Safe to feed dried shrimp from chinese grocery store?

[Poklei]

is there a difference between dried shrimp from a fish store versus dried shrimp from a grocery store?

 

[shenzhenluohan]

I wouldn't chance it, most commercially prepared foods are freeze dried to keep most of the nutrients intact. The dried shrimp from china town are usually soaked in a brine or the like then sun dried leaving them open to parasites and whatnot.

 

[pupumole]

. The dried shrimp from china town are usually soaked in a brine or the like then sun dried leaving them open to parasites and whatnot.

Good to know -_- now i gotta stop all chinese mom from puttin em in veggie / soup/ or anything -_-

 

[Oddball]

I've fed them to my fish with no ill effects. Check the bags. If it says freeze-dried, they're OK straight from the bag. If it says just 'dried', soak the shrimp 1st in fresh water to leech out most of the salt. Then, feed them to your fish.

 

[2004exrider]

I wouldn't chance it, most commercially prepared foods are freeze dried to keep most of the nutrients intact. The dried shrimp from china town are usually soaked in a brine or the like then sun dried leaving them open to parasites and whatnot.

Parasites only enter live animals. Like oddball said soak them in fresh water to get most of the salt out.

Jimmy