When Size Does Not Really Matter!
Yesterday; I passed by my friend at the Flavors Coffee Shop in Abdoun Mall where they have a small aquarium …
To tell you the truth; the last time I saw it I was really surprised at the size of the golden fish they have and I did not know that there are some golden fish of that size. There was this small lobster always at the bottom and I caught it n camera as it surfaced to the top which was another surprise because these species love staying at the bottom hidden between the rocks.
So as I was saying, when I passed by yesterday I found that they have added a huge fish from this brand that cleans the aquarium but it was sinking below and not doing anything … we thought that she was just getting used to the environment. A few minutes later; we saw the lobster attacking the new fish, it held the tail with its clamps and started biting and eating bits of that tail … I was so taken aback that I took my camera out and shot the whole scene …
The lobster would not budge no matter how hard we tried to scare it away by knocking on the glass so they had to intervene by entering a long stick to force the lobster to let go of the poor fish that could not move throughout the whole ordeal …
After all, size did not matter here … that little thing was so determined and would not be distracted at all … isn’t nature a strange magnificent thing?!!
January 25th, 2008 at 11:41 am
Cool video!
January 25th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
I agree, cool video! What a strange mix of fish in that aquarium , too! The “golden fish” you are talking about are called parrot cichlids, or “blood parrots”.
http://parrotcichlid.com/
They are a man-made hybrid, a cross between two different kinds of south american fish. Those are very aggressive fish.
The big one that was being attacked is called a plecostomus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plecostomus
They are very placid, but have “armor” so they usually get left alone. I guess not by crayfish though :O
January 26th, 2008 at 6:07 am
Hey Craig
Thank you for naming the creatures … to me; they are all fish
This crayfish was so aggressive and it hit fast and hard … it was quite shocking and as for the golden fish … I always thought there was something fishy about them
so they are blood parrots … I guess that explains their size .. LOL
January 26th, 2008 at 7:24 am
Crayfish are Yummy, I would order the cafe to cook it for me with rockets, hint of lemon, mayonnaise all on brown toast bread
http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/bottomfeeder-discussion/2563-preventing-crawfish-killing-any-fish.html
apparently they are expected to be quite aggressive against other fish in the aquarium, as you can see in the discussion I linked!
January 26th, 2008 at 7:44 am
Omar,
hey buddy, how are you?
Wallah I am so ignorant when it comes to water world, as you can see, I don’t even know the names of the species
WOW … if they are that aggressive, maybe they do not belong in aquariums like this … yeah??
January 30th, 2008 at 11:43 am
yeah, bass haati elly 3enna f Amman yefhamoo! haha
There is also a certain Species of fish that you can’t have more than ONE of them in the same aquarium - they’re called Siamese Fighter. If you put two of them in the same aquarium, you’d get the case of “Ya Gatel ya Magtool”
meshtaglek!
Haven’t seen you in ages!
February 2nd, 2008 at 4:18 am
See, this is valuable information Omar
I miss you too … haven’t seen much of anyone lately … are you here or in London?
February 9th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Oh nooooo
nature is so cruel, but we are even more cruel, because they do it out of instinct, but when humans are cruel we know exactly what we are doing.