Could be.. It does come in slabs as well.. Not that EXPENSIVE pieces in some packages. I do notice the san fran. brand is MUCH more widely avaibale and less expensive. Yet the other brand (maybe hikari?) is slightly more $$$, but the quality is much better as well- (bigger shrimps and cleaner).
You can get GREAT deals if you mail order the frozen foods from www.Petwarehouse.com, but you do have to buy in bulk to save you the money spent for shipping. If you have LOTS of friends who have fish.. this would be the BEST route...
It is the Hikari 2 pounders that I get and I find it much better than SF. If I had to pay $9.50 a pound instead of $5 I don't think I would be using as much. I go through a 2#'er every 3 or 4 weeks. What I do is unwrap the entire package and cut a score in it with a sharp serrated knife and just crack it on the edge of the sink and it comes in two pieces just like you would cut glass. I usually get 5 or 6 strips one way and then take each strip and do 4 or 5 more cuts and end up with 24 to 36 pieces depending on the size I want and then just put them in one of those 'slide top' freezer bags. I do have a LOT of tanks so it doesn't last long. Anybody in the Buffalo/Niagara Falls area contact me for store info.
