silver side fish food
- Thread starter tigrey
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i used to feed them, i just cut them into appropriate sizes for the fish i was feeding, you can wash em to get any exess salt off. i prefer feeding market shrimp though, i find silversides, and smelt too, too oily, it can cloud the water and make your hands stink nasty
i prefer to feed my fish whole mackeral i buy at the grocery store. I got mine 3 bucks for a bag of about 6-8, 14-16" long fish and i just cut em up while still frozen and thaw the individual piece i am feeding. i do have to throw away the heads though
the leftover bones look interesting if you collect them and and palce them in a pile in the tank lol
all the same nutritional value as silversides but much larger and im pretty sure cheaper too
but yes you can definatly feed saltwater fish to freshwater fish but its even better to feed say both types of fish plus crusteaceans(shrimp prawns etc) and molluscs (squid, octopus) and pellets for a complete diet
the leftover bones look interesting if you collect them and and palce them in a pile in the tank lol
all the same nutritional value as silversides but much larger and im pretty sure cheaper too
but yes you can definatly feed saltwater fish to freshwater fish but its even better to feed say both types of fish plus crusteaceans(shrimp prawns etc) and molluscs (squid, octopus) and pellets for a complete diet
Silvers are OK, but I've started feeding frozen Tilapia. It's a high quality protein source and are relatively cheap. I bought a box of about 20 filets for $15. I eat them and so do my fish. They thaw within 15 minutes of being placed in warm water. Cut them up and you got a lot of meat to feed your predatory fish.