hey i was at the store today and i got my dog treats and i thought of my puppy dog fish at home. large red oscar, 3 med jack dempseys and 2 large male convicts. also my snapping turtle and such. but just checking before i go on a feeding escapade is it alright for them to eat. its frozen raw shrimp with shell. of course it will be thawed but other than that any input is helpful.
feed my SA cichlids raw shrimp with shell?
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just got my first bag of shrimp too, so im waiting to hear how to prepare. i imagine just thaw it out and take off the shell.
A good bit of vitamins are in the shell. But there is the same vitamins elsewhere in the shrimp as well.
It will depend on your fish. Some fish will swallow them and thats fine for them to get the extra nutrients. Some fish will spit them out, and in this case you really should start to deshell them. You dont want rotting shrimp exoskeleton all over your tank. The bigger the fish, the more likely he will eat the shells. Smaller fish can get rather picky. Mysis shrimp have really soft shells as well as river shrimp. These would be easier for them to eat if you want to work up to eating real shrimp shells. Personally I dont think the shell is all that important but it does help slightly.
It will depend on your fish. Some fish will swallow them and thats fine for them to get the extra nutrients. Some fish will spit them out, and in this case you really should start to deshell them. You dont want rotting shrimp exoskeleton all over your tank. The bigger the fish, the more likely he will eat the shells. Smaller fish can get rather picky. Mysis shrimp have really soft shells as well as river shrimp. These would be easier for them to eat if you want to work up to eating real shrimp shells. Personally I dont think the shell is all that important but it does help slightly.
they are headless. i removed the tail and cut them up into smaller pieces. even my balas ate it. looks like we have a new favorite.
yea man! there is not a fish in my tank thats not swimmin aroudn with shrimp out of its mouth. the kind i bought were already pre-cooked and shell-less. they love it.
I always remove the shells from my shrimp before I feed them to my fish. I try to minimze choking. My cichlids would spit out the shells if any were left on anyway. The pieces end up everywhere. So removing the shells first saves me work too.