Arapaima gigas, Pirarucu feeding

[treldib2]

How is keeping an Arapima practical? -_-

[LandStrife]

I eat them for breakfast.

[dhanushkajoraediri]

wow

[practicalfishkeeping]

So did I. That's why the camera shakes! I was standing on a ledge about 20cm wide and nearly fell in the pond as a result. You can't hear it on the film, but there's a loud crack as it sucks in the pellets, which really makes you jump when you're not expecting it. For some reason I was expecting them to take the food quite gently.

[DITCHSPARROW]

i actually flinched at 0:25 for some reason :S

[eliwoohoo]

Wow, arapaima on pellets?? Its amazing that a predatory fish like that can be trained to eat pellets. Awesome!

[Juanod09]

I like to  eat fish !!

[carebearnmbr46]

Those fish are amazing!

[zusca100]

0:56 is that really a red tailed catfish i see

[drewnickel]

@zusca100 indeed it is, the live in the same waters together, so it's not a big problem. they naturally avoid eachother because neither one can eat the other. at least there arent any paraiba in there, those things eat big meals, including other catfish

[gusgemba]

in Dehiwala zoo,Sri Lanka you can watch couple of Giaaaant Arapaimas flown from Brazil.

[elitebionic]

I remember seeing an adult one for the first time in Manila's new aquarium.

I was so amazed. They're such beautiful creatures, and they're so graceful when they swim C:

[jowlow]

underwater world in sentosa has big arapaimas

[n166ahygu]

i go a red tail catfish he is 5" now

[drewnickel]

@n166ahygu he'll be about 12 times that size in a few years, so good luck with that. it'll probably be 5 feet long and over 100lbs, you'll have to feed it jumbo goldfish or koi

[XxLastBull3txX]

what i saw was bigger then this alot of times i dont know where it is in singapore because my father brought me there to see fishes

[horsefunfum]

instead of 4 ft it gets to 15 ft

[redeyesthe20th]

it's about 8 inches...

[TMTKSKATEBOARDS]

thats what he said

[Gobrian44]

what are they feeding it?

[Act8killer]

can your mom fit in a 55 gallon fish tank? without heater or filter?

[LEONPROFFI]

hahahhaahahaahaha

[jay942942]

It can. I have one in a 1 gal bowl without filters or heaters.

[drewnickel]

@antdaweeze13 my african bullfrog cant even fit in a 5 gallon aquarium, and he's the size of my two hands together. that big ass arapaima is about 4 to 6 ft long and will get to 18ft and nearly 1000lbs

[antdaweeze13]

@drewnickel im kidding ppl...

[zloong]

Nice fish...

i wanna keep one

[Maridutra1]

Its meat is delicious, here in Amazonia it's extremely expensive 'cause its hunting is forbbiden in the most part of the year...

[SORRYurNOTaWINNER69]

i like the rtc he lush

[jati1902]

can i have it for my dinner??

[hamza8810]

really astonishing to see these esting pellets!

[bennystropical]

cool fish

[koodahquake]

This fish lives in amazon river and basin (only) but can live well in a huge tank.. but native to amazon.. and there are able to reach 16 ft long and are rare..

[Arvenohx]

Meh..It's best not to even try.

[BuSHidoZZe]

Is Paima eat people?

[NicsMayer]

I think Yes coz Paima can eat Cow

[drewnickel]

@BuSHidoZZe no they dont eat people, but it doesn't mean they cant kill you. they have no intrest in eating something bigger than their mouth, but they weigh hundreds of pounds and can jump out of the water at 10 to 15 mph, they also have a very hard head so they can crush your ribs when they hit

[moneypig]

LCK fish farms have them, or you can find them at the fishing/prawn pond beside the abandoned '长城'at taman jurong. They like prawns, so bring some for them! theres 4-5 there, about 1.2-1.5m in length. pretty impressive.

[Blurtadpole]

May i ask where is this place in Singapore? Cheers!

[Caimingchang]

I think at Qian Hu Fish Farm or other fish farms. But all these places are quite inconvenient to go to. Have to travel 1hr-2hr++ and very hot too. i know coz I'm local.

[samrit86]

zzzzzzz i was hoping that they were carnivores!!

[xiaoboy222]

wtf i thought they are carnivours

[piebald111]

Pellets are still made of meat, they are just more nutritionally balanced.

[kenny6789]

i rear 1 of those before..& break a few tanks..haha..thanks for ur video

[Loubard]

The red on that red tail catfish's tail is amazing. Where all they where fed goldfish?

[SimplyOrange537]

i want one of those. lol. i love gigantic size fishies.

[rizki5150]

what kind of food? Does arapaima only eat living food?

[remothiago]

o que essa pirarara ta fazendo ai?

[cluelessshmo]

incredible