Stella Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 The supermarket kind, not mysis or brine shrimp. I FINALLY got around to trying my fish on shrimp and they were seriously enthusiastic - fabulous to have another bulky easy option for variety. Any recommendations of (A) what sort to buy (we had cooked, peeled ones for human food purposes, but I have no idea about what types are available, presumably raw and unpeeled exists!) and (B) where to get them cheaply? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 The supermarket kind, not mysis or brine shrimp. I FINALLY got around to trying my fish on shrimp and they were seriously enthusiastic - fabulous to have another bulky easy option for variety. Any recommendations of (A) what sort to buy (we had cooked, peeled ones for human food purposes, but I have no idea about what types are available, presumably raw and unpeeled exists!) and (B) where to get them cheaply? Thanks Most suggest raw, peeled ones. Probably any supermarket would be good enough. I think I got my last batch at New World, but I don't remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Go to the frozen food warehouse out railway rd it is the cheapest place I have found in Palmy get a kg for around $12 I think?? When it is usually more than that for 3-400gms at a supermarket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Asian supermarkets are the cheapest I've found, can usually get a kilo of raw and peeled for $12-15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted July 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Brilliant, thanks. Though last night looking on the nutritional info they consist of 13% protein and 87% nothing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Have you tried cooked mussel meat stella? It is cheap, readily available and contains more goodness than shrimp or prawn. A 3 oz (85 g) portion of cooked mussel contains 20g of protein and only 147 calories. It is rich in iron, manganese, phosphorous, selenium, zinc and vitamins C and B12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 second that, asian supermarkets they are 30% cheaper than supermarkets i get large tiger prawns... i mean stuff that you pay a premium for in restaurants. peels, 1kg 18dollars. my arowana is picky, doesn likt small prawns, likes the big ones. i use smaller cheaper ones for discus bh mix, but asians upermarkets is the stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Though last night looking on the nutritional info they consist of 13% protein and 87% nothing... Yeah it certainly doesn't have the protein of prepared foods, but protein isn't everything. I found with my green aro if he ate enough pellets to be not hungry he would have been consuming far more protein than he could possibly absorb or need, so I'd feed a mix of pellets and shrimp so the shrimp would fill him up, as well as providing other nutrition that may not be in pellets. Despite pellets being far higher in protein and more "nutritionally complete" than fresh foods, most experienced fish keepers swear by a varied diet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 i have certainly found discus to grow faster wtih a mix of pellets and beef heart mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Brilliant, thanks. Though last night looking on the nutritional info they consist of 13% protein and 87% nothing... That could be the wet weight. Dry weight might be something more like 40-50% protein. If you knew the moisture content we could calculate it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted July 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 That could be the wet weight. Dry weight might be something more like 40-50% protein. If you knew the moisture content we could calculate it... Hmmm well my boyfriend is currently measuring the ash-free dry weight of inverts at uni, maybe I could get him to measure that? But surely if a food is mostly water then it fills the consumer up with water, so their total intake of actual nutrients is low? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 But surely if a food is mostly water then it fills the consumer up with water, so their total intake of actual nutrients is low? Depends on how much they eat. Let us know what the calcs show, would be interesting to find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted July 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Oh she can eat alright! But since I am trying to put weight on her after a long period of anorexia (seriously this fish has the weirdest eating habits) I suspect shrimp might not be a good choice. However I feel they might have some extra minerals that an invertivore might not be getting on an ox-heart diet. Anyway, shrimpy is now weighed to 4 decimal places and in the oven. Will have results on friday My partner thinks it will turn into a shrimp cracker. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 However I feel they might have some extra minerals that an invertivore might not be getting on an ox-heart diet. I like to think that there is more to nutrition than the few statistics on the back of the packet and feeding a varied diet will have benefits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 I could be remembering incorrectly, but I think shrimp meat is very deficient in vitamin A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BURN Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 PAK'N'SAVES really cheap most of the time. the amount of money wasted on the dried can stuff could have brought a KG of big prawns and had a feed to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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