Thanks guys for the great inputs. I've been feeding prefrozen the whole time. No more worries haha.
Thoughts on using raw fish meat as fish food?
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Huh?? I was already feeding prefrozen fish meat, yeah, but the thing is I still wasn't so sure about parasites though.. you know I mean? So I wondered and asked here for opinions. I just wanted to be certain I was on the right track avoiding parasites. Thanks to the responses on here, apparently I came to the conclusion that it looks like my previously frozen fish meat I was feeding my fish from the grocery is likely safe now cause the parasites are dead from the freezing process.. so I'm good. Thing is, at the time of feeding, sadly parasites wasn't even in my mind then it suddenly came to me... "holy crap, what about parasites?!?!" So now it's pretty relieving to know I'm probably not potentially introducing deadly infectious kinds of parasites to my fish or w/e. I should've asked first but accidentally fed already. Just wanted to know if I was already screwed or not, pretty much..
It's your thread, you can ask what you like. Many times, I do things routinely but sometimes like asking opinions and getting confirmations from others that my practices are good choices.
being "screwed w/ parasites" Is typically handled fairly easily w/ a few weeks of medication as long as you catch it in time.
Easier said than dealt with dude, but okay, yeah sure thanks.. I'll keep that in mind.. But you do know some parasites actually only become paralyzed with meds, can inhabit the gravel, and don't exactly die? Say you get that kind of parasite unfortunately.. And you have gravel/substrate in the tank and they live in there? Paralyzed or not they still gonna linger and infect when the opportunity arises. Gonna have to siphon out absolutely everything plus medicate several more times to ensure eradication. Huge hassle and not easy especially if you have a very big tank, also you gotta use more meds. Learned my lesson before with nasty case of camallanus worms..
Damn!! Must've sucked! Sorry to hear that bro! I can relate. Yeah man, it's a royal pita for sure to get rid of once you get it. Best to always quarantine.
