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Do raw fish blood and guts contain beneficial nutrients that the corals and fish can use?
I was just gutting some fresh Mackrel. I had some blood and guts on my fingers so I rinsed some in my tank to feed the corals. My two clownfish, wrasse and damsel actually ate the guts before the LPS caught anything. I was assuming that the blood would be a liquid food for filter feeders like zoas.
I eat a variety of fresh fish every day or two so I could feed some fish guts to the corals and fish regularly. I know fish eat each other in the wild (guts and all) so it seems natural.
Their favourite food is raw salmon fillet. I keep the fillets in my freezer and feed them frozen shavings which they eat daily. I sometimes feed frozen mysis or cyclops but they prefer the salmon (which they eat very greedily). The clowns actually eat it until their ready to burst :lol:
The blood and guts would be primarily to feed the corals so I'll probably feed the fish their food first before adding the blood and guts.
I'm not sure if feeding raw fish guts would introduce pathogens to the fish. Maybe the fish guts might do the opposite and boost their immune system as they would be eating different raw foods like they do in the wild.
I know that some reefers already throw a raw seafood mix into a blender to feed their corals. Would guts do exactly the same thing?
I was just gutting some fresh Mackrel. I had some blood and guts on my fingers so I rinsed some in my tank to feed the corals. My two clownfish, wrasse and damsel actually ate the guts before the LPS caught anything. I was assuming that the blood would be a liquid food for filter feeders like zoas.
I eat a variety of fresh fish every day or two so I could feed some fish guts to the corals and fish regularly. I know fish eat each other in the wild (guts and all) so it seems natural.
Their favourite food is raw salmon fillet. I keep the fillets in my freezer and feed them frozen shavings which they eat daily. I sometimes feed frozen mysis or cyclops but they prefer the salmon (which they eat very greedily). The clowns actually eat it until their ready to burst :lol:
The blood and guts would be primarily to feed the corals so I'll probably feed the fish their food first before adding the blood and guts.
I'm not sure if feeding raw fish guts would introduce pathogens to the fish. Maybe the fish guts might do the opposite and boost their immune system as they would be eating different raw foods like they do in the wild.
I know that some reefers already throw a raw seafood mix into a blender to feed their corals. Would guts do exactly the same thing?
