Parasite-free live foods
- Thread starter knifegill
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Am I doomed to go the frozen route? Some parasites even survive freezing, so I don't much like that either...
if is something you are producing, like brine shrimp, or guppies/feeder fish you won't encounter this problem
mojo2776;2510674; said:
thank you fo clarifying!
but if we are going to wise guys;
I know of many parasite free feeders. They are the ones that I have quarantined and treated for parasites and infection for a duration lasting until i am satisfied that they are parasite and disease free.
There is no better way that I know of.
Sorry. Didn't mean to sound sarcastic. I really didn't know what you meant.
I guess deworming live foods could work, but it would get expensive. And would anti-parasitic drugs kill a lot of the very foods I'd be using?
Oh, BTW, I'm not thinking of fish for food here. More on the worm and bug side of things.
I guess deworming live foods could work, but it would get expensive. And would anti-parasitic drugs kill a lot of the very foods I'd be using?
Oh, BTW, I'm not thinking of fish for food here. More on the worm and bug side of things.
knifegill;2511140; said:
no worries, I have no hard feelings.
I dont find it to be too costly. i usually medicate a few hundred at a time and the meds are based on he volume of water so the moreyou treat at a time the more cost effective it is. that is my method for feeder fish.
for night crawlers and other non fish feeders i just quarantine. and not usually for very long. someone please correct me if I am wrong but the parasites that would take an insect as a host will not be transferred by being fed to your fish.