Feeding clams

mrukus · Feb 21, 2015

I was reading up on puffers and eels and I know I can use clams from the supermarket. Quick question though. I live an hour away from the long Island sound and a buddy has a beach house. Can I just use the clams and snails I pull off the rock to feed my fish? I figure if I put them in a bucket of saltwater for a day or two like everyone else does with feeder clams they should be fine. I'll be able to stock up and freeze a bunch and I'm thinking free food for the summer months! anyone else live by the shore and feed the snails and clams they can find?

Mike J. · Feb 21, 2015

Of course you can use fresh seafood. Would it somehow be better if you bought it from a store?

Reminds me of an office party I had one time. I invited my platoon over and the main course was chicken; it required about 15 chickens. Well, about half of those chickens were ones that I raised. After the meal a WM sergeant heard that some of the chickens were from my flock. She went into the bathroom and puked and she hardly would talk to me for a year after that. She had to a little, I was her senior. I tried to reason with her that my chickens were probably better than store bought chickens because I know that they haven't had any antibiotics or growth hormones and I know what they've eaten. Didn't work, in her mind the only edible chickens come from the store. Rant over.