Has anyone eaten arowana?

[808bait]

Hey man,

If a fish means "that much" to a person, here's what they should do. First, get a Gyotaku print of it and hang that on their wall somewhere, so they may always remember it and have it close to their hearts . Next, either slice, dice, fry, stir fry, flop or chip-chop, shake or bake that guy, and call me over. I'll bring the beers! Nah, just joking, hard to "eat" your kids!

 

[silverdragon]

I wouldn't eat anything out of an aquarium.

I 2nd and 3rd this! How can you eat your pet..?!?!

 

[loconorc]

It would be the way I would want to be disposed of if I was a fish! And it's a nice story to tell, even if it tastes pretty bad. I just got this idea from a photo gallery of some guys trip to SE asia and he ate aro at some restaraunt and liked it. I personally don't think eating your pet after its dead anyway is such a big deal. I'd be upset if it died, but why waste it? All my pets mean a lot to me, but why not go out with a bang?

 

[jimmybling31]

oscars are good from what i've been told. I couldnt eat something I've kept. But I hear arowana is very good if you can get past it being so bony.

~ Matt

heard the same about oscars. i couldn't east my oscar, "oscar"

 

[stevietennis]

Why would you eat your pet? Even if he died of natural cause why would you eat them? Makes me sad lol.
Mom - "Hey kids looks like Mr. Aro died today"
Kids - "Yay! Fish for dinner"
tsk tsk! no no.

 

[freeskier]

But I never seen a fish on my plate that I didnt like.

what about pleco?

 

[Piscineidiot]

I think we're forgetting about some very real health risks here. A lot of aquarium chemicals that we all use such as de-chlorinator, and various medications are toxic to humans. In fact, most of them have a health warning on the sides i.e. do not use for fish for human consumption.

There's also the fact that your fish died of natural causes, which says to me that something was very wrong (even if it was old age). Really, you'd be eating a fish who's organs had decayed to the point where they couldn't function any longer, so it wouldn't be very pleasant anyway. Plus the fact that aquarium fish don't get much exercise, and hence, would have quite poor muscle tone compared to wild fish, so the texture and flavour would be a bit off.

Bottom line, don't eat it, not for pleasure, nor for your own health.

 

[Tongue33]

Oddball said Arowana is excellent though very bony

 

[lil_monsters]

ppl in China eat them and i heard they taste good, and of course, expensive. i kept one but I'll never eat one.

 

[aeri]

I think we're forgetting about some very real health risks here. A lot of aquarium chemicals that we all use such as de-chlorinator, and various medications are toxic to humans. In fact, most of them have a health warning on the sides i.e. do not use for fish for human consumption.

There's also the fact that your fish died of natural causes, which says to me that something was very wrong (even if it was old age). Really, you'd be eating a fish who's organs had decayed to the point where they couldn't function any longer, so it wouldn't be very pleasant anyway. Plus the fact that aquarium fish don't get much exercise, and hence, would have quite poor muscle tone compared to wild fish, so the texture and flavour would be a bit off.

Bottom line, don't eat it, not for pleasure, nor for your own health.