food from fish store can be feed to fish ( the fish store in super markets)??

brad7373 · 09/08/2008, 04:13 PM

what food from the place can i feed them ? raw shrimp squid? loxs? anything?

seapug · 09/08/2008, 04:20 PM

just about anything that is chopped into small enough pieces and is raw, uncooked, unseasoned, etc. but it can be an expensive route to take when feeding your fish.

Agu · 09/08/2008, 05:17 PM

My local grocery has mixed raw seafood in the freezer section. I use that and sushi wrap to make fish food, it costs about $7 to make about a pound of quality fish food. I freeze it flat in sandwich sized ziplock baggies with no air inside and it keeps for several months.

Any seafood you use should be raw and have no additives. The most common additive is phosphate used as a preservative

IFbettas · 09/08/2008, 06:17 PM

I use those frozen seafood "medleys" that I buy at the grocery store. I blend it up, add some selcon, and freeze.

The seafood medley contains shrimp, squid, octupus, cuttlefish, clams, and mussels. It makes for a very nutritious blend of fish food. I have had problems getting the pieces small enough sometimes.

Sk8r · 09/08/2008, 06:50 PM

be very careful that no preservatives or flavorings are added to frozen seafood, and that any clam you want to feed to your tank is alive when you do that---bad clam is bad clam.

09/08/2008, 04:13 PM	#1
brad7373 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: new york, new york Posts: 374	food from fish store can be feed to fish ( the fish store in super markets)?? what food from the place can i feed them ? raw shrimp squid? loxs? anything?

09/08/2008, 04:20 PM	#2
seapug Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 4980 ft. Posts: 7,954 Blog Entries: 1	just about anything that is chopped into small enough pieces and is raw, uncooked, unseasoned, etc. but it can be an expensive route to take when feeding your fish. __________________ insert clever saying here. Current Tank Info: 200 gallon custom Marineland DD peninsular tank. LPS dominated mixed reef. Previous 90 gallon mixed reef TOTM April 2009.

09/08/2008, 05:17 PM	#3
Agu Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 30,279	My local grocery has mixed raw seafood in the freezer section. I use that and sushi wrap to make fish food, it costs about $7 to make about a pound of quality fish food. I freeze it flat in sandwich sized ziplock baggies with no air inside and it keeps for several months. Any seafood you use should be raw and have no additives. The most common additive is phosphate used as a preservative __________________ Less technology , more biology . Current Tank Info: 30 gallon half cube and 5.5, both reef tanks

09/08/2008, 06:17 PM	#4
IFbettas Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Woodridge, IL Posts: 1,953	I use those frozen seafood "medleys" that I buy at the grocery store. I blend it up, add some selcon, and freeze. The seafood medley contains shrimp, squid, octupus, cuttlefish, clams, and mussels. It makes for a very nutritious blend of fish food. I have had problems getting the pieces small enough sometimes. __________________ Current Tank Info: 180G SPS Dominant, 75 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 3x250w Reeflux 12k in Lumenbrights, Octo Extreme 250 Skimmer, Lots of flow

09/08/2008, 06:50 PM	#5
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	be very careful that no preservatives or flavorings are added to frozen seafood, and that any clam you want to feed to your tank is alive when you do that---bad clam is bad clam. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.