Re: Frozen Foods

["Walter" <wmccree@usa.net>]

I feed exclusively frozen brine shrimp and frozen blood worms.  Never had
any problems and sounds like much less work that cutting fish from the
market.  I may try it as a treat though.

Walter McCree
USA.Net
wmccree@usa.net

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Date: Thursday, January 28, 1999 4:22 PM
Subject: Frozen Foods


>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
>
>
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