Anybody Treated There Fish To Turkey.

[raptorrex]

The fish can't really digest it properly so no. It's not good for them so I don't bother even if it is just once.

The only real problem with chicken and turkey is the protein, and not in the fish. it can break down and cause problems with your water. this is advice from CFC and i must say my experience backes it up.
if you have a fair number of scavengers, plecs, corys, loaches, crabs, Cray or the like. i think they are more than up to dealing with and "warm blooded" food. silver dollars thrive on it. but we all do our own things.

a bit of red meat, though i don't give it, is said to be fine for larger/predatory fish.

bin looking on the net, as yet i have found only one site that states to avoid chicken and red meat, and that site sells dry and freeze dried foods, so no surprise there lol.

i will keep looking, but till that time i will follow the advice of CFC. Oh and the dozens of Cray keepers, that all have Cray in the community.

 

[paul-discus]

Turkey hearts make great food, blend from fresh, add vitamins and a little gelatine and freeze down, scrape off desired amount when needed. This is great food for angels, discus etc.

 

[Bignose]

andywg makes the key point here. In general, the proteins found in terrestrial creatures are very dissimilar to the proteins found in aquatic creatures. When a body has consumed a protein it can put to use, it usually directly puts it to use. That is, if the body can use it, the body doesn't break the protein down into its constituent amino acids and/or break it down beyond that. But, if the body cannot use it, it is broken down... sometimes this breaking down can be done in the stomach or the intestines, but sometimes if it is too foreign, it has to be sent to the kidneys to be broken down. This is problem with the fish consuming too much non-aquatic proteins. The kidneys have to work very hard to break down the large proportion of protein in terrestrial flesh that the fish's body cannot use. Not to mention, the end product of this breaking down is eventually ammonia, so the tank could have a mini-cycle, though mature tanks probably wouldn't even notice this peak. Working the kidneys hard once in a great while, like a spot of turkey each Christmas, is probably negligible. But, if it is a regular part of the diet, the kidneys on that fish are going to have to work significantly harder than they would have if they were fed fish meal.

 

[Naughtygirlrlw]

Never tried turkey but hubby's buddy brought him back some sturgeon last fall. I put a wee little piece in the betta sorority tank and they all went absolutely mad over it! Not something I would do on a regular basis, just a little treat.

 

[Zafirah]

me too...i gave my puffer fish one...who i sadly no longer havebecause of a power outafge