[BigDReefer]

ok so I had a get together yesterday and I made 3lbs worth of shrimp cocktail. needless to say there were some left over. So I was sitting down enjoying my snack and decided I'd share it with my anemone, brain coral, and crabs, stars etc..

I took one nuked it for about 10sec to make it warm then chopped it up and hand fed it to my anemone and brain coral... then I dumped the rest on the sand for what ever wanted it to eat it...

everything came right out to share and we had a good old time sitting and eating a meal together (first time I was eating the same thing they were)

Anyone else do the same thing from time to time?

 

[DanielG]

I threw a half eaten whopper in my tank once... I got a letter from my clowns lawyer 1 week later (I wont do that again!)

Actually I dont really see a problem with doing this... (cooked shrimp WITHOUT SAUCE) of course!!!
Dan

 

[cbonito]

I think cooked shrimp (that being the case) doesn't have near as much nutritional value and is much harder to digest for the animals.

 

[cephalopod]

I think cooked shrimp (that being the case) doesn't have near as much nutritional value and is much harder to digest for the animals.

It's [cocktail shrimp] also prepared w/ pickiling spices and other things. I would'nt suggest it.

 

[red79]

We alway's buy the bag's of shrimp when they are on sale for the anemone's in our tank. Sometimes when you have a fish that isn't wanting to eat putting some of that in the tank alway's changes their mind.

 

[red79]

It's [cocktail shrimp] also prepared w/ pickiling spices and other things. I would'nt suggest it.

Cocktail shrimp ingredients: shrimp, salt, sodium tripolyphosphate.

 

[irishrose302]

I like shrimp just as much as my eels do and sometimes they will share with me.....

 

[liquidskys]

It's [cocktail shrimp] also prepared w/ pickiling spices and other things. I would'nt suggest it.

cocktail shrimp doesnt have anything on it.. unless you put it on it..

and yeah there really is no NEED to cook it.. but either way its fine

 

[The captain]

nope just a sheet of nori when i work with sushi
and occasionally misc seafood, esp squid tentacles.
My old lunare wrasee LOVED deli meats turkey and bologna. i gave him the string around the edges occasionally.

 

[ReeferMike]

i thought about holding a live lobster in my sump to cook, never did it though. lol

 

[PAZAZZ]

i thought about holding a live lobster in my sump to cook, never did it though. lol

Most live lobster, ones usually found in stores come from colder waters.

 

[Sharkbaitz]

nope just a sheet of nori when i work with sushi
and occasionally misc seafood, esp squid tentacles.
My old lunare wrasee LOVED deli meats turkey and bologna. i gave him the string around the edges occasionally.

Not sure about SW fish, but I heard beef or pork related foods aren't healthy for freshwater fish. People feed beefheart to make the growth speed up but it's not really healthy in the longrun.

 

[BigDReefer]

I get that all the extra's wouldn't be good...

I took fresh ocean shrimp and then cooked them (I used to be a chef) and served them at a get together... I had a snack on what was left over afterward and fed some to my tank...

It was all fresh (not packaged) and I personally prepared them so I know nothing extra went into them (preservatives etc) the cocktail end was the sauce that I ate, its basically just horseradish mixed with ketchup... but I didn't feed any of that to the fish... (it would have given them bad breath)

I've also been known to feed them crab, squid, and clam

BTW, I'd never feed them cow or pig... even though if it fell off a boat in the ocean they'd probably eat it... I know large sharks would...

JMO,
-BDR

 

[Argent]

I feed my pre-cooked shrimp to my cats - and I've done it in a pinch to feed my BTA (before it passed ) and even my mantis will take a piece of the skewer - but I'd recommend soaking it in selcon or some other nutritional additive to make it more beneficial to the marine critters...

 

[canisson]

I always buy fresh shrimp from Costco or Kroger (whatever is on sale!!) and I always keep a piece or two aside for the anemones and critters. ALWAYS uncooked though. I've never fed cooked or bagged shrimp, only the fresh-frozen kind you find at deli counters and such.