engineered fish, IMO. I never have seen any man-made fish, FW or SW that was as pretty as the the one's made by nature. When I raised FW angels & discus to support my SW addiction; I had a hard time selling the wild strains, but sure liked them better. Most of today's discus look plastic to me; the same with the man-made varieties of SW clownfish. I know lots of folks love them, and I must be nuts, but we can all have an opinion.
I thought that at first too, but I asked them and they said it was "show quality" and so it was $800. Poor fish.
 
srfisher17

srfisher17

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Originally Posted by kikithemermaid
http:///forum/post/2612802
I thought that at first too, but I asked them and they said it was "show quality" and so it was $800. Poor fish.

Don't be so upset, these fish are probably so inbred that they have no idea when they should be uncomfortable.
 
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kikithemermaid

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Originally Posted by srfisher17
http:///forum/post/2613127
Don't be so upset, these fish are probably so inbred that they have no idea when they should be uncomfortable.
I started crying, you should have seen him, barely able to swim. It's so unfair. They care more about profit than the animals.
 
srfisher17

srfisher17

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Originally Posted by kikithemermaid
http:///forum/post/2613748
I started crying, you should have seen him, barely able to swim. It's so unfair. They care more about profit than the animals.

Of course they care about profit, its capitalism and the entire industry wouldn't exist without profit; neither would this forum. Any dealer that doesn't take care of an $800 fish sure won't last long. Easy for me to say; but I doubt that the fish is really that "unhappy" ( an emotion I really don't credit fish with having.) IMO, fish care about 3 things: eating, not being eaten, and reproducing. If all he has to do is sit there and eat; I doubt that he's really that miserable. Miserable fish=stress=disease=death=lost $ to that capitalist pig dealer.
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

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Originally Posted by kikithemermaid
http:///forum/post/2613748
I started crying, you should have seen him, barely able to swim. It's so unfair. They care more about profit than the animals.

The ciclid lfs near my house has some breeding frontosas for 3 grand. I'm telling you sw fish are beautiful compared to fw fish.
 
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