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Anyone using blood as a food source for corals and clams? If so, from which animals, any concerns with pathogens that can effect marine animals, and can it be frozen/thawed effectively or does it need to be fresh?
 
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It seems to me that feeding blood (from, I presume, mammals or chickens?) would be a lot of trouble to go to just to feed a food that corals or clams would never encounter in the wild.

Considering that there are a variety of easy to feed more appropriate foods out there to feed corals I don't know why anyone would do that.
 
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Turkey sperm is better than any blood cell. You can order it from turkey sperm bank in your local farm supply....

Seriously, who pioneer this innovative "technique"?
 
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This has been discussed a few times in the past to my knowledge. There are actually a few commercial preparations (black powder) that are actually dried cattle blood cells AFAIK. Do a search on here and see what you come up with.
 
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Reef Box Etc":2a5g2rqe said:
Turkey sperm is better than any blood cell. You can order it from turkey sperm bank in your local farm supply....

Seriously, who pioneer this innovative "technique"?
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Daniel Knop with giant clams, IIRC.
 
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Thanx, galleon.

My reef box has suck up all my money, and now it wants my blood and sweat?
 
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Reef Box Etc":2d03zq6f said:
Thanx, galleon.

My reef box has suck up all my money, and now it wants my blood and sweat?
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sperm.... don't forget the sperm 8O
 
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Tackett":2z7qokwv said:
This has been discussed a few times in the past to my knowledge. There are actually a few commercial preparations (black powder) that are actually dried cattle blood cells AFAIK. Do a search on here and see what you come up with.
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Thank you for the only intelligent response on this post. Dried blood lacks some of the nutritive value, and, especially, the particle size which I find attractive, as the cells are no longer intact.
 
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