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Hey all,
I’ve recently become fascinated with golden trevallys. I’m aware in the wild this fish can reach 3-4 feet. I am also aware that they are a game fish and can be eaten, as they are in the jack family. I know that in the wild they school around bigger fish like sharks and rays for protection.
I feel like these are truly unique because they are true schooling fish from what I’ve heard/seen, not shoaling, like chromis and anthias and the like. I would really like to keep a school in my 180, in hopes that they would swim with my big sail-fin tang.
I know this sounds laughable: A fish that potentially reaches 3-4 feet in a 180 gallon system??? Should be a no-brainer, right? Wrong. One thing that’s leaving me from discarding the idea is the fact that.... they are edible! What’s to say I can’t raise them from juveniles for a few years in my tank until they reach the point when they get too big (12-16 inches or so), and then serve em for dinner? I never thought I’d say this on an aquarium forum.... but it actually seems.... plausible in my head.
Perhaps stunting may be an issue long before they reach 12-16 inches, however, I doubt it as fish such as sail-fin tangs can live in a 180 fine, and they max out at 16.
Please tell me I’m crazy and that this idea would never work. I’ve thought of eating chaetomorpha before, so this isn’t exactly a new thought....
I’ve recently become fascinated with golden trevallys. I’m aware in the wild this fish can reach 3-4 feet. I am also aware that they are a game fish and can be eaten, as they are in the jack family. I know that in the wild they school around bigger fish like sharks and rays for protection.
I feel like these are truly unique because they are true schooling fish from what I’ve heard/seen, not shoaling, like chromis and anthias and the like. I would really like to keep a school in my 180, in hopes that they would swim with my big sail-fin tang.
I know this sounds laughable: A fish that potentially reaches 3-4 feet in a 180 gallon system??? Should be a no-brainer, right? Wrong. One thing that’s leaving me from discarding the idea is the fact that.... they are edible! What’s to say I can’t raise them from juveniles for a few years in my tank until they reach the point when they get too big (12-16 inches or so), and then serve em for dinner? I never thought I’d say this on an aquarium forum.... but it actually seems.... plausible in my head.
Perhaps stunting may be an issue long before they reach 12-16 inches, however, I doubt it as fish such as sail-fin tangs can live in a 180 fine, and they max out at 16.
Please tell me I’m crazy and that this idea would never work. I’ve thought of eating chaetomorpha before, so this isn’t exactly a new thought....