dear god, im a snake guy and i dont really have a problem with live feeding snakes and many other animals/fish, and im not particularly sensitive to brutal videos, but this one got to me, that poor fuckin fish couldve easily gotten away from the piranhas but he kept hitting the walls of the aquarium, seems like a pretty horrific way to die trapped in a box full of piranhas
I am a snake guy too. But this seemed kinda fucked up. The guy just sat there filming it. For one thing, the tank is way too small. Those Oscars alone should have a bigger tank. And I have never known this to *not* happen in a piranha tank eventually.
@@butkusfan23 agreed, that tank screams irresponsible owner. Like someone who lives in Arizona in a 2 bedroom or smaller apartment with 3 full size huskies type irresponsible
Awesome fucking camera...but I noticed chunks of your Oscars fins taken out...if your Oscars are getting nipped then its just a matter of time before you come home to a tank of pink water and assorted fish parts...Ive seen it happen, not to me Im smarter than that, but to novice fish owners that cant read stress...too much goin on in that tank. Good luck.
There's all kinds of hiding places for um in there. Seems to be keeping them fed. They seem uninterested in them. Oscars not so much you can see they have been battling it out. Probably while they are sleeping and they bump into um those are some pretty good sized Oscars. Can't see them wanting to jerk with them too much especially when there is more than one of them. All within the same size of each other (close to)
+Pax Deorum im being realistic, anybody that keeps a pet must keep them in the best environment possible. Having a "cool aquarium" doesn't make it a good aquarium. If you have a piranha tank theres no need to feed them live prey....it doesn't benefit them.
As an African cichlid keeper I’m actually offended by this... I mean I would love a white lab, so it’s stupid to let it struggle and die slowly like that... I mean cmon dude.
Fascinating.... not only the piranhas respect the oscars and vice versa, they seem to also not target the smaller cichlids on the lower level... they must've recognized them as tankmates instead
They really only actively attack if they're hungry or cornered, so it's not really suprising. They're in a safe tank with no potential predators since they are large enough to not be eaten by the oscars, in a large school, probably with daily feedings and good water quality, they would pretty much be large carnivourous neon tetras. Though I must say, those oscars have shredded fins, very typical when piranhas are nearby, you can even see it happening in the wild.
Really, the only reason that I could think of as to why they attacked the mbuna is because it was colored white, signaling to the piranhas that there's an open wound on a fish, or that it is a random floating piece of meat.
It's stomach is gone and you can still see it struggling to swim... I would die for a white labidochrmois... if it's missing an eye I would never kill it.... much less in this manner...... disgusting. Its still breathing 3 min in.
MichaelVick I mean, his piranhas look healthy and fantastic, don't get me wrong, but that's just an awful way to treat a living fish, much less such a rare-coloured lab. If fish stores actually knew half of the places their fish were going they probably wouldn't sell any in the first place XD
I see where you're coming from, and it is a nice looking fish, and I wouldn't do it either, but I'm sure you can buy some cheap feeders for this kind of stuff right?
Jesse Lukes I personally would never give feeders bought from the store to predatory fish, they are all diseased and pet stores don't give a crap about them and keep them in really awful environments. They're cheap and in that way worth less, but they go through the same amount of pain as that white lab would. The problem is they hunt and kill fish in the wild anywho, but is it really natural for us to raise and cruelly keep feeders and buy them for this purpose? I don't know, it's kind of a grey area, but a lot of people do it and have success with their fish. And a lot of fish get sick from eating diseased feeder fish. The best thing is really dead shrimp and clams and things from the store rather than live fish in my opinion, but everyone has different ones so there's that.
Feeder fish are horrific. There's hardly any nutritional value at all and they're full of diseases. A home made food out of beef heart, shrimp, fish,etc is much better for them.
I'm not nearly as amazed that the Oscars and piranha get along as I am amazed the plants and and substrate are not a mess with the Oscars in there. I have kept many Oscars and each and every one has designed his own aquascape, and forget keeping plants intact much less in place. How often are your water changes with that bio load, every other day?
1. If it lost an eye it can still live perfectly happily, it doesn’t have to become a feeder 2. Even if it was unhappy, that wasn’t putting it out of its misery, that would’ve been a terrifying, painful way to die
Why use it as a feeder if it is missing an eye? It will still live missing an eye, it will just strengthen it's other senses. Such a nice fish to be fed for no reason
First that's a very nice tank! Could you give more info on the oscars. Like how did you introduce them to the piranhas ect. How long have the been together?
They have been together for eight months, they never hurt each other so far. First i had put the oscars and five of piranhas into the tank, then introduced other five piranhas one month later. They are happy together.
The only Cichlid-type fish I like are Angels. Other cichlids I would happily watch be eaten. I tried a cichlid with a gourami and my Philipine Blue Angel, and my Angel would've died if I didn't take the cichlid and chuck him into my very own Piranha Tank.
Omar Sanchez you realise theyre trapped in a tank with no chance of escaping? Would you like to be trapped in a closet with a bear bc you would have been eaten in the wild anyway?
i don't get why people find this sad tbh. I think this is very interesting, atleast you get to see what really happens when a Piranha eats a living creature surrounded by other fish, it already is hard enough to capture a good quality video in nature with these guys. Something you lot gotta remember is that they are just animals, this happens all the time out in the open.
I honestly see no point in feeding a a live african cichlid. I tend to stay away from live food but i have nothing against it. The only thing I dont understand is why feed a more expensive fish that looks good insted of a cheaper fish.
its part of life guys no need to get mad in the ocean they do the same as there in the tank there eating the fisshh alive they do that in the ocean aswell its just nature
joshua is gaming lmao but he's not just stupid because that, his tank is over stocked and most likely half those fish are going to end up killing each other.
Aww. Animals doing what they do in the wild offends people because it's in a tank? How come nobody cries for the fish fed to Shamu and Tilikum?? Because they're frozen and dead? Give me a break. Excellent video and awesome tank Pax.
@@Supernaturalman92 what’s the difference between a cichlid and a goldfish, goldfish are literally for other fish to eat, why u think there 16 cents a pop cichlids are actually fish that cost ab 10$ and can grow more
@@rickjones9819 and your point is. Hotdogs are like 50 cents a price and a steak is like 14 dollars does that mean we should always eat hotdogs but never steak.
I've got a 15 inch Managuensee that would wipe that tank out in under a week. Guaranteed. He'd bite them fuckers once and crush em, then eat em. Every morsel.
@@donaldwhite670 Piranhas or Oscars Get larger and would kill and Eat Your Fish. In the Wild Pirahnas Can Weigh As Much As 7 1/2 Pounds And 20 inches They are Highly territorial And would Hunt Down A Cichlid even Alone. And A Lot of times They Move in groups. Im Not Saying Cichlids Arent Badass But Theyre Not Going to Eat Peranhas Although they are very Cool
Reading some comments Hmmm No one mentioned your fish load in this tank!! It’s way way way over loaded Omg are you completely mad!! This is an old video I’m certain most if not all these fish are dead by now.
My only problem with videos like this is that you're just dropping the fish in the tank and new fish are always uncomfortable and nervous in a new tank regardless of what kind they are. That this could easily live with those fish but it was very uncomfortable and the parana sensed it and they went after it and obviously ate it
Oscars have a design on their body, the spot on their tail is a fake eye which tricks Piranha into attacking head on and the Oscar sees it coming every time.
