Large Cichlid Food

[PumaWard]

I was just wondering...

We have some rainbow trout that have been sitting in the freezer for over a year and it doesn't look like any body is going to eat it. Anyway, I cut a few small pieces off of it, unthawed them in hot water, put it in the microwave for 20s, then put it in cold water. I gave small piece to my jaguar. He loved it....so did the bullhead (they went crazy). Is this all right to do?
I would assume (aweful word) that it would be okay to do this once a week, but I thought I'd check in and make sure it's okay. I would think that the trout would have more nutritional value than feeders, and a frozen, thawed, and then cooked wild fish is a good alternative to feeding him feeder fish. What do you guys think?

 

[freshfishy]

I'd say it's fine. DON'T microwave it though! That's not fine. I'd just dip out a bit of their tank water, let it thaw in it, then dump it back with the de-thawed fishy for the fishies (this is what I do with krill and such.) You're not supposed to microwave baby bird, cat, or bunny food, nor are you supposed to microwave mice to feed reptiles/frogs and such, so I would be safe and make the assumption that the radiation is bad for fish as well!

 

[Dean]

last I checked humans eat food that comes out of the microwave, it's not good enough for the fish but good enough for humans?

 

[PooCooper]

Dean just blew my mind!