feeding fish canned seafood?

jilly · 03-29-2008, 07:42 PM

Has anyone tried feeding canned seafood to their fish? Like canned mini shrimp, or tuna, or salmon? Is this a good idea?

right now I have two bettas, and the rest mostly mollies and guppies and platys...

emc7 · 03-29-2008, 10:05 PM

I never heard of feeding canned. Heard of feeding frozen shrimp. I think canned would be ok it you get the water-packed and rinse it. You really don't want to add oil to the tank. IME, fish will eat anything (i.e. Kix, mashed potato flakes). The key is not to overfeed.

Buggy · 03-30-2008, 04:57 AM

lol, I even gave my fish doughnuts once. I don't recommend it but it was funny to watch.

shade2dope · 03-30-2008, 05:23 AM

doughnuts...wow lol.I wonder if it tasted good to them.They would eat it I would think but remeber what ever you put in your tank that dont get ate stays in the tank.i would be afraid of it spoiling in there so if you do do it DONT OVER FEED as emc says.

amypicot · 03-30-2008, 12:01 PM

buying frozen food specialy prepared for the fish is probaly safer and its not expensive and easy to get hold of.
i have never heard of anyone feeding canned food, i would just stick to what i know........just in case

emc7 · 03-30-2008, 05:29 PM

I couldn't see one tank of fish eating a whole can of seafood. But if you wanted to get them a gram or so off your salad, why not? Just remove anything uneaten.

flamingo · 03-30-2008, 05:38 PM

Agreed. If your going to feed them canned seafood, make sure it's before you clean the tank, and after it's been rinsed out in a fine mesh net. I've been guilty of feeding my bichir tuna on a few occasions, but it really messes up the tank if fed too much at once, or left to sit. Native fish even loved it.... the only thing that I never had take to it was a jaguar cichlid :/

**TheOldSalt** · 03-30-2008, 07:57 PM

Those above have already covered it well enough, so I'll just add two quick things:

1- frozen stuff, like the oriental stir-fry seafood mix, also works very well, as long as
2- there's no mushrooms in it.
The mushrooms we like to eat are not edible for most fish. I once saw an entire huge tank of prized cichlids wiped out in minutes when the owner decided to add in a little extra treat of chopped 'shrooms. Mushrooms are not plants, and fish were never meant to eat them.

trashion · 03-30-2008, 07:58 PM

Really? I never knew 'shrooms were toxic to fish! Weird.

**TheOldSalt** · 03-30-2008, 08:01 PM

Not to all fish, but most fish.

Buggy · 03-31-2008, 02:16 PM

I never thought of feeding the veggies from frozen stir-fry to my fish but I guess it would work.

**TheOldSalt** · 03-31-2008, 02:32 PM

I actually meant the seafood bits, not the veggie bits, but the veggie bits are good too, I suppose.

Try the octopus. It's pretty good.

**Fishfirst** · 03-31-2008, 03:52 PM

Salmon and Tuna have a lot of oils and it fouls the water quite a bit... go with a leaner fish/seafood such as pollock, catfish, shrimp ect.

Good Wolf · 03-31-2008, 06:23 PM

So your saying I could feed them a frozen shrimp now and then?

I never thought of giving fish 'people' food.

**TheOldSalt** · 03-31-2008, 07:59 PM

They would LOVE some shrimp!

Good Wolf · 03-31-2008, 10:17 PM

Do I have to worry about them getting aggresive over it?

I have 8 tetra, 2 gourami, 7 glass cats, and four Corys. I would hate to see a free for all break out.

**Scuba Kid** · 03-31-2008, 10:27 PM

"People food" is pretty much all I feed my fish (plus some frozen food occasionally). I usually feed raw shrimp, squid, smelt, silversides, and in the summer when we go fishing they get some pieces of whatever we catch. Usually flounder, sea bass, and scup.
All make great foods for fish and they will absolutely go nuts for them, especially the more carnivorous, predatory fish.

Good Wolf · 03-31-2008, 10:40 PM

Cool. My fishies are getting some good din din tonight.

steelebabee · 05-05-2008, 11:41 PM

*gasp* those cannibals!!! LMAO!

**Scuba Kid** · 05-05-2008, 11:59 PM

Its a fish eat fish world.

03-29-2008, 07:42 PM	#1
jilly Fishy Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 44 Posts: 13 User Feedback: (0)	feeding fish canned seafood? Has anyone tried feeding canned seafood to their fish? Like canned mini shrimp, or tuna, or salmon? Is this a good idea? right now I have two bettas, and the rest mostly mollies and guppies and platys...

03-30-2008, 04:57 AM	#3
Buggy Soon to Be Proud Granny Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Oklahoma Age: 41 Posts: 669 User Feedback: (0)	lol, I even gave my fish doughnuts once. I don't recommend it but it was funny to watch. __________________ Fish are people too! My animal family Dixie - Boxer/Lab Peanut -Chihuahua Cali - American Short-hair Cat B.B. - Parakeet Flower - Western Ornate Box Turtle Aquariums 55 gal tropical Fresh Water -23 various fish 29 gal tropical Fresh Water -12 various fish 10 gal tropical Fresh Water - 4 barbs, 3 black neon tetras 10 gal tropical Fresh Water - krib fry grow out tank

