Will cheese hurt fish?

[bowjo]

My son gave the fish a very small piece of cheese.The tetras and the pictus catfish loved it.Is cheese bad for fish?

 

[An t-iasg]

Hi...I don't think the cheese will hurt them. I read in a betta book once that you can give a betta a very small shred of cheese. I think your fish will be fine. Just don't give treats like cheese too often, though, because it's not a "native" food to the fish. Their digestive systems aren't set up like ours!

 

[Guest]

Some people go fishing using cheese; they roll it into a little ball and put it onto their hooks.

 

[Menagerie]

Cheese should be okay--once! It is a protien source--that's why the fish loved it.

 

[kane65]

Do you know if they prefer Gouda or Swiss? Mine are having some friends over so it would be nice to know what kind of cheese to serve.

 

[Bearfan]

You have to be careful about introducing foreign bacteria into the tank...which cheese is loaded with. I would be hesitant.

 

[rossmort]

Some people go fishing using cheese; they roll it into a little ball and put it onto their hooks.

Yeah, but fishers aren't really looking out for the fish other than finding the good ones to eat

(I know people catch and release btw, just joking around)