Collecting muscles from beach too feed too my copperband !!

[Jason mack]

im lucky I guess I live quiet near the beach (here in Holland) , so every couple of weeks I go collect some muscles at low tide from the rocks , I take them home ,change the water get rid of as many critters as I can then throw them in the fridge .. then everyday I take a couple , wash them in RODI Water , crush them and throw them in my tank , my copperband goes crazy for them , as well as my flame angle and 6 line wrasse..
I was just wondering if this could have any adverse or negative effects on my tank ....??
Thanks Mack

 

[Crabs McJones]

im lucky I guess I live quiet near the beach (here in Holland) , so every couple of weeks I go collect some muscles at low tide from the rocks , I take them home ,change the water get rid of as many critters as I can then throw them in the fridge .. then everyday I take a couple , wash them in RODI Water , crush them and throw them in my tank , my copperband goes crazy for them , as well as my flame angle and 6 line wrasse..
I was just wondering if this could have any adverse or negative effects on my tank ....??
Thanks Mack

As long as you're throwing them in the fridge, I would think that would kill any potential pests coming in. And if you're washing them in ro water first, any contaminants are hopefully washed away. It sounds like you're going the right way about doing it

 

[Jason mack]

As long as you're throwing them in the fridge, I would think that would kill any potential pests coming in. And if you're washing them in ro water first, any contaminants are hopefully washed away. It sounds like you're going the right way about doing it

Hmm don’t know about the fridge ... our sea is pretty cold all year round ..
And it’s teaming with life .. pods ,crabs ,and who knows what else ..!

Last photo is from Hoek van Holland

 

[Simon Cushing]

Evening Jason,
You didn't fancy Blackpool Beach for ya muscles Then

 

[Crabs McJones]

im lucky I guess I live quiet near the beach (here in Holland) , so every couple of weeks I go collect some muscles at low tide from the rocks , I take them home ,change the water get rid of as many critters as I can then throw them in the fridge .. then everyday I take a couple , wash them in RODI Water , crush them and throw them in my tank , my copperband goes crazy for them , as well as my flame angle and 6 line wrasse..
I was just wondering if this could have any adverse or negative effects on my tank ....??
Thanks Mack

Hmm don’t know about the fridge ... our sea is pretty cold all year round ..
And it’s teaming with life .. pods ,crabs ,and who knows what else ..!

I was referring to this part of your post lol

 

[Jason mack]

Evening Jason,
You didn't fancy Blackpool Beach for ya muscles Then

Hahaha ... I did Simon,, it’s just that the swim there is a little long .. actually I was there at the beginning of June for a week .. visiting my parents ..!! It’s gone a bit down hill since I was last there !!

 

[Jason mack]

Evening Jason,
You didn't fancy Blackpool Beach for ya muscles Then

Hahaha ... I did Simon,, it’s just that the swim there is a little long .. actually I was there at the beginning of June for a week .. visiting my parents ..!! It’s gone a bit down hill since I was last there !!

 

[Jason mack]

I was referring to this part of your post lol

I know lol .. I meant our sea is probably as cold as the fridge so it wouldn’t make much difference for the parasites... I was just pulling your wiener !!!!

 

[Simon Cushing]

Ha,Ha, Jason,
Just a little to long for a swim back to Blighty Nice to see you dropping in to see your parents I have to admit I haven't visited Blackpool since the 1970s sad to hear that it's not the place it once was!! My son lives in Holland place call Leiden for the last 15yrs now.

 

[Jason mack]

Ha,Ha, Jason,
Just a little to long for a swim back to Blighty Nice to see you dropping in to see your parents I have to admit I haven't visited Blackpool since the 1970s sad to hear that it's not the place it once was!! My son lives in Holland place call Leiden for the last 15yrs now.

Leiden is not so far from me 40 km or so .. but then Holland is so small your never really far from anything .., I live in a town called Vlaardingen just outside of Rotterdam ..

 

[Simon Cushing]

Leiden is not so far from me 40 km or so .. but then Holland is so small your never really far from anything .., I live in a town called Vlaardingen just outside of Rotterdam ..

Small world as they say, rather flat lands in holland question Jason can you feed muscles to yellow tail Damsels and clown fish? I have a Bengali Angel and he is quite huge

 

[cracker]

Ok I would freeze the clams 1st just to make sure . I wish I could visit Holland what a cool place ! & not the tourists places either !

 

[Jason mack]

Small world as they say, rather flat lands in holland question Jason can you feed muscles to yellow tail Damsels and clown fish? I have a Bengali Angel and he is quite huge

Yellow tail damsels ... will probably eat anything ... my clowns don’t go near them .. but then I just Crush them with a hammer to break the shells and my copperband does the rest .. I imagine that if you opened the muscle up and cut it out into pieces the clowns would eat them .. or feed your anamone if you’ve got one

 

[Jason mack]

Ok I would freeze the clams 1st just to make sure . I wish I could visit Holland what a cool place ! & not the tourists places either !

I’ve bought frozen muscles from my lFS before ... my copperband won’t go near them .. I end up feeding them to my anamone..
Holland is nice some very beautiful places .. Amsterdam .., Breda.. but it has its problems just like every other country !!

 

[Simon Cushing]

Thanks Jason,
I will try that, I do feed mine on my sis shrimp and Brine shrimp, thanks for the tip ;Happy

 

[cracker]

Jason I would think the frozen clams mat have been treated with a preservative or such. Try freezing just one of Your natural clams & see if she likes it. I buy big stew clams shuck & freeze my Copper Band eats them with relish !

 

[carazz]

But......Where does he get the relish?