evilknieval69 Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 How does everyone else feed their fish ox heart? I have one in the freezer and have been meaning to get it out and start feeding it but it would be interesting to find out what others do.... Im thinking of just grating it frozen and just pulling a bit out and putting it into the tank when i want it.... sounds good? dont need to be cooked does it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 How big are the fish? I just trim the fat off, cut it into bite-sized chunks, defrost in warm water and hand-feed it to the dat, eel and bichir. Don't leave any floating around uneaten either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 How does everyone else feed their fish ox heart? I have one in the freezer and have been meaning to get it out and start feeding it but it would be interesting to find out what others do.... Im thinking of just grating it frozen and just pulling a bit out and putting it into the tank when i want it.... sounds good? dont need to be cooked does it? I make up 'discus tucker' that's oxheart based. I double mince it then place it in ice cube trays in the freezer. Before I mince it, I cut the heart up and remove all tendons, valves, skin, etc. to just leave the muscle of the oxheart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 yo rogan we cut ours up before freezing remove all the fat and tough stuff cut into meal size cubes then freeflo in the freezer take out cube partially defrost then dice up with knife bor thin strips (looks like worms) or cut off fat etc. then freeze then grate as you said for smaller fishes the turtles go through 1 oxheart per day and 1 cup of soaked cat biscats Teenage mutant oxheart munchers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted June 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 How big are the fish? Um most of my fish are only small. I have some firemouths and uarus though that will get big with time.... im thinking that grated slices would be good. wouldnt get too much waste then either.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 watch the fingers when grating go hard or don't bother at all!! go hard or get out of my way!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 I would just keep the chunk frozen, pull it out and slice off a thin, still frozen, slice of meat. Let it defrost and give it to the fish. Keep the rest in the freezer. If you have bigger fish then you could chunk it up and freeze it, but small pieces dry out faster in the freezer. A big frozen chunk you could slice off a sliver each day and make it last a month. Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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