Can I feed SWAI fish nuggets to my red tail catfish

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I found some at Ralph's for 1.92 cents there is a lot in one package and I bought it not knowing if its safe but I haven't fed it yet just waiting to find out if I could feed it to my RTC or not


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Usually fish nuggets are fish fillets that are cut into pieces then breaded and fried. Skillet fried fish nuggets.

If so, the answer is no. Nothing that has been cooked (other than boiled in water and nothing else) or prepped or seasoned or oiled or salted or peppered or fried, etc. etc. can be fed to a fish IMHO. Their food is best to be as natural (as close to their natural foods) as possible, or course, barring potential transfer of harmful parasites and bacteria. Properly manufactured dry foods for fish (the right kind of fish) are fine too.

What's the list of ingredients and the cooking procedure?

Wikipedia: Iridescent shark (aka Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) is sold as swai (pronounced /swaɪ/) in the United States. It has a milder flavor and more delicate texture than the U.S.'s native channel catfish. Swai have moist, sweet, mild flavored flesh with a beige color which turns white after cooking. In the U.S. it is often sold as frozen skin-off fillets weighing from 2 oz to 11 oz each. Typical grading sizes are: 3-5 oz, 5-7 oz, and 7-9 oz.
 
It is not battered and does not have pepper or anything it just looks like tilapia fillet chunks only with more whiteish coloring in it it dosent have batter or any extra ingredients


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thebiggerthebetter said:
Usually fish nuggets are fish fillets that are cut into pieces then breaded and fried. Skillet fried fish nuggets.

If so, the answer is no. Nothing that has been cooked (other than boiled in water and nothing else) or prepped or seasoned or oiled or salted or peppered or fried, etc. etc. can be fed to a fish IMHO. Their food is best to be as natural (as close to their natural foods) as possible, or course, barring potential transfer of harmful parasites and bacteria. Properly manufactured dry foods for fish (the right kind of fish) are fine too.

What's the list of ingredients and the cooking procedure?

Wikipedia: Iridescent shark (aka Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) is sold as swai (pronounced /swaɪ/) in the United States. It has a milder flavor and more delicate texture than the U.S.'s native channel catfish. Swai have moist, sweet, mild flavored flesh with a beige color which turns white after cooking. In the U.S. it is often sold as frozen skin-off fillets weighing from 2 oz to 11 oz each. Typical grading sizes are: 3-5 oz, 5-7 oz, and 7-9 oz.
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Well in that case.....my answer is yes you can feed your catfish swai fish nuggets, assuming that they are raw uncooked fillets that are cutting up in smaller pieces. But first, the fillets need to be frozen to kill harmful parasites and bacteria before feeding it to your catfish.
 
if the only ingredient is fish, yes.
 
If all they are cut-up fillets, then I don't see any problem. What inspired the question though then? What was/is the concern?

MN_Rebel said:
...But first, the fillets need to be frozen to kill harmful parasites and bacteria before feeding it to your catfish.
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Good point about the possible parasites. AFAIK proper freezing kills any and all parasites but does not kill any bacteria or viruses; it rather preserves them. Boiling/baking kills them... if one was that worried about them. I don't think I'd worry about this in this case.
 
I thought like it may contain extra fat or something because it looked more white than tilapia and this is my first Red tailed catfish and I didn't want to chance it on a stupid mistake I've never had any fish that ate fillets before they are all pellet trained even my arowana so this is kind of a first time thing to me I just wasent familiar with the name Swai I didn't know what it was and I didn't want to chance it :)


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I bought them once but threw it out. It had an ammonia smell to it.
 
that_fish_Guy said:
I thought like it may contain extra fat or something because it looked more white than tilapia and this is my first Red tailed catfish and I didn't want to chance it on a stupid mistake I've never had any fish that ate fillets before they are all pellet trained even my arowana so this is kind of a first time thing to me I just wasent familiar with the name Swai I didn't know what it was and I didn't want to chance it :)
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I see. You are right - Wiki says it looks whiter. Well, as stated, it is an IDS (iridescent shark catfish), which is a tropical fish, should be rather lean but it depends how it is raised at a farm too and the quality of their diet. I'd not worry much about it atm. Close observation for a rather long term (a few months?) will tell you if the fish is fine with it, if you aim to make it a staple. As an occasional treat, people even give salmon, herring, mackerel, etc. to their RTCs but NOT as a staple, I'd not recommend that.
 
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