Feeding Left overs?

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Bizzaro

Bizzaro

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What Human food should i not feed my catfish? or does he really mind? I feed him some week old hot dogs and some worms i find him. An been feeding him some Table Scraps. Soft stuff. Is this ok? Got some Fish that little old doesn't smell bad. Its COD can i feed them to him? O.o heh Don't say get a worm box cuz last time all my worms Got out... Don't ask.

Oh and its a channel Cat
 
Processed meats (hotdogs, cold cuts, etc.) are loaded with nitrates. Never feed these to your fish. It's hard enough keeping ahead of nitrate problems without adding them yourself.

As much as your RTC may like these offerings, you're killing it by slow-poisoning. It'll soon develop brown-blood disease (Methemoglobin) which reduces the bloods capability to absord oxygen. Once contracted, methemoglobin (nitrite-poisoning) takes a long time and alot of maintenance to recover from. This disease is the single most common cause of death for captive RTCs.
 
What about fish balls? i have lots of scallops i need to use up..
 
By processed meats I mean those that are, primarily, mammalian and avian in nature. If the fish balls in question don't contain additives or preservatives, they should be fine.
 
So Any kind of fresh fillet should be ok? have no idea what they have dont to it. I can always fish for some fish and grind up his meat into balls and feed them? Sound good? Oh an They are scallops i was talking about. Thought Scallops where fish... not a ... well i have no idea what they are still lol.
 
As fun as it is to feed your fish left overs, I wouldn't do it. I don't think it's healthy for it even if it does enjoy it. Some of enjoy fast food, doesn't mean it's okay for us everyday.;)
 
The only human food fish should get is shrimp, beefheart, prawns, crayfish, and shellfish. I wouldn't give them anything else, except for maybe squid.
 
i would stay away from feeding to many humans foods as things we cook with may not make it so good for them.... oh u did say human foods i sure hope U aint eating the WORMS lol j/k
 
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