What was the most brutal moment you have witnessed during the feeding?
And has it been to the extent where it left you with guilt wondering what you're doing? Have you considered giving up on live food as a result?
Some feeding session surprises you with so much respect for your predatory fish. You are amazed how skilled and tough it is. However there can also be moments where it's just plain ugly.
Share with us the moments when it felt too cruel and left you uncertain.
I remember I had a pair of juvenile Giant Snakeheads. The water can be a little bloody during feeding. One day one of them caught the tail of a minnow and the other caught its head. Then both Snakeheads did the death roll ripping the minnow in two as blood oozed out.
This shocked me in amazement but I was also left speechless. However, I gained so much respect for them. They were just so badass. I was a kid and felt like I had tigers at home.
Now I have a 5 inches long Striped Snakehead. I fed him a tilapia feeder almost as big as his head and boy he swallowed it with ease. Unfortunately, the second tilapia was a little bigger and this turned ugly and left me with guilt as the Snakehead constantly attacked to kill it.
He couldn't swallow it and it became cruel. I quickly removed the tilapia and wondered what the hell was I doing.
Then I wondered if I should just feed frozen meaty food, prawns, crickets and mealworms. I felt so guilty after that.
And has it been to the extent where it left you with guilt wondering what you're doing? Have you considered giving up on live food as a result?
Some feeding session surprises you with so much respect for your predatory fish. You are amazed how skilled and tough it is. However there can also be moments where it's just plain ugly.
Share with us the moments when it felt too cruel and left you uncertain.
I remember I had a pair of juvenile Giant Snakeheads. The water can be a little bloody during feeding. One day one of them caught the tail of a minnow and the other caught its head. Then both Snakeheads did the death roll ripping the minnow in two as blood oozed out.
This shocked me in amazement but I was also left speechless. However, I gained so much respect for them. They were just so badass. I was a kid and felt like I had tigers at home.
Now I have a 5 inches long Striped Snakehead. I fed him a tilapia feeder almost as big as his head and boy he swallowed it with ease. Unfortunately, the second tilapia was a little bigger and this turned ugly and left me with guilt as the Snakehead constantly attacked to kill it.
He couldn't swallow it and it became cruel. I quickly removed the tilapia and wondered what the hell was I doing.
Then I wondered if I should just feed frozen meaty food, prawns, crickets and mealworms. I felt so guilty after that.
