feeding prawns to fish

[vmong]

hi i have 6 tiger barbs, one sailfin plec, RTBS, i have in the past fed them prawns that i have cooked, is it ok? is it safe?

 

[JamesTasker]

Yes, as long as the fish can manage to eat them. Also, they are high in protein so shouldn't be fed too often as they can cause stomach problems.

 

[impur]

Shrimp are a great ingrediant for making your own food. I just mixed up a batch with shrimp(including the shell - good protein), scallops, carrot, mysis, brine, multivitamins, flake food, pellet food, salmon, and some seaweed. They go absolutely crazy over it.

 

[CFC]

In the wild shrimps make up a very large part of all omnivorous and small carnivorous fish so make a excellent staple food for aquarium fish, i use 3 types of shrimp in my daily feedings, mysis shrimp for small fish, gamma shrimp for medium sized fish and krill and live river shrimp for large fish.