Asian market food

[Hybridfish7]

There isn't any risk in buying some cheap shrimp or frozen tilapia from an Asian market to feed my predatory species right?

 

[tlindsey]

There isn't any risk in buying some cheap shrimp or frozen tilapia from an Asian market to feed my predatory species right?

If fish and shrimp were frozen should be fine.

 

[Hybridfish7]

Ah gotcha, I was thinking about the $1 per 5 lb tiny shrimp but frozen would probably last longer lol

 

[Cardeater]

There isn't any risk in buying some cheap shrimp or frozen tilapia from an Asian market to feed my predatory species right?

From an old thread:

Hikari vs. NLS

- To add to the topic: Neil, Hikari produces not only a large line of dried food (like NLS has matched with), but they also produce a variety of frozen foods. Are there any plans for NLS to expand to frozen? Thanks, Chris

www.monsterfishkeepers.com

Outside of a few products such as PE mysis, IMO you can get a FAR better bang for your buck buying at a local market, and in many cases, a much fresher product as well. Buy fresh, freeze for 48 hrs at 0F (-18C) to destroy any potential parasites, and use up within 30 days or so. Freezing will not destroy all micro-organisms, so there is still some risk involved in feeding frozen products, but freezing certainly minimizes those risks.

Freezing tends to also increase the concentration of thiaminase in tissue, so the shorter the duration in the freezer, the better. Little is known as to how thiaminase affects various species, and according to various studies the amounts found (even within the same species of fish) tend to vary as well. Most public aquariums tend to supplement to avoid deficiencies.

A good read on the subject.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_6/volume_6_1/thiaminase.htm

and another

http://www.nagonline.net/Technical Papers/NAGFS00597Fish-JONIFEB24,2002MODIFIED.pdf


HTH

 

[Hybridfish7]

From an old thread:

Hikari vs. NLS

- To add to the topic: Neil, Hikari produces not only a large line of dried food (like NLS has matched with), but they also produce a variety of frozen foods. Are there any plans for NLS to expand to frozen? Thanks, Chris

www.monsterfishkeepers.com

Completely forgot about this and left the bag of shrimp in the freezer for uh... 3 months? RD. Still good to use? Probably definitely safe parasite wise by now?