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ive just witnessed a video on youtube of someone feeding their red bellied piranhas a koi. yes a koi..... a beautiful pond goldfish. the poster claims that its justified cuz they are natural carnivores. yes the fish were definitely up to the point where they could be fed something else. this video just made me disgusted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqnSN91sA80

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whoever posted this video on youtube has really got me goin.....
 
my piranhas would of torn that thing up way quicker i dont think they were really hungry, and dont let that stuff get to you at least it wasnt a mouse:)
 
i mean ive seen feeder mice being eaten by them b4. but at that size they can be fed something else. and if they still need meat them raw shrimp. that just made me mad that someone could go to petco and go, hmmmmm, instead of a cheap feeder, lets use the 10 dollar koi.....
 
yea that truely is a waste i dont believe feeders should be fed that much maybe like 5% of the fishs diet, i have to admit it is interesting watching your fish eat live :D
 
i cant deny it would be. but note the words you use. feeders...... this video just made me mad because it was a koi, and that there are other alternatives.
 
and your right on that one. but even as young fish they can be fed raw shrimp. i plan on keeping around 15 piranhas in the future, and even i know better than to give feeders, they arent healthy.
 
like i said the reason i was disgusted by that video was because it was a koi, a perfectly fine fish, not a feeder.
 
But if you think about it, why should a koi be treated better than a feeder? Just because of color? Each one is still a single living thing. Freeze dried and frozen foods were once living things also, should they not be fed also?

Note: In no way am I justifying a video like this put on youtube to show others how awesome they are. I'm rather saying since piranha's are carnivorous, they are going to eat something that was once live one way or another.
 
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