What kind of fish is this?

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The weird thing:

Why would somebody eat Tinfoil Barb?
Don’t think the tinfoil bath being questioned is meant for eating. There’s a restaurant near me called cheddars and they have a maybe 350g not sure it’s about 12’ long though but they have a bunch of cichlids and massive rainbow fish. Think this might be similar
 
Most all atf dont make it into adulthood. Careless keepers or uneducated ones usually dont have any that are capable of reaching adult sizes. I believe they can get pretty big given the appropriate size and shaped tank, food supply and care! I've been able to achieve this thru following certain rules and any choice in livestock comes with the atf in mind first.

How about a recent picture of the beast, don't be a tease!
 
I have a few him. Goonch, pr of irwini, wolf, poly, and a 11 yr old flagtail he seems to not care to much about. All the fish mentioned above are 18"++... some 2ft+
Given the set of chompers on that bad boy, I definitely wouldn't feel comfortable keeping anything with him. That's why I was wondering haha.

I will say, though. That's quite a nice fish you got. What kind of system are you running him on?
 
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Given the set of chompers on that bad boy, I definitely wouldn't feel comfortable keeping anything with him. That's why I was wondering haha.

I will say, though. That's quite a nice fish you got. What kind of system are you running him on?
Hes taken out a 30" blk aro took 6" off of him, lince cat, pr of ad, and some smaller sd a few yrs ago. With what is in with him now he seems to be ok with them. None swim alot or act speratikly...hes in a 1500 gal system with 2 overhead wet dry towers on a 5 gal per hr drip system and 7' uv...

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Hes taken out a 30" blk aro took 6" off of him, lince cat, pr of ad, and some smaller sd a few yrs ago. With what is in with him now he seems to be ok with them. None swim alot or act speratikly...hes in a 1500 gal system with 2 overhead wet dry towers on a 5 gal per hr drip system and 7' uv...

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That's super cool! What do all those abbreviations mean? I'm not familiar with a lot of these abbreviations.
 
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