Anyone feed it to their big polys?
Seen some videos from over seas and they are feeding their fish raw chicken.
Pros and cons ?
Seen some videos from over seas and they are feeding their fish raw chicken.
Pros and cons ?
RAW CHICKEN!!!!
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Apparently there are mfk threads of raw boneless pork, beef, chicken being fed as occasional treats. A lot has been said that it's more difficult to digest, therefore, feed sparingly and give time to fully digest before another feed.
Personally, I wouldn't just because it's not part of their natural diet. Plus, it fouls the water, and the digestion process is tougher.
Personally, I wouldn't just because it's not part of their natural diet. Plus, it fouls the water, and the digestion process is tougher.
This statement has been mentioned as well through other forums. Most feedbacks are similar to this -
Mammalia and poultry meat contains a lot of unsaturated fat which fish cannot digest due to their low body temperature. The fat gets stored in the liver and can eventually kill the fish.
This question is asked quite a bit on mfk for all the fish specie. Some say they have no issues with this, but most do not favor.
Mammalia and poultry meat contains a lot of unsaturated fat which fish cannot digest due to their low body temperature. The fat gets stored in the liver and can eventually kill the fish.
This question is asked quite a bit on mfk for all the fish specie. Some say they have no issues with this, but most do not favor.
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have been giving occasional pork heart and chicken heart to my bichirs and stingrays. they seem to like it and hunt the smell of blood. I do know the fat feedback as above and takes off most of the fat (white part) from the hearts before feeding them.
Been doing it for years now and they are all alive and still kicking.
Been doing it for years now and they are all alive and still kicking.
I fed some left over chicken to my electric eel, bad mistake, over night he spit it back up and fouled the water after sitting a good 8-10 hours before I got up with a tank temp of 80 degrees, will never do that again.
Having issues into find adeguate dried food, i use only raw for years. I fed my ornates with barely anything and they had no issues about it. I gave them avian meat of any kind, like chest, cooked one, even chicken hot dogs in pieces. They love it, altroght is a very pollutive food.
I don't know if it's just luck, but i have to say that digestive sistem and liver ore polys are incredibly strong and resilient.
I avoid, the most times, red meat, but i used , and still use, chicked often. I have to say that i fed fishes like 1 -2 times 4 week, so they have time to digest it.
Even saying that, i think that it shouldn't be a "everyday food". I think it's better not use it at all, but sometimes it's just an easyer and fattyer replacement for other raw food.
I don't know if it's just luck, but i have to say that digestive sistem and liver ore polys are incredibly strong and resilient.
I avoid, the most times, red meat, but i used , and still use, chicked often. I have to say that i fed fishes like 1 -2 times 4 week, so they have time to digest it.
Even saying that, i think that it shouldn't be a "everyday food". I think it's better not use it at all, but sometimes it's just an easyer and fattyer replacement for other raw food.