Re: beefheart recipe

["Max Gallade" <mgallade@hotmail.com>]

Hi Mike ,all,
I mentioned in the recipe to clean  the beefheart thoroughly and to make 
sure to remove all the fat and muscle tissue. The meat of the heart itself 
is very lean.
I've been feeding this recipe to my Discus and other fish for about a year  
now without any visible problems. However ,make sure that the pieces are 
small enough for your DC's when you feed them the food.
My DC's get this food at least twice a week.
It's the staple diet in my Discus growout and Discus community 
tank(Tetras,DC's and Dwarf Cories). You could leave  the beefheart out of 
the recipe and substitute with Krill or Shrimp. That's entirely up to you. I 
even tried  Salmon scraps as a beefheart substitute before.
Peter Thode of Gwynnbrook farms uses Turkey Hearts instead of Beefheart for 
his Discus food .
Just my 2 euro cents.
Take care
Max

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> From: Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@fgn.net>
> Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com
> To: apisto@listbox.com
> Subject: Re: beefheart recipe
> Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 10:05:41 -0700
>
> Arild,
>
> The problem with beef heart is not really the muscle, but the fat. I've 
> been
> told that mammal fat is not easily digested by fish. It is left over &
> excreted. At normal aquarium temperatures (<85ºF/29ºC) it can become too 
> firm
> in a fish's intestinal tract & create blockages. Whether this is true or 
> not,
> it seems a little is OK, but a lot creates problems.
>
> Mike Wise
>
> Arild Madsen wrote:
>
> > I have heard fish normaly should not have beefheart because they have
> > problem to digest it,except the Discus due to the higher temperature.
> > any comments?
> >
> > I thought the polar bear preferd tourists not Pepsi.
> > And I would love to see a man wrestle a fully grown 500 Kg polar bear
> > and win. :)
> >
> > Arild Madsen
> >
> > 
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