This thread was made for people to post videos of their predatory fish feeding. Please include a video and a brief description of the fish. I like looking at new predatory fish (I love them), Thanks.

If you have a video on youtube post the link if not a pic is ok.

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Video !!!! im lucky to give you this blurry still of one of my predatory fishes, The Ctenopoma acutirostre, Rose wil be happy to hear that They are related to the ever popular Betta Fish (Betta splendens). (And you thought id never have a betta) lol. They need plenty of room to hide out and live happily. They are carnivorous fish who love to stalk their prey, holding themselves completely vertical, bending their caudal fin to look like a leaf, before going in for a kill. Just before a kill, they open their mouth creating a cylinder type funnel and swallows the prey whole. However , so i wont get a thrashing from the "Never feed live food Crowd" mine enjoys a diet of small sinking cichlid pellets, spirulina brine, blood worms, white mosquito larvae, etc. and is very thankful to get it. LOL

A few of the fish that I got at work.( this is actually my girl)


here is a 25yo flat at work as well



and last but not least the bigger gar.

I love that gar. Is he a longnose?

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Yep, one of two in that tank, the other is half his size.

They arent as aggressive eater as the bass in that tank though

Nice Long nose and a very clean tank

wow...love the predators guys especially that gar

how big is that "tank"

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Planted 20 gallon
2 emerald corydoras
2 gold barbs
2 cherry barbs
4 swordtails
2 platies
1 balloon mollies

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Not my gar but still I love that video.

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so much for, show off YOUR fish. lol

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How do you upload pictures? I've got pics and vids of my red belly pirhanas feeding. Frozen food so it's not graphic. What's the best way for sedating predators while moving? I've heard of a homemade remedy of 10 oarts everclear to 1 part clove oil then you us .1ml/gal for big fish and .5ml or less per gal with small fish. The guy that posted this on another forum was holding a 15" black rhom pirhana after doing a surgeery to remove parasites. Then after about 20 min back in fresh water it came to. he recomennded covering to tank with a blanket for 12 hrs till the fish regained full awareness.

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beautiful fish everyone!

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10 G FW
As of now I am planning on planting it with Java Fern, Java Moss and Watersprite.
I also plan on getting 4 Scarlet Badis, 5 Cherry Barbs and 2 Zebra Otos (or regular otos)

Any feedback or opinions on my plans are welcomed and appreciated. Thank you

Holy cow. Feeding a fish as large as some of these must be a task.. and the exodons? How in the world do you keep those from going into a cannibalistic feeding frenzy in that confined a space?

Aspects, what kind of fish is that first one in your post? The yellow one with the black spots? S/He is really pretty! Kind of looks like a puffer to me but im new to this scene so i could be waaaaay off

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10 G FW
As of now I am planning on planting it with Java Fern, Java Moss and Watersprite.
I also plan on getting 4 Scarlet Badis, 5 Cherry Barbs and 2 Zebra Otos (or regular otos)

Any feedback or opinions on my plans are welcomed and appreciated. Thank you

Some time has passed since we lost our first arrowana and we have now gotten another baby. he is about 5 inches now and is eating feeder guppies and meal worms.


26112010014.mp4 video by Tammymr2 - Photobucket

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75G tank- 20 African Cichlids
55G tank- 15 African Cichlids
250G tank- 3 Clown Loaches, 9 Discus, 1 Arowana, numerous feeder guppies

Wow these fish are amazing to watch, thanks for the pictures everyone.

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Glo HO T5 lighting
Fluval E Series 200w Heater
Bio Wheel 200
Custom Built Stand
Currently the home to a Pictus Cat, 2 Angels, 6 Tiger Barbs, and 2 Mollies.

Planted with: Anubias Nana, Aqua Fern, Green Ozelot, and Java Moss.

"Tell me I shouldn't even try, Tell me the risk to great, the challenge to hard, Say I Won't and I will"

This is my mini predator 4 1/2 inch prickly sculpin if she cant eat it in her tank she will kill it ^_^.

Wow! These are all amazing fish!

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2g with 1 female betta

8 gallon with 3 young, adorable bettas and a bumblebee platy or 2 soon to come!

check out my new blog! http://epicaquariumphotography.blogspot.com/

He/she is a beast!!!! Watch yourselves!