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Hi,
Just wondering what the best fish for eating kitchen scraps is (i.e. garbage guts - eats anything).

From what I have read so far.
- Tilapia (can't get them in Australia)
- Silver Perch
- Goldfish

Is their any foods that should be avoided for all fish.

I am based in South-East Queensland (sub tropical) and don't plan on eating the fish.

Cheers,
Thomas

the best fish to eat your scraps would be insects.

Or worms and then worms eaten by fish.

Black soldier flies... Heres a start.

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damn....thanks for the advice guys, I was hoping to find the fish equivalent of the garbage disposal pig from the Flintstones. It's probably better to look into bugs and worms to feed the fish instead.

I recall seeing something on Nat Geo where a village in Japan would put the leftover scraps (thinking primarily vegetables) into a community waterworks system and the carp would eat and water went onto something else.....

Now I am on the hunt to find.......

https://youtu.be/THcKJpXwqVM

Adam

Sometimes I worry about pesticides in the scraps for compost we use here in New Mexico. I don't really know how toxic the scraps are, but we do wash our vegetables before we eat them for the same reason.
Here is one discussion I found.
https://permies.com/t/2286/toxins-inert-Organic-Compost

Eels are great at eating meat and fish scraps. Avoid fatty scraps, but sinew is fine.
I know eels aren't everyones cup of tea, but I think they're awesome.