Thiaminase in Atherina boyeri

[hitsurfer]

Do any of you guys know if the sand smelt Atherina boyeri contain the enzyme thiaminase? Or smelt in general?

I feed my Thamnophis this species of fish but I can't find out if this fish is safe.

As a precaution I heat the fish in the oven at 50-80 degrees for 5 minutes.

Thanks

[ConcinusMan]

I'm not sure, but I think it is safe. Anybody else?

[Stefan-A]

Do any of you guys know if the sand smelt Atherina boyeri contain the enzyme thiaminase? Or smelt in general?

I feed my Thamnophis this species of fish but I can't find out if this fish is safe.

As a precaution I heat the fish in the oven at 50-80 degrees for 5 minutes.

Thanks

I suspect they do. The fish should also be heated to at least 80 C for 5 minutes, to destroy thiaminase

These fish aren't technically smelt (as in belonging to Osmeridae).

[hitsurfer]

Thanks for reply.

I will - as a precaution - continue to heat the fish before offering them.

[Elisabeth83]

I suspect they do. The fish should also be heated to at least 80 C for 5 minutes, to destroy thiaminase

These fish aren't technically smelt (as in belonging to Osmeridae).

Oh! I had no idea you could cook the thiaminase out of fish! Does that work with any fish? I have some salmon filets labeled “Wild Caught” in my freezer but the location isn’t on there so I don’t fully trust it. But if I could cook the thiaminase out that would be great!

[ConcinusMan]

Don't you have silversides at your local pet store? some have them live but most stores have them frozen. I'd use those. I do use those.

[bkhuff1s]

What about blue gill are they safe?

[guidofatherof5]

Unsafe and Safe fish list:

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/show...Safe+fish+list

[snakeman]

thiaminase smiaminase!

[ConcinusMan]

LoL. Yeah, I know. I fed my garters gold fish (with a varied diet of wild food) and they lived exceptionally long lives and produced 150 offspring that lived, very few that didn't.

Bluegill are supposed to be safe but we all know about the spines and bones so I would only feed them the clean meat if it were me.