xxkenny90xx Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 (edited) Anybody ever try to feed their fish seaweed they picked up at the beach in the pacific northwest? Did you clean it or dry it somehow? I love the idea of using local nature to keep my tank going and this is my most recent thought. When I had a puffer it would eat shore crabs from the beach and I've only ever used beach sand for my tanks. So collecting your own seaweed, yay or nay? Edited April 24, 2020 by xxkenny90xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxkenny90xx Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 First type, not a bite. They are picky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 I'd be concerned about parasites. I guess if you completely dry it out that may be less of a risk. My other concern would be that the seaweed species is completely different than what most typical tropical fish are expecting due to the cold waters of the Oregon/Washington coast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxkenny90xx Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 I know it's different than what they are used too but I just wanted to give it a shot. I'd think cleaning it via freezing or drying (which I haven't done yet) would be a good idea but I'm not worried about parasites a bit, everything in our tanks is from the ocean! Really my only concern is oil contamination (and that's a small concern, my tank seems to be able to survive anything) so I washed it really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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