Anyone feeding pollock fillets?
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Never noticed something called pollock at my walmart, but I will check around. Thats a great price, tilapia here is 4lbs for $14
ive fed all types of different fish,pollock is cheap, swai fillets are cheap, and also whiting fillets are cheap.
Ive been going to a resturant wholesale store here. I will check to see wht else they have next time i go.
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The time of year will have a lot to do with which fish will be the cheapest.
Pollock is most likely a by product of crab fishing which would explain why it would be cheap this time of the year
I think you are safe on pollock but keep in mind a lot of saltwater fish are now being farm raised in pens which wouldn't make their diet too different than tilapia. I don't really see why farm raised fish would be bad for rays, if your really concerned about vitamin content you can always throw some vitachem in their diet
Pollock is most likely a by product of crab fishing which would explain why it would be cheap this time of the year
I think you are safe on pollock but keep in mind a lot of saltwater fish are now being farm raised in pens which wouldn't make their diet too different than tilapia. I don't really see why farm raised fish would be bad for rays, if your really concerned about vitamin content you can always throw some vitachem in their diet
Problem with farm raised fish and shrimp especially from any parts of Asia is that they use high doses of antibiotics and other meds to keep loses down from the overstocked ponds. They aren't regulated. So 90% of the market shrimp and Tilapia that is prepackaged and sold here in the states is from Asia. You can get fresh water prawns here in the states from pond farms in the south/southeastern states but it is quite pricey.
i've never fed pollock. i've fed tilapia, sole and a few other types. my rays seem to like tilapia most, and it seems the smellier the fish is to me, the more they don't choose to eat it.
as tilapia has the least stink of all the filets i've tried, sole was a bit worse and they kind of nibble at it, and then it got worse and worse, to the point of where they would stay the opposite side of the tank from the food that i placed in it.
as tilapia has the least stink of all the filets i've tried, sole was a bit worse and they kind of nibble at it, and then it got worse and worse, to the point of where they would stay the opposite side of the tank from the food that i placed in it.
I've tried Pollock, cod, flounder, salmon,whiting and catfish. Seemed Talapia was better at holding together and not making as big of a mess as some of the mentioned. Pollock went over a lot better then the whiting, salmon, and catfish, but seemed like they liked talapia best out of the fish I've tried.
They'll eat any of it ground up in gel food though.... But I can't feed just gel, they get sick of it, have to keep it switched up.
They'll eat any of it ground up in gel food though.... But I can't feed just gel, they get sick of it, have to keep it switched up.
In terms of human consumption, pollock is often used in the production of fake crab meat but is being used increasingly as an alternative to cod.
