not to mention that most fish cannot process mammalian/avian meats.
should arowana be fed mice
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Some thoughts on the “nutritional value” of some foods like mice or even goldfish. The typical fish in the hobby environment will die from water quality issues, power outages, panic runs into the glass or just jumping out of the tank. The nutritional value of their food won’t be a factor in that fishes very short life time. Truth bomb.
So by your logic, just feed your fish anything because they won't live long anyway! That's a dire way of looking at it.
I wonder how redsharks 28 year old clown loaches would've fared if he'd took that logic on board and fed them crap all their lives!
Not all fish succumb to the tragic end you describe, and it would be highly irresponsible imo for any hobbyist to feed poor value food just because they thought their fish were going to go kami-kaze the next day and jump out or whatever.
Fish jumps out and suffocates on the ground ..oh well
feeds fish a rat ....NO NO YOU DISGUSTING HUMAN BEING
Correct. So focus on what’s most likely going to kill the fish. Put your energy there.
You should ask him. I bet the first, most important thing he says is not the fishes diet. I bet he has spare back up pumps just in case, I bet he does consistent water changes. I would even bet he has a generator for power outage situations. Tank size, other types of fish in the same tank, heater controller, quantity of food during feeding time. Ask him for a top 5, ranked in order, and I bet food quality isn’t one of them. If you take emotion out of it, just use science, feeding an Aro a mouse every once in a while is statistically not a factor on the longevity of that fishes life span.
The OP is asking for opinions, I’m saying go ahead and feed the mouse to the fish. Focus on water quality first, tank mates next, and tank size after that. Then you can look at a heater controller, back up pump and generator.
Exactly! That was a very good way to put it, thank you.
Folks, in the above example what killed the fish?
I was trying to “science “ the answer and you nailed it in one sentence! Genius!!!!
Truth bomb? LOL Nice to see you back,
Egon
I posted the following recently, pretty much a repost that I have been posting for many years now. This is the real truth bomb, most folks simply don't have a necropsy performed when their pet fish dies, so they are never the wiser as to what killed their pet fish.
One thing that we do know with certainty, with data to support it, is that diets high in fat are generally not a good idea for the vast majority of species. Over time the fish will become obese. Prolonged feeding in this manner may result in excess lipid deposition and necrosis of the liver. (fatty liver disease) I've been saying this for the past 25 years, and many of those who work in the field of aquatics agree - one of the most common causes of death in captive fish is related to excessive fat deposits in and around the organs. Excess fat ends up stored in various tissues, specifically the liver. Over time this can lead to the degeneration of the liver, which is more commonly referred to as "Fatty Liver Disease". Years ago I read an article which included some info from a fish parasitologist at a Canadian University. He was involved with performing autopsies on dead fish at public aquaria and the single most common cause of death he's seen since he started to do the autopsies was "fatty liver disease". Ruth Francis Floyd from the U of Florida has stated the same.
There's the science answer, for you. Countless pet fish die in this hobby due to their diet, and/or overfeeding of same.
To answer your question, they are actually not good, or bad, unless the fish is too small and chokes on the mouse. That would be bad. While a 12" silver aro's mouth is big enough for a pinky, at that size I think that it would digest it with difficulty. Nutritionally speaking, there are far more nutritionally complete foods to feed your aro. Personally I would advise against it.
Good luck
So...you are, literally by definition...a troll. Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification.
