Bought some shrimp today and was looking at the ingredients...shrimp, salt, sodium tripolyphosphate
Anyone know if this stuff is harmful to rays?
Anyone know if this stuff is harmful to rays?
Sodium tripolyphosphate?!
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http://www.sciencelab.com/msds.php?msdsId=9927608
I study chemistry, and to me, in its MSDS section 11 where the toxicity information is, it might be toxic if the product contained a large amount of Sodium tripolyphosphate.
Plus the health labeling is 2, normally it would just be zero, so if I were you, I probably won't feed the shrimps to my rays..........
I study chemistry, and to me, in its MSDS section 11 where the toxicity information is, it might be toxic if the product contained a large amount of Sodium tripolyphosphate.
Plus the health labeling is 2, normally it would just be zero, so if I were you, I probably won't feed the shrimps to my rays..........
Ok, that's helpful...I read that cutting them up and soaking them in water will reduce it quite a bit...is it water soluble?
yeah it is water soluble, it's usually being used in seafood in order to gain weight, so the vendor could sell their product at higher price......
Yeah, from what I read they use it to make low quality seafood look better, and if it's heavily sprayed it will soak up more water than natural. Also read that most seafood is sprayed with it. Not required to label it in the US
Nope...always thought frozen was healthier!! Till I found out it's poisonous!!
Do you have an asian market near you? I am an avid fisherman and catch over half of the food I feed my stock. If you choose to do so, you need to freeze at -5f for 48 hours+ to make sashimi grade and kill any parasites and bacteria.
Just some ideas. I can see you're really getting into this with your great pair. It might not be impacting you financially yet but man they can really eat you out of house and home in time! Especially if you feed pellets the costs really add up. Plus I'm a cheap bastard.