I thought i would share this with the peeps who feed there fish bloodheart.... Just a note on beefheart and meats from warm blooded animals of what we buy in our stores. If you must and feel you want to feed beefheart or other meat, make sure they are organic. Research is now being done that animal meat that have been injected with antibiotic's and hormones can effect your fish. Many fish are becoming immune to antibiotics that we use to help cure common bacterial infections. Also my research showed that when the fish are younger 2-4 inches can tolerate it well but as they get bigger the fishes digestive system slows down and has a harder time breaking up the meat and possibly causing blockages and other digestive issues. But with that said as long as a well rounded diet, organic meat (personally I'd find other foods) is given your fish should not have any problems.

Martin A. Moe states ...Fish are cold blooded and all digestion reactions takes place at 70 to 80F, the temp of aquarium water. Thus they may not be able to efficiently digest or use the types of fats present in the flesh of warm blooded animals. They are much better off with the flesh of animals that are similar to their normal prey.

Thanks for the interesting post. I think many of us are well aware that it's not a good idea to feed saturated fat to fish because saturated fat can cause liver problems. It's good to see that people are doing research into this. Maybe you can give me a link to the original article, I would be interested in reproducing this on the website somewhere.

OFL wrote:
sorry cant get a link, it was in another forum, i just copied and pasted it,

I give beef heart to the yabby (cray fish), and he lives in cold water..I wonder what this means in terms of digestion. Last time I gave my big Os beef heart one of them overate and was quite off until she did a big poo a few days later...guess I know why now Kazzy, thanx..Shazzy

sharyn wrote:
i know i buy mine already frozen, and ozzy wont eat anything else but im changing it to a prawn mix with peas, just to be on the safe side, xx

does anyone have an axolotl, they live in very cold water and ive heard that you should feed them different meets.

thanks for the thread, i just bought a packet for the first time last week.
i might only feed them a block as a treat every week now

albinotiger wrote:




Yep axis like beef heart...this is a great site

axi site