Hi all. im just wondering how safe it is to feed beefheart for quick growth. ive fed it to all my fish just once for a varied diet but am feeding it to my oscar more often for quick growth. the oscars still only 4'' including the tail. i heard its not ok to feed fish anything from mammals?? also i know its messy but man those fish love the stuff, they clean up pretty well
feeding beefheart
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It's not a really healthy food, because its not natural for them to eat mammal meat. However, I have heard good things about growth rate from it, although I have never really tried it. I would just feed it in a varied diet maybe once or twice a week.
Should really only begiven (if at all) as a treat. Can cause fatty liver disease, its very hard for the fish's liver to process it.
I have known many people feed it and have great results but i have also heard its bad for them so i leave alone
Very risky. Always feed a high-fiber food behind it within a few hours to help push it through if you feel compelled to do it. Crickets and earthworms are better, IMO, for powerfeeding. Also, if you really want rapid growth, feed him steamed asparagus heads. Your eyes will pop out of your head at how fast he'll grow on asparagus. I got my first Oscar to twelve inches in about nine months that way.
i have heard that part of the quick growth comes from the hormones they treat beef and other livestock with. i would feed it to my bichir as a treat or to supplement other foods
never fed beefheart but I get great growth from wax worms, nightcrawlers, bloodworms, mysis and lots of pellets.
I would rather use something like worms as others have said on here. I try to limit such a direct mammal-based food for fish