03-30-2008, 05:23 AM	#4
shade2dope Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Age: 19 Posts: 378 User Feedback: (0)	doughnuts...wow lol.I wonder if it tasted good to them.They would eat it I would think but remeber what ever you put in your tank that dont get ate stays in the tank.i would be afraid of it spoiling in there so if you do do it DONT OVER FEED as emc says. __________________ 3 Aulonocara Sp Maleri 2 female Two eletric blu ali 1 male 1 female,Clown Pleco,abn,Yellow Lab Two Haplochromis ruby green and some juvies, two flame backs one female, compressicep,Fancy Guppies Goby Dragon,Jack Demsey,Altolamprologus calvus (Chaitika)

03-30-2008, 05:38 PM	#7
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 16 Posts: 1,897 User Feedback: (2)	Agreed. If your going to feed them canned seafood, make sure it's before you clean the tank, and after it's been rinsed out in a fine mesh net. I've been guilty of feeding my bichir tuna on a few occasions, but it really messes up the tank if fed too much at once, or left to sit. Native fish even loved it.... the only thing that I never had take to it was a jaguar cichlid :/ __________________ Color exists only in the mind. . Am I only a thought? Last edited by flamingo; 03-30-2008 at 09:10 PM.

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03-29-2008, 10:05 PM	#2
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Alpharetta, GA Posts: 2,693 User Feedback: (0)	I never heard of feeding canned. Heard of feeding frozen shrimp. I think canned would be ok it you get the water-packed and rinse it. You really don't want to add oil to the tank. IME, fish will eat anything (i.e. Kix, mashed potato flakes). The key is not to overfeed.

03-30-2008, 12:01 PM	#5
amypicot Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 24 Posts: 95 User Feedback: (0)	buying frozen food specialy prepared for the fish is probaly safer and its not expensive and easy to get hold of. i have never heard of anyone feeding canned food, i would just stick to what i know........just in case

03-30-2008, 05:29 PM	#6
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Alpharetta, GA Posts: 2,693 User Feedback: (0)	I couldn't see one tank of fish eating a whole can of seafood. But if you wanted to get them a gram or so off your salad, why not? Just remove anything uneaten.

03-30-2008, 07:57 PM	#8
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,082 User Feedback: (5)	Those above have already covered it well enough, so I'll just add two quick things: 1- frozen stuff, like the oriental stir-fry seafood mix, also works very well, as long as 2- there's no mushrooms in it. The mushrooms we like to eat are not edible for most fish. I once saw an entire huge tank of prized cichlids wiped out in minutes when the owner decided to add in a little extra treat of chopped 'shrooms. Mushrooms are not plants, and fish were never meant to eat them.

03-30-2008, 08:01 PM	#10
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,082 User Feedback: (5)	Not to all fish, but most fish.

03-31-2008, 02:16 PM	#11
Buggy Soon to Be Proud Granny Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Oklahoma Age: 41 Posts: 669 User Feedback: (0)	I never thought of feeding the veggies from frozen stir-fry to my fish but I guess it would work. __________________ Fish are people too! My animal family Dixie - Boxer/Lab Peanut -Chihuahua Cali - American Short-hair Cat B.B. - Parakeet Flower - Western Ornate Box Turtle Aquariums 55 gal tropical Fresh Water -23 various fish 29 gal tropical Fresh Water -12 various fish 10 gal tropical Fresh Water - 4 barbs, 3 black neon tetras 10 gal tropical Fresh Water - krib fry grow out tank

03-31-2008, 02:32 PM	#12
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,082 User Feedback: (5)	I actually meant the seafood bits, not the veggie bits, but the veggie bits are good too, I suppose. Try the octopus. It's pretty good.

03-31-2008, 03:52 PM	#13
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Soon to be Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,497 User Feedback: (1)	Salmon and Tuna have a lot of oils and it fouls the water quite a bit... go with a leaner fish/seafood such as pollock, catfish, shrimp ect. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

03-31-2008, 06:23 PM	#14
Good Wolf Howling @ U Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wylie, TX Posts: 286 User Feedback: (0)	So your saying I could feed them a frozen shrimp now and then? I never thought of giving fish 'people' food.

03-31-2008, 07:59 PM	#15
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,082 User Feedback: (5)	They would LOVE some shrimp!

03-31-2008, 10:17 PM	#16
Good Wolf Howling @ U Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wylie, TX Posts: 286 User Feedback: (0)	Do I have to worry about them getting aggresive over it? I have 8 tetra, 2 gourami, 7 glass cats, and four Corys. I would hate to see a free for all break out.

03-31-2008, 10:27 PM	#17
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 17 Posts: 3,916 User Feedback: (1)	"People food" is pretty much all I feed my fish (plus some frozen food occasionally). I usually feed raw shrimp, squid, smelt, silversides, and in the summer when we go fishing they get some pieces of whatever we catch. Usually flounder, sea bass, and scup. All make great foods for fish and they will absolutely go nuts for them, especially the more carnivorous, predatory fish. __________________

03-31-2008, 10:40 PM	#18
Good Wolf Howling @ U Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wylie, TX Posts: 286 User Feedback: (0)	Cool. My fishies are getting some good din din tonight.

05-05-2008, 11:41 PM	#19
steelebabee Fids and Fish Mommy Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Orleans, LA Age: 21 Posts: 18 User Feedback: (0)	gasp those cannibals!!! LMAO! __________________ 24 gal Bow front: 1 green cory 1 blue gourami 1 common pleco 1 cherry barb 3 male fancy guppies 1 female fancy guppy 1 gold barb 1 neon tetra 1 sunset platy 1 sunburst tux platy 1 rainbow shark 5.5 gal fry tank so far just one teensy unidentifiable fry that was rescued from Petsmart.

05-05-2008, 11:59 PM	#20
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 17 Posts: 3,916 User Feedback: (1)	Its a fish eat fish world. __________________

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