The Most Expensive Monster Fish with Insatiable Appetites

[@Chuck59ish]

It takes special people to take care of monster fish, and you and your dad are very special caring people, between the fish and your mom Tracy, you guys are over the top in caring. SFMF!

[@audrisampson]

This video should be required viewing before buying a monster fish.

[@joshpriceofr]

I try to do my best to keep up with the times and educate as I can 😊 thanks for always supporting

[@jeremyduncan9165]

Spot on 100%. A lot of these should even sold in America. Especially when they get to big and people think it’s a great idea to throw them in are lakes, rivers and ponds.

[@Juicejunkie409]

Those African cichlids in the monster pond, or just a snack throughout the day for the monster fish, and I love it

[@joshpriceofr]

Natural food supply that look amazing!

[@terrietime]

Good Morning From Texas Stay Fishy 🐟

[@chicago_race_engines7538]

Oh fancy seeing you here, seems we have similar taste.

[@PULAG]

Those platinum white gar are just eye catching. Look so cool

[@iainaquariumagic]

Excellent upload 👌

[@joshpriceofr]

Thanks a ton!

[@iainaquariumagic]

@joshpriceofr No problem. I subbed you, too. You're an AWSOME presenter 👍

[@mickeysr5817]

Great video josh😊. Detroit

[@mrskipadedodah5094]

Add an adoption page to your website. Adopt a guppy or goldfish to Brutus levels with different fish in between. Set it up to pay for a month or year of food. My local zoo has similar programs. Fun way to raise donations. They send an info kit with coffee cups, plush or clothes depending on level

[@haydeng.1328]

Happy Wednesday fishy family.

[@joshpriceofr]

Happy humpday!

[@pmillner3373]

In 2011, there was a 327lb Alligator Gar that was 8' 5", which came out of Mississippi Lake.

[@debbieoakes8845]

Good morning Josh.. Thank you. I was wondering how much it cost. Yes I guess it cost big time to feed them all. Have yourself a wonderful day Josh. Play safe have fun. 😊😊

[@DonaldTurner-t8e]

How are you doing?

[@bighoss9962]

Can't wait to see some of those big guys at the Legasea. hopefully Brian will be able to see it on video .. fingers crossed

[@_MikeJon_]

Wonder if it would be worth it to breed a livestock tilapia tank.

[@Raven_Claw-g9b]

So many amazing monster fish at OFR, but their Ara-Arapaimas are my most absolute favorite and it’s a real treat when they make vids about them, especially in such a dope pool pond. Never seen anything like it outside of OFR. Let’s just live vicariously through OFR and let the professionals care for this breed. Sunny SoCal keepin’ it fishy🐠☀️🏝

[@megamills150]

Nice one josh 👍

[@ofthedawn]

Good video Joshua. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@scdecade]

OFR Pacu must eat like buffalos! That's gotta cost too

[@mrtnbrtt2093]

That gar was cool. The orange and black one, looked like a koi-gar 😏

[@BLUEGREEN65]

Great video Josh, and very eye opening on the size of the fish and how much it costs to feed them! 😊

[@desertdogscalifornia]

Beautiful animals. Hello from California.

[@ohio-fish-rescue]

You are so kind

[@rathansherigar4527]

8 ft arapaima... that would be sooper..awesome.. can we achieve this in the monster pond..??

[@nava405]

how do you guys keep the water temp. warm for the pond?

[@dirkanoukdionjoor9191]

Dat is de vraag eerder maakt niet uit hoe duur een dier is is eenmalig aanschaf. Maar welke dier is het duurste in onderhoud.

[@Takeshi.Aquatics]

How big is the poop and how do you clean it up? Massive fish!

[@Qwaylude]

Remember Brutis when Matt Monster Fish raised him till he was ready for the rescue

[@joshpriceofr]

He was wee little guy

[@StanTheObserver-lo8rx]

I feed the 240 gallon of large Rainbow fish beefheart and also one large shrimp that lasts about three days. Plus top quality flake and pellet foods. It's enough spent! Aren't some of the pool fish destined for public aquaria one day or are you lifetime keepers?

[@jasonmayer9879]

what do you think the proper size tank should be for a South American red tailed cat?

[@Whips_World]

2000 gallons is the usual answer to this question, but really, when they get to be full size, they can make a 2000 gallon tank look small.

[@shellshome]

Hey Josh, have you guys thought about breeding shrimp to feed to your monster fish? In hopes of cutting down on some of the costs? Just curious.

[@ShorseyShows]

Praying for you guys 🙏 without you these guys would be dead or miserable

[@adventureswithrick8032]

Great video

[@jasonwalker6253]

Can or do they eat chicken? Like legs or thighs type cut up...just wondering

[@tonymartin7111]

I don't know if it would be suitable for the Arapaimas. Couldn't you try them on Muzuri Croc Diet as that is for large freshwater predators which might keep the cost down on the food.

[@Juicejunkie409]

Hey Josh, you’re also forgetting about the electric bill and water bill a year I haven’t watch the video all the way through but it gets really expensive

[@joshpriceofr]

Yes! I've covered utilities in another video, that's a different animal. This is just food upkeep which is insane!

[@SoTypicallyMeh]

you should see how much i spend on nachos every year

[@CandiceBresee]

Good morning

[@joshpriceofr]

Goodmorning !

[@lr7747]

WOW I have 3 furbabies that do not cost us that much- and you are not even including overhead costs 😮

[@notoo7]

Isn't there any Asian carp nearby to feed them?

[@RegulatorsClanPS3]

would be nice if you could get some sort of fish or prawns and maybe get them to reproduce and sustain a little bit of the cost away

[@kathymurphy1588]

We gonna need a bigger budget Josh!!!

