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I see that fish eat beef heart but can they eat just beef?
It was kinda hard to find beef heart where i live.

The problem with normal beef is that its is way to fatty. The beef heart has almost no fat that why we use it.
Do you have any butcher shops around you? If so just call them up and tell them that you want beef heart and they will save it for you. It will only cost you like $1 per pound because they don't use them normally. This is what I did for a while and it worked great every once in a while I would give them a call and they would save them for me.

Good Luck
Renzema

so beef heart is just literally the heart of a cow or bull..... i thought so but i wasnt sure - cause everyone's been writing it as one word, i.e: Beefheart. sounds like a product or something.

thats what i was wondering?and is it a case of just chopping it up and feeding them:?what about mad cows desease?dont want mad o's desease!!lol:confused:

yes beefheart is just a cows heart.

As far as feeding it :
- some people just cut it in stripes
- or you can grind it,mix it with non-flavored gelatin (to bind it together) and mix in other things like - shrimp,peas,fish,fish food etc..

managed to get a complete beefheart today,its huge![obviously] think ive got enough to last them upto adulthood.just wondered if it needs a good soaking or washing before hand?dont think its a good idea to just put it in the tank chopped up??just hoping they like it!
p.s ive got more food in my freezer for my pets than food for myself! -mice for my python-frozen bloodworm-complete beefheart-lol.