My fish love them alive. BG, HBG, PS and YP all go after them when I toss them in.
From a growth, nutrition and/or cost perspective, does the beetle chow have an advantage over a good pellet currently on the market?
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A little kid will fill up on popcorn but that doesn't mean it is nutritious. Are Japanese beetles good for the fish?
Still working on that. Moisture content just over 50%. Chitin content is part that needs to be parsed out from protein which I think will still be at least 2/3 (protein) of the dry weight. Hand cranked oil press does not get much oil out so will run through a larger commercial type to see if more oil can be separated out.
This summer a growth trial will be ran with Bluegill to see how they grow. Must conquer milling problem first. My gut feeling is the pelleted version will out perform popcorn.
