Temperature for bichirs?

[Laticauda]

a LOT.

bass around 20" can run anywhere from like 200-600 bucks depending on how and where you get it mounted, so i'd imagine tropical fish that taxidermists don't see often could run even more because it's that much more effort.

Well, screw that then...I'm eating mine.

 

[EmrePekdeniz]

I have lost a huge freshwater mussel a few months ago. Now that's not really the kind of critter you get attached to. I considered cooking it, but then I thought that might not be a very healthy thing to do. Which brings us to another question: even if we're inclined to eat our fish, is it really safe/hygienic?

I keep my bichirs at 28-29 C.

 

[Laticauda]

I don't see why it wouldn't be safe/hygenic. No different than eating a farmed fish (probably better for you than farmed fish, but I won't go into all that...I get pretty heated about those things.)

Maybe if you feed crappy food with MSG in it (i.e. Hikari, it may be great for growth and color, but MSG in high quantities every day, day after day, can't be good for a fish, it's certainly not good for people.) Anyway, I feed my fish gelfood with good stuff in it. The predators eat food-quality fish filets, different invertebrates, etc. Which makes for a good food for a top of the food chain predator (such as ourselves.)

 

[EmrePekdeniz]

I don't see why it wouldn't be safe/hygenic. No different than eating a farmed fish (probably better for you than farmed fish, but I won't go into all that...I get pretty heated about those things.)

Maybe if you feed crappy food with MSG in it (i.e. Hikari, it may be great for growth and color, but MSG in high quantities every day, day after day, can't be good for a fish, it's certainly not good for people.) Anyway, I feed my fish gelfood with good stuff in it. The predators eat food-quality fish filets, different invertebrates, etc. Which makes for a good food for a top of the food chain predator (such as ourselves.)

I wasn't asking nutrition-wise. I'm mainly concerned with parasites, etc. I actually avoid eating freshwater fish, except the occasional salmon which is sea-caught anyway. Dunno, maybe I'm too squeamish.

I feed my fish with meat, mostly anchovy and shrimp.

 

[Laticauda]

I wasn't asking nutrition-wise. I'm mainly concerned with parasites, etc. I actually avoid eating freshwater fish, except the occasional salmon which is sea-caught anyway. Dunno, maybe I'm too squeamish.

I feed my fish with meat, mostly anchovy and shrimp.

Well, I wouldn't eat it raw, that's for sure! And some salmon is farmed, so unless you are specifically looking for sea salmon, it could be coming from a farm (my mother-in-law prefers this, says it doesn't taste as "fishy.")

From my understanding, that's why you are supposed to cook fish, for the fear of parasites. I wouldn't eat raw bichir, but I am known to frequent sushi bars

 

[Desert Bus]

From my understanding, that's why you are supposed to cook fish, for the fear of parasites. I wouldn't eat raw bichir, but I am known to frequent sushi bars

Take a live disease-free Bichir into a Sushi bar and hand it to the chef.

 

[EmrePekdeniz]

Well, I wouldn't eat it raw, that's for sure! And some salmon is farmed, so unless you are specifically looking for sea salmon, it could be coming from a farm (my mother-in-law prefers this, says it doesn't taste as "fishy.")

From my understanding, that's why you are supposed to cook fish, for the fear of parasites. I wouldn't eat raw bichir, but I am known to frequent sushi bars

Oh, an arowana sushi... that put a smile on my face. Yes, I only eat sea-caught salmons. Does cooking really kill all parasites and infections? If so, there's no problem I guess.

 

[Pomatomus]

I don't see why it wouldn't be safe/hygenic. No different than eating a farmed fish (probably better for you than farmed fish, but I won't go into all that...I get pretty heated about those things.)

Maybe if you feed crappy food with MSG in it (i.e. Hikari, it may be great for growth and color, but MSG in high quantities every day, day after day, can't be good for a fish, it's certainly not good for people.) Anyway, I feed my fish gelfood with good stuff in it. The predators eat food-quality fish filets, different invertebrates, etc. Which makes for a good food for a top of the food chain predator (such as ourselves.)

Ever tried a fish that eats gel diet or other fish food? It's similar to taking 1/2 a bite of fish, and 1/2 a bite of gel diet at once.

I used to work at a marine laboratory, and when our groupers got too big and aggressive for the 12,000 gallon, we put them in their own tank and fed them nothing but fish and shrimp for about a month. They tasted great.

One of the most valuable things I learned in fish biology is that the best tasting fish are often the ones that mostly eat invertebrates.

 

[dayak]

mine is at 80F, then again bichers is not the only fish in the tank, they seems to be healthy and pretty active

 

[Laticauda]

Ever tried a fish that eats gel diet or other fish food? It's similar to taking 1/2 a bite of fish, and 1/2 a bite of gel diet at once.

I used to work at a marine laboratory, and when our groupers got too big and aggressive for the 12,000 gallon, we put them in their own tank and fed them nothing but fish and shrimp for about a month. They tasted great.

One of the most valuable things I learned in fish biology is that the best tasting fish are often the ones that mostly eat invertebrates.

I don't buy my gel food. Mazuri is a great brand, but tooo expensive. I know Purina also fashions a gelfood, but my gelfood is made from whole ingredients.

Fish (and sometimes shrimp)+ vegetables + vitamins + probiotics. I don't really know that it would taste as bad as the "formulated" gel foods.