Catching Dinner

[blurock]

well... consider what most of us feed our Big Cats... Shrimp... they arn't freshwater shrimp it's the Big ol Salt water monster shrimp

Saltwater fish is fine to feed to your fish...and it's surprising how cheap you can find shrimp and other types of Fish at the local markets

ahhh... bass you always point out the gaps in my simple mind so wonderfully!
Good point! haha

i agree. i wouldnt take the risk

Now that Bass has pointed out the market fish/shrimp thing... I'm failing to see the difference in feeding perch fillets I caught, and tillapia fillets or shrimp or cod someone else would buy. They are all fish that were swimming around at some point...

 

[basslover34]

ahhh... bass you always point out the gaps in my simple mind so wonderfully!
Good point! haha

Now that Bass has pointed that out... I'm failing to see the difference in feeding perch fillets I caught, and tillapia fillets or shrimp or cod someone else would buy. They are all fish that were swimming around at some point...

Le Patron was quote someone else my dear ... but the fact remains that in order to make them safer you should freeze them to make sure that the parasites are dead

 

[necrocanis]

Freezing them is best, but I can't claim that I never have fed a live perch to my big hybrid. I think curiosity gets the best of me sometimes. I would fillet them also as if you feed them whole and they can't digest the bones you'll be cleaning up a nasty mess that can clog filters in a heartbeat.

 

[blurock]

Le Patron was quote someone else my dear ... but the fact remains that in order to make them safer you should freeze them to make sure that the parasites are dead

Oh I know he was... my response was more to them both, but I was too lazy to go back to the original post... haha
but now going back... i guess my wording was a little hard to understand. I fixed it... i think...

Freezing them is best, but I can't claim that I never have fed a live perch to my big hybrid. I think curiosity gets the best of me sometimes. I would fillet them also as if you feed them whole and they can't digest the bones you'll be cleaning up a nasty mess that can clog filters in a heartbeat.

Thanks for the tip necrocanis! Never thought about that part...

 

[basslover34]

Freezing them is best, but I can't claim that I never have fed a live perch to my big hybrid. I think curiosity gets the best of me sometimes. I would fillet them also as if you feed them whole and they can't digest the bones you'll be cleaning up a nasty mess that can clog filters in a heartbeat.

 

[Muske]

Local or Ethnic markets will have many seafood selections usually at lower prices then Jewel and Dom's. I've got a Mexican market near me that has fresh Talapia fillets at half the cost of Jewel. I often find a Fat-A steak that is only a couple of bucks there too.

 

[blurock]

Thanks for the tip. I have an asian market near by that would probably be similar.