guppies being breed for live bait
- Thread starter dawn
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if you dont like fish being fed to fish re-think which site you wanna join. this is MONSTERFISHKEPERS, and there's nothing more monster than something big owning something small.
its like us eating meat, the way it should be
its like us eating meat, the way it should be
dawn;845385; said:
dawn, its not a win or lose
everyone has their opinions which should be respected. just on this site i dont feel too many people will feel the same as you because of the nature of fish and keeper alike on the forum.Those big "BULLY FISH" as your refer to them aren't intentionally being mean or abusive to guppies, or any other kind of fish, they're following their instincts.
As far as foods existing that are more nutritional and offer the same variation in diet, all that people who feed guppies to their monster fish are doing is trying to observe the natural behavior of their fish when confronted with a prey animal, whereas guppy keepers are going as far away from nature as possible by inbreeding guppies to produce appealing color strains. Not to mention that many subspecies of guppies and other livebearers are on the brink of extinction due to overcollecting and habitat destruction by mean BULLY humans.
Finally, you say that you like koi carp? What do you honestly think that the reaction would be if you dumped 100 guppies into a koi pond? Consider that fish meal is a primary ingredient in processed goldfish/koi foods
As far as foods existing that are more nutritional and offer the same variation in diet, all that people who feed guppies to their monster fish are doing is trying to observe the natural behavior of their fish when confronted with a prey animal, whereas guppy keepers are going as far away from nature as possible by inbreeding guppies to produce appealing color strains. Not to mention that many subspecies of guppies and other livebearers are on the brink of extinction due to overcollecting and habitat destruction by mean BULLY humans.
Finally, you say that you like koi carp? What do you honestly think that the reaction would be if you dumped 100 guppies into a koi pond? Consider that fish meal is a primary ingredient in processed goldfish/koi foods
fishyz;824515; said:
If you like guppies, Poecilia reticulata, try a tank of Endlers Livebearers, Poecilia wingei. They are very closely related to guppies (some think one and the same) but they tend to have metalic coloration, with beautiful greens, orange, red and black. Orange-chest Endlers are very nice, I found them on Aquabid. The very few Endlers I have seen in pet shops are usually not pretty and all male. Only deformed ones end up as feeders. Do not mix them with guppies as they will interbreed and produce fertile offspring, diluting both species. They go nicely with Midget Livebearers (Least Killifish), Heterandria formosa. They are as colorful as Neon Tetra, but with different colors.
I respect people's right to feed their fish as they wish, but I personally think its silly to get a large Predator fish and feed it pellets and vitamin pills or whatever. Watching your predator stalk or ambush their prey (be it guppies or whatever) is one of the best things about keeping these types of fish.
cookiemonster;853751; said:
My experience with picivores (any predatory fish whose main diet is other fish) has been a pleasant one-they're generally calm and peaceful towards tank mates (outside breeding/mating) unless that tank mate is bite sized. Generally not mean spirited fish.
There are plenty of hyper-aggressive herbivores in the aquarium trade (tropheus...) and plenty of schooling & non-aggressive "killers".
Just an aside-the vast majority of responses have been very well said, very few antagonistic comments-just statements of opinion mingled with anecdotal "fact", good job.
