Shrimp Question

[moosemj]

Has anyone fed their ray with shrimp like this?



It says raw and everything, but I'm used to seeing it more gray and white. This has a brown or reddish color to it. It says it has sodium bisulfite as a preservative.

To feed or not to feed. Any thoughts?


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[jim barry]

Looks like it just has the shell on it still. But i have bought them like this and they looked grey like you say. These ones look like they are half cooked, so i am not sure?

 

[davenmandy]

I think it would be fine tbh, I feed cooked peeled and tail off, nice and easy.

 

[moosemj]

I thought it is probably ok, just want to make sure. I am keeping shell on and all. Maybe they get some additional nutrients from them or something.


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[hereticlosmorte]

sodium bisulfate is simply the salt the use to preserve the shrimp. there will be some remaining, but rinsing it will rid it of some.
i would almost go with the fresh or frozen stuff over salted, but with a rinsing, it should be fine.

 

[DIDYSIS]

Usually all seafood turns orange or pink whatever you want to call it when you boil it. It's fine to feed in my opinion.

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[spotfin]

The color is from the shell. I feed my rays similar shrimp, but peel it as they don't like the shell. I soak and rinse all of my ray food in freshwater for several minutes before feeding to help remove the salts.
Also of importance is your shrimp is wild caught, not a farmed product. There is debate over farmed shrimp and the food they are fed.

 

[moosemj]

Didn't know about the debate on farm raised shrimp. I've shelled some and left some as is. They don't seem to mind either way.


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[hereticlosmorte]

the shell on is fine. with their crushing plates, there's no difficulty getting through.

 

[ShadowStryder]

My local mart just started carrying fresh caught from the gulf. It has a pinkish tint and is raw. On a side note has anyone noticed the price increase on shrimp and seafood in general.
I caught my mart had increased pricing on shrimp between 1.50 -2 bucks a bag (16oz). Then I notice they werent even 16oz bags anymore but 12oz bags. So they increased price that much but decreased the amount by 25%. Friggin snakes. Guess they figure people wouldnt even notice since the bags look identical.