fresh/frozen fish for feeding info?

[Acura_RSX]

alright looking for what i should start picking up at grocery store for my stock list. they will be in this weekend so wanna have some food on hand until i get them on pellets. and even then some frozen fish etc.

ive heard alot of people mention tilapia .. but the prices ive seen people in the states get it for is bigg time difference from here. my buddy works in seafood department at local grocery store so i'm hitting him up for pricing etc but need to know what to best look for. the tilapia there is $6.99 CAD a pound which isn't cheap at all. he can order in a 10 lb case for me which is a fair bit of fish but im still looking at 69.99 then for that.

he mentioned cost wise i can get like 4 fillets of .. alaska pollock? i think its called for $3.99 which is obviously wayy cheaper. a LOT more quantity for a cheaper price but know nothing health wise about the fish so curious on some help. a little list of what fish is good for feeding so i can price each one out.

also shrimp. or other seafood .. what should i mention to him to get prices of?

thanks guys and girls in advance!

 

[screaminleeman]

Be careful of oily species of fish. Catfish nuggets are dirt cheap and the fish love them, but it leaves an oily film on the water surface.

Most "whitefish" should be fine for feeding fish. Pollock should not present a major problem. Always remove the skin before feeding, as just below the scales/ skin is where the majority of the fat and oils reside!

Mussles and clams are also inexpensive food that is a great hit with many tropical fish and may be worth looking into!

 

[Acura_RSX]

Be careful of oily species of fish. Catfish nuggets are dirt cheap and the fish love them, but it leaves an oily film on the water surface.

Most "whitefish" should be fine for feeding fish. Pollock should not present a major problem. Always remove the skin before feeding, as just below the scales/ skin is where the majority of the fat and oils reside!

Mussles and clams are also inexpensive food that is a great hit with many tropical fish and may be worth looking into!

by white fish you mean not like salmon or anything? nothing thats pink? and pollock should be fine? thats dirt cheap so that would work great

 

[smpage]

Shrimp is great. I also recommend silversides.

 

[I<3fish]

The most important thing to look for when feeding fish filets is, do they have thiaminase (thiaminase is the main reason goldfish are not suggested to be feeder fish) in it? Here is a pretty good list.
Fish Reported to contain Thiaminase:
White Bass &#8211; Morone chrysops
Bowfin &#8211; Amia calva
Bream &#8211; Abramis brama (not U.S fish)
Buffalofish &#8211; Ictiobus cyprinellus
Bullhead catfish &#8211; Ameiurus m. melas
Carp &#8211; Cyprinus carpio
Channel Catfish &#8211; Ictaluruspunctatus
Fathead minnow &#8211; Pimephales promelas (the red rosy is a color morph of this fish!)
Garfish (Garpike)
Goldfish &#8211; Carassius auratus
Moray Eel &#8211; Gymnothorax ocellatus
Gizzard Shad &#8211; Dorosoma cepedianum
Spottail Shiner &#8211; Notropis hudsonius
Buckeye shiner &#8211; Notropis atherinoides
Central Stoneroller &#8211; Campostoma anomalum pullum
Common White Sucker &#8211; Catostomus commersoni
Lake Whitefish &#8211; Coregonus clupeiformis

Fish Reported to not contain Thiaminase:
Largemouth Bass &#8211; Micropterus salmoides)
Rock Bass &#8211; Ambloplitesrupestris
Smallmouth Bass &#8211; Micropterus dolomieu
Bluegill &#8211; Lepomis macrochirus
Chub (Bloater) &#8211; Coregonus hoyi
Cod &#8211; Gadus morhua
Crappie &#8211; Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Eel &#8211; Anguilla rostrata
Northern Longnose Gar &#8211; Lepisosteus osseus oxyurus
Northern Pike &#8211; Esox lucius
Pumpkinseed &#8211; Lepomis gibbosus
Salmon &#8211; Salmo salar
Brown Trout &#8211; Salmo trutta fario
Lake Trout &#8211; Salvelinus namaycush
Rainbow Trout &#8211; Salmo gairdnerii irideus

And since you were wondering if pollock do, no, they are thiaminase free. I would also look into salmon/trout/steelhead especially since you live in cananda. They are all thiaminase free.

 

[Acura_RSX]

yah during the summer ill be laughing feeding wise .. i come back with 15-20 rainbow and brown trout everytime i head to the cabin (will probably eat more of the rainbow and leave the brown for my stock haha). i looked back at it and tilapia isn't thatt bad on price but if i can get away with still healthy but also cheaper fish i will do that.

 

[screaminleeman]

by white fish you mean not like salmon or anything? nothing thats pink? and pollock should be fine? thats dirt cheap so that would work great

Exactly. Monkfish, haddock, hake, scrod/pollock are all excellent feed.

Tuna, swordfish, salmon are not so good unless you absolutely love cleaning your fishtank!

 

[nes999]

in my personal recipe i used orange ruffie i buy them in the frozen bag and you dont use much my recipe i make make about 3 baking sheets and i just used 1.5 fillets if you want ill give u mine

 

[screaminleeman]

in my personal recipe i used orange ruffie i buy them in the frozen bag and you dont use much my recipe i make make about 3 baking sheets and i just used 1.5 fillets if you want ill give u mine

Not knocking you. I was a ruffy eater myself until I found out several appaling facts.

1. This is an endagered species (Enough in itself to end my Ruffy consumption.

2. This is one of the slowest maturing fish totally unable to replentish it's stock!

3. Can reach 150 years old. That would be like eating someones great, great grandfolk. I will never devour a creature that was alive during the frickin' civil wat!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_roughy

 

[CTU2fan]

Not sure how available it is up in Canada but whiting is pretty cheap down here. I like it myself breaded and fried. Walmart etc has it in frozen bags, 3lbs I think.