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Posted: 3/13/2011 8:57:34 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/13/2011 9:24:23 PM EDT
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Very cool.
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Posted: 3/13/2011 9:50:10 PM EDT
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Cool.
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Posted: 3/13/2011 9:51:23 PM EDT
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Are they not common in captivity?
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Posted: 3/13/2011 10:00:48 PM EDT
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Quoted: Are they not common in captivity? We are talking about a fish that can get up to about 10 ft, they grow to about 4-5 ft in one year, and are open water very powerful swimmers. So to see one in home aquaria is both kind of cruel and rare. |
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Posted: 3/13/2011 10:02:57 PM EDT
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Are they not common in captivity? We are talking about a fish that can get up to about 10 ft, they grow to about 4-5 ft in one year, and are open water very powerful swimmers. So to see one in home aquaria is both kind of cruel and rare. I think that's the part I missed.. I thought this was like a city aquarium with one of those giant shark/big fish tanks. |
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Posted: 3/13/2011 10:12:42 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Are they not common in captivity? We are talking about a fish that can get up to about 10 ft, they grow to about 4-5 ft in one year, and are open water very powerful swimmers. So to see one in home aquaria is both kind of cruel and rare. I think that's the part I missed.. I thought this was like a city aquarium with one of those giant shark/big fish tanks. Nope just the wacky japanese that like to take ginormous fish and stuff them in TINY enclosures where they can't even turn around in. I have seen pics of japanese aquariums where they have a 3 foot Goliath african tiger in a 400 or so gallon tank. Just to give you an idea this is a 3-4 foot GATF.  Stuffed in this size aquarium  |
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Posted: 3/14/2011 3:09:08 AM EDT
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They don't live long in an aquarium. They end up stressed and with a broken bill, like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYi1fjaZwDQ&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL |
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Posted: 3/14/2011 3:15:14 AM EDT
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They don't live long in an aquarium. They end up stressed and with a broken bill, like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYi1fjaZwDQ&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 
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Posted: 3/14/2011 6:54:34 AM EDT
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Are they not common in captivity? This is the only one to ever be kept successfully in a public fish tank EVER I believe its still there. Never been to Japan |
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