I usually make my own food at home, so I know exactly what's in it. The fish love it and seem to always stay healthy. I have a lot of tangs and have never even gotten ich.
So the other day I went to the LFS to get some food, since my fridge is messed up (waiting on warranty service) and I lost all I had made. They said the PE Mysis was something like 69.5% protein and that the cheaper stuff was about 18%. What makes one shrimp have the much more protein than the other?
I continued to think about this as I got it home and fed it for a couple days. I also noticed that the water gets pretty cloudy when feeding mysis. What is this cloudy stuff? All the shrimp seem to be whole. If they were put in a blender, I'd expect small bits to make the water cloudy.
I noticed that my food freezes hard as a cube of ice but the mysis stays a little softer. Why? When I make home made ice cream, it also freezes hard, yet storebought ice cream will stay softer. This is due to antifreeze being put into it. Interestingly enough, it's the same stuff everybody on social media keeps complaining that's in Beneful dog food. Yeah, ice cream hasn't killed me yet.
So the big question....what is it in this PE Mysis food? I suspect something to keep it from freezing so hard, as well as some protein powder. They don't list ingredients on the bag, only the percentage of protein.
So the other day I went to the LFS to get some food, since my fridge is messed up (waiting on warranty service) and I lost all I had made. They said the PE Mysis was something like 69.5% protein and that the cheaper stuff was about 18%. What makes one shrimp have the much more protein than the other?
I continued to think about this as I got it home and fed it for a couple days. I also noticed that the water gets pretty cloudy when feeding mysis. What is this cloudy stuff? All the shrimp seem to be whole. If they were put in a blender, I'd expect small bits to make the water cloudy.
I noticed that my food freezes hard as a cube of ice but the mysis stays a little softer. Why? When I make home made ice cream, it also freezes hard, yet storebought ice cream will stay softer. This is due to antifreeze being put into it. Interestingly enough, it's the same stuff everybody on social media keeps complaining that's in Beneful dog food. Yeah, ice cream hasn't killed me yet.
So the big question....what is it in this PE Mysis food? I suspect something to keep it from freezing so hard, as well as some protein powder. They don't list ingredients on the bag, only the percentage of protein.