Getting food from the grocery store

justsomeguy · 04/29/2008, 09:32 PM

I have a question...I was walking through the grocery store the other day and was looking at all the different choices at the seafood counter and just wondering if it was safe to feed my fish/corals etc...? Obviously, nothing in my tank would like pre-cooked shrimp, but what about raw shrimp, prawns, scallops or fish? I used a raw shrimp to cycle my tank.

demonsp · 04/29/2008, 09:38 PM

I think in the DIY link on RC home page has intructions on this very thing.

Flowmaster · 04/29/2008, 09:40 PM

No, there is nothing wrong with it besides it can get the tank dirty fast. The fish and inverts will love it. You will need to make it into smaller pieces. I use a small food processor to make my food. I use fresh seafood, flakes, and algaes and mix them all together in the processor. You may also want to add some garlic to the mix.

bertoni · 04/29/2008, 09:48 PM

I'd be careful not to use only cleaned fish and animals. Prey items in the wild will contain all parts of the animal. This thread might help:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...hreadid=176530

JBuffetReefer · 04/29/2008, 11:10 PM

Stick with raw seafood. I will throw shrimp, squid, scallops, seaweed into the food processor and then stick it in a ziplock bag and flatten it out. Your fish will love it!

justsomeguy · 04/29/2008, 11:32 PM

Thanks everybody!

Ti · 04/29/2008, 11:46 PM

yup, u can feed that stuff

wiscsaltwater · 04/30/2008, 05:10 AM

Mine particularly like corn dogs from the freezer section.

jerome736 · 04/30/2008, 08:20 AM

Hebrew National Kosher Hotdogs ftw

JBuffetReefer · 04/30/2008, 08:24 AM

What do you have, a dorkfish?

Young Frankenstein · 04/30/2008, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JBuffetReefer
What do you have, a dorkfish?

04/29/2008, 09:32 PM	#1
justsomeguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central Vermont Posts: 144	Getting food from the grocery store I have a question...I was walking through the grocery store the other day and was looking at all the different choices at the seafood counter and just wondering if it was safe to feed my fish/corals etc...? Obviously, nothing in my tank would like pre-cooked shrimp, but what about raw shrimp, prawns, scallops or fish? I used a raw shrimp to cycle my tank.

04/29/2008, 09:48 PM	#4
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	I'd be careful not to use only cleaned fish and animals. Prey items in the wild will contain all parts of the animal. This thread might help: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...hreadid=176530 __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

04/29/2008, 11:10 PM	#5
JBuffetReefer Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Sacramento CA Posts: 510	Stick with raw seafood. I will throw shrimp, squid, scallops, seaweed into the food processor and then stick it in a ziplock bag and flatten it out. Your fish will love it! __________________ Pour me something tall and strong, make it a hurricane before I go insane. It's only half past twelve but I don't care. It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere Current Tank Info: 120 Gallon Tank soon to be reef tank & 34 Gallon Reef Tank

04/29/2008, 11:46 PM	#7
Ti Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 7,927	yup, u can feed that stuff __________________ Hair algae is my Macro algae.

04/30/2008, 05:10 AM	#8
wiscsaltwater Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 429	Mine particularly like corn dogs from the freezer section. __________________ I have a 10g tank, how many tangs can i keep in it? Current Tank Info: 550g salt, 55g salt, 29g salt

04/29/2008, 09:38 PM	#2
demonsp Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: el paso tx Posts: 7,634	I think in the DIY link on RC home page has intructions on this very thing.

04/29/2008, 09:40 PM	#3
Flowmaster Moved On Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 66	No, there is nothing wrong with it besides it can get the tank dirty fast. The fish and inverts will love it. You will need to make it into smaller pieces. I use a small food processor to make my food. I use fresh seafood, flakes, and algaes and mix them all together in the processor. You may also want to add some garlic to the mix.

04/29/2008, 11:32 PM	#6
justsomeguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central Vermont Posts: 144	Thanks everybody!

04/30/2008, 08:20 AM	#9
jerome736 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 134	Hebrew National Kosher Hotdogs ftw

04/30/2008, 08:24 AM	#10
JBuffetReefer Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Sacramento CA Posts: 510	What do you have, a dorkfish? __________________ Pour me something tall and strong, make it a hurricane before I go insane. It's only half past twelve but I don't care. It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere Current Tank Info: 120 Gallon Tank soon to be reef tank & 34 Gallon Reef Tank