Hot Dog fish food mix

Most processing facilities are pretty clean sterile and inspected daily by on-site FDA inspectors. Even so its not the Rats or Roaches that would be visible that kill but rather what is unseen, like Escherichia Coli that make their home in the blood. Like all of creation its the unseen things that are of greatest consequence.
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yep, believe that for sure...:rolleyes:

No way the FDA inspects sites daily....countless articles out there on how they are severely undermanned....noted results all the issue with vrious problems over recent yrs....

If feeding dogs makes you and your fish happy...more power to ya! :)
 
I used to have a school of about 15 tiger barbs...
My GF at the time tought it would be funny to see wyat they would eat, so she fed them everything from Pork chops, to french fries... they devoured anything she put in the tank... Too bad she wouldn't fit in there too...

anyway, screw the relish and mustard, bring on the Chili and the cheese!! Mmm and some onions too!!


Personally I have seen some of the raw materials that go into processed foods like chicken nuggets, hot dogs, and bologna, and I could only imagine what sort of nasty stuff goes into making pet foods... Especially fish food. I mean what is Fish Meal? Ground up bones and fins? Probably. I would like to think even using hot dogs as an ingredient is priobably better than some of the stuff put into manufactured processed fish foods.
 
CWO4GUNNER said:
Well just like amount of fat is relative to a particular portion of food item, fat content and amount is also relative as an ingredient in a recipe, and my recipe with the Hot dog as only an ingredient has low fat content and high soluble fiber which further negates the fat content. Regardless of popular opinion the overwhelming body of evidence shows that regardless of what food item you eat fats are fats, soluble fiber is soluble fiber, sugar is sugar, and proteins are proteins. The only thing that matters is their combined percentage and amount of calories eaten. A given unused number of calories from oatmeal that turns to visceral fat will kill you as fast as visceral fat from unused calories from hot dogs, or carrots or lard sandwiches. The same thing with becoming or being diabetic sugar is sugar.
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Actually, those statements are not true at all with some minor research.
 
Well, of course not! Think of eating fat from nuts and avocados. Then think about eating fat from cream and bacon. Big difference, fats can actually be good for you and are an essential part of a healthy diet. The whole idea that all that matters is the rationing of them is so old school, and dates back to when food science first began brainwashing us.

Carbs from white rice and white potatoes vs. brown rice and sweet potatoes.

There's names for the stuff - complex carbohydrates, monounsaturated fats - vs. simple carbohydrates, poly or saturated fats.

The only way that statement is true is in matters of weight loss or gain. Eat 800 calories a day from pure lard and you will lose weight, vs. eating 1,400 calories of bean sprouts and steamed kale (um, not that that's even possible...but you get the idea!)

Mechanically separated meats are a horror, take a look:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanically_separated_poultry

As I've been saying all along, it really doesn't make sense to use hot dogs as the primary protein when making a homemade food. The whole idea of feeding a homemade diet is to stop feeding your fish crap, even if they love it. With so many cheap sources of quality protein, and with hot dogs being the ultimate "mystery meat" - IMO feeding hot dogs, in any way, shape, or form - just negates the whole "I want control over what I feed my fish" benefit of feeding homemade food. There are so many things in hot dogs that are left out of the ingredient list.

A food called Plecocain is said to cause a "feeding frenzy" ....hmm...could it be the sprayed dried animal blood cells? They sell this in the bait section, if anyone's interested in using it for their homemade food ;)

Feeding fish a quality food is not just about their feeding reaction...plenty of bait food in the fishing department can provide this reaction. It's about feeding them quality food, and even if a formula is 70% fresh veggies and 30% hot dogs, it's still 30% crap, IMO.

Oh, and feeding ducks and pond fish garbage is really a sad, disheartening topic. Don't even get me started on it, but read here if you'd like:
http://www.liveducks.com/bread.html
 
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Have used pleco cain by Neptune Aquatics for yrs....never noticed a frenzy, but have noticed healthy growth from the plecos..just saying...
 
Well, the analysis for that food is as follows:

CRUDE PROTEIN (MIN) 50.0000%
CRUDE FAT (MIN) 17.0000%
CRUDE FIBER (MAX) 3.0000%
CALCIUM (CA) (MIN) 1.5500%
CALCIUM (CA) (MAX) 2.0500%
PHOSPHORUS (P) (MIN) 1.2500%
SODIUM (NA) (MIN) .0500%
SODIUM (NA) (MAX) .5000%

INGREDIENTS
FISH MEAL, WHEAT FLOUR, SPRAY DRIED ANIMAL BLOOD CELLS, FISH OIL, FISH OIL (LS), BREWERS DRIED YEAST, BETAINE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, LECITHIN, CHOLINE CHLORIDE, L-ASCORBYL-2-POLYPHOSPHATE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, DL-METHIONINE, MENADIONE SODIUM BISULFITE COMPLEX, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, BIOTIN, FOLIC ACID, CHOLECALCIFEROL, RIBOFLAVIN, DL-ALPHA TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, VITAMIN A ACETATE, ETHOXYQUIN (A PRESERVATIVE), ZINC OXIDE, VITAMIN B-12 SUPPLEMENT, MANGANOUS OXIDE, FERROUS CARBONATE, COPPER SULFATE, ZINC SULFATE, CALCIUM IODATE, CALCIUM CARBONATE, COBALT CARBONATE.

I don't know, I'm not impressed, but it's honestly not that different from other kinds of foods out there. All depends on what your goals are (growth, maintenance, conditioning, etc.) and what kind of fish you're feeding...mainly herbivorous, carnivorous, etc.
 
There are people out there buying fifty pound bags of trout chow from various manufacturers, changing the name, and selling it as their product. Take a look at the pictures of "their" product. Looks like Aqua-Max and Silver Cup to me. It might be great for trout, but there's lots of fat and nothing for tropical fish color. I purchased a product called Power Pellets years ago. Then, a friend of mine told me what it was.

BTW, If you Google Neptune Aquatics it's in California and not even the same guy.
 
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