mince meat

[tramca]

Is it ok to feed pirhanas minced beef?

We were told that it's ok to, we also give them live bloodworms as they are still too small to bite big!

Also how often are we best feeding them?

[bobrob]

Im not too sure but it should be ok to feed them it, they eat all other kinds of meat anyways. Im sure someone else could answer it in greater detail than me lol.

[CoNMaN]

i read on another website that all meat fed to them should be cooked and the site recomended that pirhanas eat cooked chicken.

[AmazonTankz]

All I know is that is will leave a film of grease (I think grease) on the top of your water. At least lunch meat does.

[tramca]

So far the lean mince has been ok.

Any uneaten meat we remove pronto.

The water is still clear and fish still happy. One is getting bigger faster than the other 2, he eats the most and wrestles the meat off the other 2, funny to watch.

[Grosse Gurke]

I dont feed my piranhas any cooked meat...all raw. Cooked meat wont have the same nutritional value as raw meat.

[valdok]

since most meat is protein, it's very easy to denature the protein in the meat, thus eliminating some nutrients from the meat. of course, raw meat also carries far more pathogens then cooked meat, so it's a trade off. also, some people tend to be repulsed by the idea of feeding pets raw meat.