Challenging order from the Wetspot
- Thread starter tlindsey
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Feeding video
Sorry about the noisy filter.
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What a lovely video! No rats being thrown into piranha tanks...no Tigerfish vs. Channa grudge matches...no netfuls of goldfish being tossed into "predator communities"...no competitions to see whose Gulper Cat can swallow the biggest tankmate...
Instead, a peaceful and relaxing portrayal of a true predator capturing its prey just as it would in nature. No crazy distracting music either; Hell,
tlindsey
even apologized for the hummmmm of the filter, even though that actually added to the hypnotic effect of the whole video. 
We sometimes forget that a one-inch fish catching and eating near-microscopic living organisms is still a predator in every sense of the word. That bit near the end of the video, where the pipefish targeted a food item and lunged forward, probably a distance of a whole inch...was every bit as exciting and much more exciting to a true aquarist or other nature-lover IMHO as any gory staged battle-royale.
If the Buddha were to set up a "predator" aquarium...this is exactly what it would look like.
Instead, a peaceful and relaxing portrayal of a true predator capturing its prey just as it would in nature. No crazy distracting music either; Hell,
tlindsey
even apologized for the hummmmm of the filter, even though that actually added to the hypnotic effect of the whole video. We sometimes forget that a one-inch fish catching and eating near-microscopic living organisms is still a predator in every sense of the word. That bit near the end of the video, where the pipefish targeted a food item and lunged forward, probably a distance of a whole inch...was every bit as exciting and much more exciting to a true aquarist or other nature-lover IMHO as any gory staged battle-royale.
If the Buddha were to set up a "predator" aquarium...this is exactly what it would look like.
No! No! Don't listen to this!
cockroach
, take a peak in the mirror; is there a gun being held to your head? No? Then don't try to chase
tlindsey
away from this lovely thread! I have just about had enough of reading threads asking how many Oscars will fit into a 75-gallon tank; I don't need to hear about how depleted-uranium bio-media works better than the off-the-shelf kryptonite stuff; and I just don't care if half the members here are suffering from anxiety due to their inability to legally own Channas and Asian Arowanas.
This thread is a breath of fresh air...don't harsh my mellow by taking it away!
