Picky fish

[Sean_Buckley]

I just fed my fish canned shrimp (drained, rinsed, microwaved for 10 seconds, repeated 4 times, then left to cool) for the first time, and most of my fish dont like them! Well, the only fish that dont are my SA cichlids. (angelfish and convict cichlids) Whys this, or does anyone know?
Sean

 

[Rodders]

Mine dont seem to eat shrimp either. You buy em something better than flake food and they swim away

 

[Sean_Buckley]

O well, my Corydoras love it! But, I wonder why they dont like the shrimp?
Sean

 

[Inchworm]

Hi Sean_Buckley

Why not try giving them natural, not canned shrimp? They can have it raw or boiled without salt in the cooking water.

Canned food is not the best thing to feed fish because of the salt or other preservatives that might be used in the processing. It is not good, and can actually be harmful to some fish including cory cats.

 

[mwm]

My fish (alll of them) go nuts for shrimp i acaully got my JD to jump for it once

 

[Sean_Buckley]

I kinda wondered...but Dwarfs said he fed his fish canned shrimp. Maybe I misunderstood him. And I do feed natural shrimp (live) occasionally, but around here, Ghost Shrimp are $.69 a piece. Doesn't sound expensive, but, believe me, $6.90 for 10 shrimp is a pretty expensive meal for my fish!
Sean

 

[mwm]

I feed mine shrimp you buy in the stores that humans eat, frozen then i thaw it and my fish love it

 

[Dwarfs]

My fish love the stuff They've had no ill effects in the past 4 months I've been feeding it to them I use it mainly to get my ropefish to eat, but I'm weening him/her onto mealworms. I recommended it because it works for me, maybe other people have different opinions