live foods?

**miach** · 09-19-2010, 07:29 AM

Im looking for the best food for my 2 gold stripe clowns and 3 blue green chromis. wondering if ghost shrimp are a good choice, if not are other live food better. im a cook in a restaurant and come tuesday im going to get some mussels, grouper, squid, and scallops and chop it up fine for them. do you guys think this is a better choice then live foods. i can get the mixture for $3 and should last me at least 2 weeks. everythings already frozen except the grouper which i will freeze. i feed once a day. any input would be great. cheers

**lobsternoob** · 09-19-2010, 08:25 AM

I'm not a SW person, but just in general I would think that a blend like that would be really good to feed with. Probably better than just one type of live food, a lot cheaper, and easier if you make a bunch at once freeze it and cube it.

**Fishguy2727** · 09-19-2010, 01:12 PM

I always feed and recommend NLS Thera+A for fish and corals, but if you have easy access to a nice variety of foods like that I would say to try them out and see what kind of a difference it makes in your fish. Worst case you find out it isn't worth it and just stop feeding it.

**ILuvMyGoldBarb** · 09-19-2010, 01:23 PM

That mixture sounds like a great mix for them, just use caution on where you get them. If those ingredients are coming from fish/shellfish caught in the Gulf I'd stay away from them. IMO the very best frozen mix available on the market is Rod's Food. I feed my Maroon Rod's Food on a regular basis and it loves it, and has colored up very nicely as well. It is rather expensive though, it sells for about $20 per pack in my area.

**miach** · 09-20-2010, 02:27 AM

thanks guys. damn that is expensive ill look into to it tho. i know for sure the grouper is from the gulf but everything else is brought in frozen. im gonna definitely check into that. f@#*ing bp messing up our beautiful ocean. im almost positive we wont see the effects for a couple of years but they are gonna be BAD. im not gonna use grouper damn it! i can get is so cheap even without the grouper im still gonna pay around $2 for everything else. it definitely pays to work in a kitchen!! i did want to try ghost shrimp and see if they reproduce. u think that would work? or stick to frozen

**rageybug** · 09-20-2010, 03:02 AM

Ghost shrimp are a pain in the butt because you need to keep them in their own fresh water tank and they only live a few minutes in salt water. I have only used ghost shrimp in the past for a lionfish and it was brutal.

You are better to make your own frozen food using the restaurant supply.

**ILuvMyGoldBarb** · 09-20-2010, 03:43 AM

The recommendation against Gulf caught fish actually has nothing to do with the BP spill. I used to avoid them even before that mess. It is a well documented fact that fish/shellfish caught in the Gulf of Mexico have higher mercury levels in the meat than any other location.