feeding my oct.

[jimichonga]

He's eating good,(crabs and small fish), but I'm just wondering if fresh water fish are safe for him to eat. I personal see fresh water fish to be "dirty" compared to salt water fish.
Thanks for the help

 

[OctoMonkey]

Hi

Its not really so much that they are dirty its more to do with the fact that freshwater and saltwater animals have a very different physiology. So it is not recommended to feed freshwater animals or even terrestrial invertebrates to cephalopods over a sustained period due to the fact that they have the wrong kind of "ingredients". Most of it is to do with the fats present.

Having said all that, I have used goldfish and trout from time to time, but crustaceans and mollusks are the preffered diet!

C