Are saltwater fish safe to feed to large fresh water fish?

[ctenosaura]

Are saltwater fish safe to feed to large fresh water fish or should only freshwater fish be fed to saltwater fish? I wanted to use Hakari frozen silversides. This is actually for an alligator snapping turtle but since fish would seem to be more sensitive, I would believe that if it was bad for fish it probably wouldn't be the best for the AST.

Thanks

 

[tlindsey]

Some have fed cut pieces of frozen fillet of Saltwater species without issues but I wouldn't feed fresh.

 

[jaws7777]

thebiggerthebetter

 

[RD.]

It will be fine. In fact many people choose SW fish to feed to FW, as they typically have different parasites/nematodes etc, that will not affect FW fish in the same manner as they would SW.

 

[ctenosaura]

Thanks. I appreciate the input

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

I'll throw my pebble after RD.'s rock.

I feed hundreds of my FW fish species with salt water fish that I catch and freeze myself. Done it for 6 years. Many of my fish are strict piscivores, not even taking pellets. I don't think I saw any deleterious effects.