Fry food advice needed.

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Andy02793

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Ok so today my fry started free swimming and i was wondering if i got some cichlid flakes and blended them in a magic bullet and used that as fry food? (which i already did as well with some pellets and it is now in a powder form)
 
Hello; Try squeezing the insides from a canned pea. I have fed this to fry many times as well as larger fish. I take a few peas from a can before cooking them for my supper.
 
What exactly do you do with the pea once you squeezed it? Just feed or straight or mush it up really well before feeding to fry?


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Fat Homer said:
What exactly do you do with the pea once you squeezed it? Just feed or straight or mush it up really well before feeding to fry?
Hello; The inside of the pea will break up in the water on it's own for the most part when squeezed out of the skin. You can mush it more if needed, it is very soft. The skin can be thrown in. I have seen fry grazing on the pea skins that have been in a tank for a couple of days, I think that infusoria may grow on the skins or that the skins soften up and are then eaten.
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Hello; Let me add more. I usually just squeeze the stuff out of the pea directly into the water. If I do not want to put the skins in I wipe them on a paper towel. I also do not worry if the fry do not eat it all right away, they do eventually.
 
Fresh/canned peas are a very poor form of nutrition for any fish, fry or otherwise.

Peas must be processed first, as they contain anti-nutritional matter, such as tannins, protease inhibitors, saponins, cyanogens, and phytic acid, which when consumed in excess can have a very negative effect on the growth & overall health of fish.

Also, the anti-nutritional factors found in peas can vary greatly from crop to crop & season to season. Something as simple as dry weather, or a cold spell, can push tannin levels up drastically.

The heat from processing will reduce most of this antinutritional matter, but even then most fish can only digest & assimilate so much terrestrial based plant matter. All of this has been well documented in commercial aquaculture for many years.


The bottom line is raw uncooked peas are not nearly as healthy for a fish as many people believe.
 
RD. said:
Fresh/canned peas are a very poor form of nutrition for any fish, fry or otherwise.

Peas must be processed first, as they contain anti-nutritional matter, such as tannins, protease inhibitors, saponins, cyanogens, and phytic acid, which when consumed in excess can have a very negative effect on the growth & overall health of fish.

Also, the anti-nutritional factors found in peas can vary greatly from crop to crop & season to season. Something as simple as dry weather, or a cold spell, can push tannin levels up drastically.

The heat from processing will reduce most of this antinutritional matter, but even then most fish can only digest & assimilate so much terrestrial based plant matter. All of this has been well documented in commercial aquaculture for many years.


The bottom line is raw uncooked peas are not nearly as healthy for a fish as many people believe.
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Hello; I was not aware of the things you mentioned. I have not used peas as a main part of feedings, mainly on occasion. I would try to give a variety of foods to fry along with the peas. I have not noted any issues with my fish from the feeding of peas over the years. Always new information to consider.
 
I usually use crushed flakes. If they are with the parents, the parents tend to break up a few pellets for them. What are the fry? What fish?
 
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