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Someone asked me the other day about setting up an aquarium for predatory fishes...Pike Chiclids...She had a really cool idea planned out and the tank will be amazing.
(Crenicichla punctata- pic by Claudo D. Timm, used under CC by SA-2.0)
However, it made me reflect a bit on my personal fish keeping taste, and I admit it:
I've never been a huge fan of predatory fishes.
You know, the ones where it's "suggested" that you have to feed them other fish. I just can't bring myself to do it. Once I got out of the typical male post-pubescent sadistic period, the thought of feeding fishes to other fishes just makes me...uncomfortable. I mean, even the term "feeder guppy" is just kind of depressing to me. (click to read more)
(Crenicichla punctata- pic by Claudo D. Timm, used under CC by SA-2.0)
However, it made me reflect a bit on my personal fish keeping taste, and I admit it:
I've never been a huge fan of predatory fishes.
You know, the ones where it's "suggested" that you have to feed them other fish. I just can't bring myself to do it. Once I got out of the typical male post-pubescent sadistic period, the thought of feeding fishes to other fishes just makes me...uncomfortable. I mean, even the term "feeder guppy" is just kind of depressing to me. (click to read more)
