Borbonius Anthias being sold at the Seafood Market?

[HappyInWater]

Not "new" news (article dated 8/31/08) but I thought I share this anyways as I just picked up one of these guys myself 2 days ago. He's doing fine and eating frozen mysis shrimp.

http://glassbox-design.com/2008/anthias-at-the-sea-food-market/

 

[D1J8Z]

 

[h20 freak]

How do you eat them?They seem really bony, not much meat.

 

[HappyInWater]

kind of shocking to read and look at the pictures myself. lol

 

[DrCooper]

geez

 

[lfsmarineguy]

NNNOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo.................

 

[alfani]

sicko:shocked1: they probably don't know how much it's worth

 

[reefman]

just like diamonds. control the availibilty and thereby control the demand thus the price. no wonder the price dropped from over 300 to under 100 quick.

 

[aznt1217]

wow... you can't be serious.

 

[nyc reefer]

Thats amazing!!! Why did this occur? Does anyone know?

 

[HappyInWater]

nothing against asians, but one time when i went a local asian fish market in flushing queens i saw a heap of dead fishes on ice being sold for like $2/lb. And they resembled a lot like one of the tangs that's readily available in the hobby.

i guess pretty much anything in the ocean can be sold and eaten so as long as its catchable.

 

[jhale]

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

It is not uncommon, there have been other threads of this nature. Many of the fish we keep as ornamental many others see as nourishment and sustinance. In many parts of the world cats dogs rats guinea pigs snakes etc are staples in peoples diet. Bottom line is people gotta eat.

 

[autoponicz]

us asian eat anything as long as the back is facing the sun...lol...

i was in china and saw triggers,tangs,squarrel fish etc. for sale at the market...
sad thing is most of these fishes we keep in our tanks are from another country...but over at that country...its common to catch them for food

 

[Killerdrgn]

yeah it'd be funny to see chilean sea bass or sea robbins in tanks in asia.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

BTW I would be more worried about catching radioactive chicken pox from eating these fugly fish than about eating an ornamental fish LOL.

 

[spacenyc]

pets or food?

my nanny from gyauna thought all my tanks were for fresh seafood and asked if she could take a pacu home for dinner once

 

[arnaldolex]

which fish market did you find it at and how much are they reef safe

 

[arnaldolex]

which fish market were and for how much

 

[CHEMCHEF]

Deep fried fish bones are fairly common fare in many countries. AND THEY ARE YUUUUMMMMYYYY!!!!
Im sure most will be put off. But I would eat it. If you see another one, pick it up for me and we can eat it together with a bottle of Jordan chardonnay

How do you eat them?They seem really bony, not much meat.