Is this safe to feed my fish?

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Kelly_Aquatics

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Hello I have two packages of frozen fish herring and anchovies that I bought for a fishing trip we did not use all of it and did not even open the herring bag
so my question is could I cut it up and feed to my oscars bichirs and JD? would the ocasional bone or gut be a problem?
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If it's just packed in ice water (no salt or any other ingredients), then it's generally safe. They do eat other fish in the wild. There's no guarantee that it will be bacteria free though. If you read through Viktor's ( thebiggerthebetter thebiggerthebetter ) forum threads, he feeds frozen fish to his huge collection, but there are some instances in where after some years, he has experienced quite a few die offs that just happen relatively close to each other. There's discussion about whether or not there was bad bacteria in the food or not.

I do know of a pike breeder that puts whole fish in the meat grinder and mix it with gelatin to be fed to his SA pikes.
 
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Your oscars and bichirs should be fine as far as bones go, not sure about the dempsey
 
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