Is wheat flour bad for fish?

Scungili · 02/26/2010, 07:27 PM

I'm trying to mix a recipe that will bind to rock. The wheat flour works well mixed with sea water and veggies and fish food. I'm ready to try it, but I'm not sure if the wheat flour would clog up the fish and kill it.

I read a post about someone using flour but I can't find the post... I think it was flour.

lordofthereef · 02/26/2010, 08:32 PM

Interesting. I have never really heard of this. I don't imagine it would harm anything, but I am tagging along for this one.

Scungili · 02/26/2010, 08:43 PM

I know its an ingredient in some cheaper fish foods and those freshwater pyramid things. But not sure how it would effect Tropical Marine fish. (or even if they'd eat it) I have about 5 rocks ready to go, but Im waiting for confirmation on how bad it would be if they were to eat it.

The knee-jerk recipe was just mostly Nori which I soaked in SW Prior, Pellets, flake, Selcon and Garlic. Mix it up with a few teaspoons of Wheat flour and SW into a gooey paste. Then spread it on some chunks of some dry rock chunks I had kept from my tank build and let it dry. I now have food encrusted rocks that will hopefully appeal to fish more apt to pick food than eat from the water column. Anyway, it may just flop face first, but who knows...

Scungili · 02/26/2010, 08:44 PM

Tomorrow I will try it with Gelatin. I know people use that, and it would probably pollute less and be easier on fishes digestion. Just not sure how the application will go.

Henry Bowman · 02/26/2010, 10:40 PM

FYI. Humans are among the very few "animals" on the face of the Earth with one stomach that consume grain (wheat). Most animals that consume grains have more than one stomach.

I wouldn't use it in a tank.

Scungili · 02/27/2010, 06:32 AM

ok I won't thanks. Stay tuned for my Gelatin rocks...

Stanley-Reefer · 02/27/2010, 09:28 AM

wheat flour is an ingredient in my ON dry foods, my NLS dry foods, Omega One dry foods-----those are pretty much top of the line as far as dry foods go IME.....my fish look great.....must be okay

Don't put too much thought into this......most frozen foods are 70% or more moisture (water), but the fish/corals sure do love it!

syrinx · 02/27/2010, 11:11 AM

Wheat flour is also used in some of the top of the line fish foods.

Scungili · 03/02/2010, 04:34 PM

Yes you are right. Although I wouldn't say it's "good" for the fish, I could try some fish cakes using wheat is moderation. Thanks. Also made some Gelatin foods, they work well, I just need to spice up the recipe.

02/26/2010, 07:27 PM	#1
Scungili Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: st petersburg Posts: 376	Is wheat flour bad for fish? I'm trying to mix a recipe that will bind to rock. The wheat flour works well mixed with sea water and veggies and fish food. I'm ready to try it, but I'm not sure if the wheat flour would clog up the fish and kill it. I read a post about someone using flour but I can't find the post... I think it was flour.

02/26/2010, 08:32 PM	#2
lordofthereef One reef to rule them all Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Leominster, MA Posts: 5,299	Interesting. I have never really heard of this. I don't imagine it would harm anything, but I am tagging along for this one. __________________ "A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself" ~ Josh Billings Visit My Home page for current build thread (click my user name and select "Visit LordoftheReef's Homepage" in the drop down menu!

02/26/2010, 10:40 PM	#5
Henry Bowman Reefing since '87 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Allegheny Mountains of VA Posts: 2,162	FYI. Humans are among the very few "animals" on the face of the Earth with one stomach that consume grain (wheat). Most animals that consume grains have more than one stomach. I wouldn't use it in a tank. __________________ Have a good'un Current Tank Info: 90 gl SPS dominant / upgrade in the works

02/26/2010, 08:43 PM	#3
Scungili Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: st petersburg Posts: 376	I know its an ingredient in some cheaper fish foods and those freshwater pyramid things. But not sure how it would effect Tropical Marine fish. (or even if they'd eat it) I have about 5 rocks ready to go, but Im waiting for confirmation on how bad it would be if they were to eat it. The knee-jerk recipe was just mostly Nori which I soaked in SW Prior, Pellets, flake, Selcon and Garlic. Mix it up with a few teaspoons of Wheat flour and SW into a gooey paste. Then spread it on some chunks of some dry rock chunks I had kept from my tank build and let it dry. I now have food encrusted rocks that will hopefully appeal to fish more apt to pick food than eat from the water column. Anyway, it may just flop face first, but who knows...

02/26/2010, 08:44 PM	#4
Scungili Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: st petersburg Posts: 376	Tomorrow I will try it with Gelatin. I know people use that, and it would probably pollute less and be easier on fishes digestion. Just not sure how the application will go.

02/27/2010, 06:32 AM	#6
Scungili Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: st petersburg Posts: 376	ok I won't thanks. Stay tuned for my Gelatin rocks...

02/27/2010, 09:28 AM	#7
Stanley-Reefer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Stanley, NC Posts: 1,933	wheat flour is an ingredient in my ON dry foods, my NLS dry foods, Omega One dry foods-----those are pretty much top of the line as far as dry foods go IME.....my fish look great.....must be okay Don't put too much thought into this......most frozen foods are 70% or more moisture (water), but the fish/corals sure do love it!

02/27/2010, 11:11 AM	#8
syrinx Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: champaign Posts: 3,160	Wheat flour is also used in some of the top of the line fish foods.

03/02/2010, 04:34 PM	#9
Scungili Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: st petersburg Posts: 376	Yes you are right. Although I wouldn't say it's "good" for the fish, I could try some fish cakes using wheat is moderation. Thanks. Also made some Gelatin foods, they work well, I just need to spice up the recipe.