Frozen shrimp
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No it's not bad. I know several people that feed shrimp, including myself. I feed my fish pellets as a staple and will supplement their diet with tilapia fillet and market shrimp. Some people leave the shell on, others peel the shrimp before feeding. I leave the shell on, but remove the head/gills and also the sharp telson. I have heard the telson can puncture the stomach and kill the fish.
I also feed shrimp but as a staple, about 15 bucks worth lasts me a month. My jardini is just way to messy with the pellets. I put 15 in she only really eats 5 or so, the rest is just ripped up floating in the tank causing nitrates to peak around 60-80 without any treatment with 50% weekly water changes. With the shrimp, she eats the whole thing and the no wasted food in the tank causing water quality problems. My nitrates peak around 20 now.
I do feed pellets 2-3 times a week to make sure shes getting everything she needs vitamin wise and peel the shrimp but leave the poop in, too much effort to gut 200 of them a month.
I do feed pellets 2-3 times a week to make sure shes getting everything she needs vitamin wise and peel the shrimp but leave the poop in, too much effort to gut 200 of them a month.
I also feed shrimp as a treat to my largest Flowerhorns and my Midas. Shelled chunks the size that can be easily swallowed.
I have always fed frozen shrimp/prawns to my fish , I you can find a Chinese wholesalers you can pick up allsorts of frozen foods for your fish for little cost , shrimp shell on or off , muscles , whitebait and squid I've fed all these to my fish for years as well as pellets
+ forgot to say the shrimp I've found best for growth and colour of my fish are the raw blue in colour king prawns
Certain foods will lose a large portion (50-66%) of their vitamin B1 content if frozen for extensive periods (6-12 months.) Using frozen foods as a treat, while using nutritionally balanced pellets as a staple, should work fine.
As long as you are getting the correct vitamins into the fish, there shouldn't be issues, but you just can't count on getting 100% with a frozen source. The more frozen food is in the diet, the longer the food was frozen, the more you may want to look at supplementing the diet.
As long as you are getting the correct vitamins into the fish, there shouldn't be issues, but you just can't count on getting 100% with a frozen source. The more frozen food is in the diet, the longer the food was frozen, the more you may want to look at supplementing the diet.
You'll be fine feeding your fish. What I do is mix my own batch of fresh seafood, pellets and beef heart and then freeze them in portions.