[@DonaldTurner-t8e]

You can say that again 😅

[@garethrasmussen6186]

do you give vitamins to your fish?

[@joshpriceofr]

Additional vitamins? No. With a well rounded diet, variety of food, whole fish, pellets. They should get everything they need! 😊

[@thomaswsilva6866]

Will all the fish u have why no snakeheads?

[@MethLord]

Snakeheads are illegal to keep in parts of the US

[@thomaswsilva6866]

true @@MethLord

[@TheeFishGuy]

But the thing is, you guys bought the aripaima and raised them.

[@ohio-fish-rescue]

No we got the arapaimas in from people that bought them and they got to big. Brutish came from Matt's monster fish. I forget where we got the other one from

[@TheeFishGuy]

@@ohio-fish-rescue what happened to the babies you bought and were raising in your living room tank?

[@ohio-fish-rescue]

That was years ago, can't exactly remember what happened to them , we had 3 growing together. 1 may have died and traded the other 2 away. We usually trade smaller fish for people's bigger fish. Just like I just had 5 arapaima here. Now just our 2 big ones. I rehomed the smaller ones -josh

[@MeltingCashew92384]

nice

[@carloss3809]

What happened to the dude that gave U Brutus Matts monster fish was it

[@shanna1534]

❤SFMF #TEAMTRACY ❤

[@stevenhunt3702]

I was being sarcastic josh 👍

[@chefcamsey1375]

😊❤

[@tomvelgersdijk9444]

Stay fishy guys and Girls

[@joshpriceofr]

As always!

[@perryclark1864]

Like to see your electric bill. Lol

[@wolverinehoosier6200]

It is ridiculous that people like predatory fins import these fish (as well as many other species of giant fish) the way they do and will just sell those fish to anybody. I use to watch predatory fins channel but stopped watching it awhile ago because I can't support somebody like that.

[@ailanlee5812]

agree

[@ToeTheFoe]

💲🐟

[@TurtleAddict]

Arnt these fish illegal to buy /sell? If not they should be

[@marksauer7163]

why don’t you just feed them the cichlids that are in the pond?

[@saltnessmonster]

Would love a mini arapaima. They are cute. But over half a ft long is too much.

[@kmhmusic123]

Josh introduced both arapimas as “Brutus”. “This is Brutus our 4 foot arapaima and this is Brutus our 6 foot arapaima ” isn’t one named Baxter or something like that?

[@mindymaxwell466]

Bruiser I believe

[@ohio-fish-rescue]

Hahaha I did 😂.... Brutus - 6ft Bruiser - 4ft Lol

[@kathymurphy1588]

Baxter LOL!!

[@oilucky1]

Thats a sh*t load of food sheeesh maybe start a tank just to grow out shrimp and tilapia for food? I know you guys don’t do that and may seem unethical but in the long run might save you some big bucks? Just spit balling ideas

[@thelmahall2593]

the have a VERY expensive hobby!!

[@zootallures6470]

The gars look huuuge.

[@PatrickForget-y3u]

Yeah I was on there saying that too I seen his video and I commented the same saying what he said about you guys if you're not a fish rescue or you you know aren't a millionaire you shouldn't own them because it takes a lot of money to just have one of them yeah they're cute in the fish aquarium when they're little and then they just start growing and people don't know what to do with them so the fish pays the price that's not right

[@PatrickForget-y3u]

The arapaima is my favorite fish of all times and personally you shouldn't be able to have one unless you can prove that you can actually take care of it you have the tank you have the means of feeding it and the whole nine yards because those fish pay the price when people can't find nobody to take them and who the hell is going to take a 4-ft arapaima there aren't too many people that have a tank that can fit them or a pool pond in their house so yeah I wish they'd just quit selling same with pacu

[@Fish-Addict]

Colonate? No Josh, colonize. Lmao

[@ohio-fish-rescue]

Surprised it took someone this long to catch it 😂. But to be fair, the word colonate works too

[@Benelli3131..]

What happens to your dad

[@stevenhunt3702]

Sort your math out

[@ohio-fish-rescue]

My math is fine, 7x365 = 2555. I said 2500 I like round numbers

[@DongWang-m4n]

*This is a fake AI generated pool with fish because those arapaimas haven't eaten the gars and cichlids or aren't even trying to eat them. A real arapaima would have gulped them all down long ago since they aren't big enough to not fit through their mouths.*

[@ohio-fish-rescue]

You are so wrong . As many ,many people have been here and seen the fish and pool .

[@alansurgeoner5259]

You are joking surely with that comment? Unless you think that Greg whitstock and Edd pond proffessor are CGI as well because they have been and scaped the pool and swam with the AI fish on a few occasions. There are quite a few people who have swam with the fish just go through OFR backlog of videos. Josh is joking about food tho as a tub of fish flakes feed the pond for a week ,lol

[@DongWang-m4n]

@@alansurgeoner5259 *What I should have said is that the fish are AI , and not the pool itself because Arapaimas are gluttonous as hell and always hungry. They're appetites are never satiated in home aquaria because of their enormous size and if they were real, all those smaller fish wouldn't exist. It's like seeing an exhibit of Lions at the zoo with a bunch of baby Impala hopping around them.*

[@GloomyRaccoon_]

If you've ever been to an aquarium you would see that larger predatory fish are often kept with smaller fish that could be prey. The reason it works out is because they are being fed more than enough in captivity to not feel the need to predate.

[@carlimm5593]

Guys are you going to put some sort of goodbye too brian before its to late ?