DIY fish food safe?

[BonelessEvil]

I heard that when you're using fresh food, to use something like Hikari, as it's safer than buying fish at the market to DIY your own fish food. I guess they irradiate it or do something to get rid of bugs and whatever. since I would like to save some money on fish food, make it myself might be preferable. Opinions?

 

[ndrwater]

Lots of people make their own. It's really a cost/ease question. Prepackaged foods are easy and relatively affordable. Home made is orobabpr better for your fish, but the cost can be a bit higher due to the quality of the ingredients. Depending on how much you make and how long it will last may make home made cheaper in the long run

 

[EMeyer]

Seafood sold for human consumption is subject to vastly more quality control, regulation, and inspection than anything sold for fishfood. Also, irradiation of meat is uncommon and I believe the FDA requires the food to be labeled as such (even though irradiation presents absolutely no risk to the consumer, people are paranoid).

I cant imagine any safety based reason to prefer fishfoods over seafood sold for human consumption.

 

[ectoaesthetics]

You can also freeze the food to kill off most parasites. A lot of the bacteria will survive a home freezer (which is a positive not a negative).