If feeders have no nutritional value...
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Yeah my aro gets about half krill and the rest is crickets and feeder fish. But since I manage at a local petstore I only get feeders that have been medicated before they are shipped to me. The crickets really seem to work well. I like to gut load my goldfish with flake food while they are at the store. I would like to avoid the whole gold fish thing, but I have a tiger strip shovelnose that insists on live food. Raised him from an inch to two feet, and he won't eat anything else.
cenecker said:
exactly.. but if you went to the values of a double cheesburger for examplle even though the fat is really high.. It probably has 15-20 grams of protein and other nutrional things.. I think everyone is missing the point. I just know I've read tons of reputable people on here say feeders have "zero nutrional value" when obviously they have to have some.. I was not asking about ifi they are kept in copper etc.. and they are fatty.. etc.. i know all that.. I am just proving they don't have zero... thats it
Live fish are one of the best foods you can give to carnivorous fish like arowanas.
Its false to assume that goldfish have zero nutrional value. The problem with goldfish is that they are neglected fish because people know that they are destined to be fed to bigger fish. So they crowd them in tanks , just leave them there without feeding them and generally not give them the proper care afforded to other fishes.
And you know the rest , fish gets stressed, parasites and other diseases gets transmitted and contracted easily due to the bad conditions and your fish will eventually get fed a diseased fish. They are also very fatty as previously mentioned. And lastly, goldfish are said to contain thiaminase, an enzyme that destroys vitamin B
Personally, i rarely buy feeder goldfish . Maybe once every 3 mos or even less. I think of the risk and i feel that its not worth it. Other opinions differ and i respect it.
Its false to assume that goldfish have zero nutrional value. The problem with goldfish is that they are neglected fish because people know that they are destined to be fed to bigger fish. So they crowd them in tanks , just leave them there without feeding them and generally not give them the proper care afforded to other fishes.
And you know the rest , fish gets stressed, parasites and other diseases gets transmitted and contracted easily due to the bad conditions and your fish will eventually get fed a diseased fish. They are also very fatty as previously mentioned. And lastly, goldfish are said to contain thiaminase, an enzyme that destroys vitamin B
Personally, i rarely buy feeder goldfish . Maybe once every 3 mos or even less. I think of the risk and i feel that its not worth it. Other opinions differ and i respect it.
Well can't argue with that.
Saying feeders have "zero nutritional value" is exaggeration for effect
Just like we can't live off green beans alone, a fish can't really live off only eating one thing all the time. Causes many imbalances, which can lead to shorter life etc.
