Originally Posted by
NPage
http:///forum/post/2636722
I know Rod pretty well and have discussed the adding of vegetables. They're there to naturally add color to your fish and corals. He adds them for extra carotenoids in addition to the astaxanthins the are naturally available from the crustacean shells. If you have ever seen Rods onyx clowns, they have amazing color to them. (Im sure he could explain it in more detail)
Sure you could make your own food cheaper, but what a mess.
I understand the addition for ceartain things, but in my opinion, these creatures dont get carrots in the deep blue, so the more natural source should be found for the caratenoids. truly a diffcult task for the landbound owner, no doubt.
the problem being we dont really know the long term effect of feeding lots of terrestrial food to aquatics, except that often the foods are seriously imbalanced enough to promote liver and fatty tissue diseases, with meats, vegatbles havent been studied enough (please point me the way to further research if you have found some) to prove that any benifit gained will out weigh the risks of cross contamination, overloads of organically derived terrestial metals, or what not.
as for the mess, well...
I make my own foods, I'm up to about 5 flavors. I'm hooked. you should see the mess I make when fragging.
(if you can get rod to talk to me about it I would love to discuss nutrition with him, to gain his views on it)
