Re: [RML] Frozen Foods

David Wilson (rwilson at taunet.net.au)
Sat, 30 Jan 1999 10:53:28 +1030

I hope you put in plenty of frozen spinach, zuccini, pumpkin and other
vegies if your feeding rainbowfish cause when you catch wild ones they
usually excrete a great long dark green algae filled faeces. They need
their greens. I think Adrian Tappin has a good frozen food recipe on his
home page.

Dave Wilson

>a friend of mine convinced me to buy some frozen food yesterday. today as i
>was feeding my fish the frozen white mosquito larvae, i read the label and
>realized that what i was feeding my fish was basically 90% ice and the rest
>was protein and fat.
>
>so what's the point of buying this expensive frozen food? i doubt the protein
>and other solids concentrations are much better for frozen shrimp or
>blackworms.
>
>i have for a while been chopping up frozen fish, conch, clams or shrimp that i
>buy at the fish market. a lot of my fish love it. from my experience,
>steamer clams are good as they crumble easily, some fish and conch are too
>tough or have nerves or connecting tissue that makes it hard to cut it up. i
>also like to feed them shrimp but i don't like peeling them.
>
>any other thoughts or comments on feeding frozen foods? i would like to hear
>your experiences. thanks.
>
>tsuh yang chen, nyc