Sardines as food for fish

Hi Guys

can we feed sardines to our fish as food? Theres so many and at the moment its really easy to find.

So can we? Chopped up of course.

 

I am sure you can but, dont overfeed them since sardines can be pretty oily and makes a mess. Maybe chop it up then freeze it in little block then give it to them frozen? That would make less of a mess?

 

So are are ok for Discus? the neons and catfish?

 

I wouldn't do this, it will pollute the water.

 

That I dont know about unfortunately. Why not try a really tiny piece and see what happens that way if they dont seem interested you can scoop it out and it wont affect the water quality too much.

 

Too messy I would never drop it into my tank.
Unless you have real preditors that can eat whole frozen little blocks as larch suggested.
Too much job, too muck risk,

Just my 1000000000 zim dollars worth

 

With a Oscar that is no issue, I am currently seeing what it will and will not eat. So whatever I eat (that is healthy) I drop a small piece into the tank and see what the Oscar does with it and I have found a few surprises and new things I can add to his diet.

If you never try anything you will never know if its going to work, and using a small frozen piece you can keep the risk down.

 

Only feed sardine if you have genuinely carnivorous fish and a sufficient filtration system to cope with the resultant waste. Sardines are not only extremely oily, but they have a lot of blood and poop in their system too, which can easily lead to a problem if left unattended. I recommend a water change the day after feeding any amount of sardine.

 

Thanks Guys. lol To much of a risk for me.Oil/salt/dirt/other stuff in the sardine. i dnt think id feed it to them. I know for sure if they dont eat it though the catfish will! they are like little vacuum cleaners running all day taking 30 to 1 Minute breaks!
I did feed them Peas though , i want to feed them Cucumber as well but im unsure if its ok for the Discus to eat or even if they will eat it. I know my Plecos love cucumber.