Yesterday I caught a steelhead from a lake erie tributary. I collected some of her eggs and fed them to my pumpkinseed. I thought he’d like them, but he became almost frantic searching the aquarium for more. If I’d have known he’d like them so much, I’d have saved all the eggs! It got me to thinking, why aren’t fish eggs available as a frozen food for aquarium fish? They’ve got to be among the most nutritious foods available since they’re just raw protein and fat.
Fish Eggs as Food
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, Dec 28 2009 09:26 AM
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Posted 28 December 2009 - 12:38 PM
I'm guessing it's because of the "yuk!" factor. Aside from frozen brine shrimp and daphnia, I'm guessing a lot of the more mainstream home aquarists don't want anything to do with something unprocessed that looks like it came from inside a fish.
The Asian grocery store near my house sometimes sells pollack or cod eggs, for human consumption. I freeze them, slice them with a razor blade, and feed them to fry.
The Asian grocery store near my house sometimes sells pollack or cod eggs, for human consumption. I freeze them, slice them with a razor blade, and feed them to fry.
Yesterday I caught a steelhead from a lake erie tributary. I collected some of her eggs and fed them to my pumpkinseed. I thought he’d like them, but he became almost frantic searching the aquarium for more. If I’d have known he’d like them so much, I’d have saved all the eggs! It got me to thinking, why aren’t fish eggs available as a frozen food for aquarium fish? They’ve got to be among the most nutritious foods available since they’re just raw protein and fat.
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Posted 28 December 2009 - 08:06 PM
To mt knowlege eggs do not preserve well. I eat the eggs from steelhead that I catch and they spoil very quickly (a matter of hours) They also probably wouldn't be the cheapest or most practical fish food. Although they make great food and fish love them they aren't practical for wholesale for that reason.
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Posted 29 December 2009 - 10:38 AM
I swore I found a company that sold frozen packs of fish eggs, but I cannot for the life of me remember who. Prawn eggs are fairly commonly available in the saltwater industry. I'm not sure how big they are, but they're probably every bit as nutritious.
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