Is it safe to boil frozen shrimp?

It is difficult -- if not impossible -- to shell and devein a shrimp while it is still frozen. If you are preparing peel-and-eat shrimp or a shrimp boil, the inability to clean the frozen shrimp before cooking them should not be a problem.

FAQ

• What depths do carp feed?

  No matter what depth you attempt to fish for carp, I think it's important to remember that carp will feed at virtually any depth if they're hungry enough. Do a good job to get them feeding and they'll feed on your bait at any depth!

• How can I tell if my fish has fin rot?

  Symptoms

  1. Fin edges turn black / brown.
  2. Fins fray.
  3. Base of fins inflamed.
  4. Entire fin may rot away or fall off in large chunks.
  5. Fins have white dots (if these are seen on the body it is possibly a symptom of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis)

• What is the healthiest way to fry fish?

  Overall, pan-frying is considered healthier than deep-frying due to the smaller amounts of oil it uses. Additionally, it's best to choose an oil that's stable at high heat and will add healthier fats to your fish. Olive oil is one healthy option.

• Is it bad to marinate shrimp overnight?

  Depends on the marinade. If it's acidic (lemon, lime, orange, etc.), 30 minutes or less should be fine. Any more than that and the acid will start to break down the delicate shrimp meat and make it mushy. If your marinade is non-acidic (olive oil, garlic, herbs) you could marinate for an hour or more.

• How do you keep guppies from eating shrimp?

  Yes, guppies and shrimp can live together when you take suitable precautions to keep the shrimp safe from guppies. Guppies like to eat small invertebrates like shrimp. However, you can prevent this by feeding the guppies well, using a planted tank, and limiting the number of guppies in the tank.

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• Do cherry shrimp eat phytoplankton?

  While they will mostly eat the small scraps of whatever your shrimp deem to be too tiny, they also feed well off of phytoplankton. These tiny plant-like cellular organisms make the perfect food for copepods and when they are eaten will make the copepods a much more nutritious food source for the shrimp.

• Is it normal to be scared of fish?

  The Fear of Fish is Technically Known as Ichthyophobia and is a realtively rare phobia. It is possible that the rapid and random movement of a fish, that is often seen in peripheral vision (out of the corner of the eye) leads directly to the 'startle' reflex which may then lead onto an anxiety reaction.

• Is a blobfish edible?

  The blobfish, whose scientific name is Psychrolutes marcidus, grows to as much as a foot long and contains almost no muscle at all. With no muscle, the fish are not edible to humans, as you would be eating mostly a big blob of gelatin. ... This allows the fish to float above the sea floor but not rise to the ocean surface.

• Do you need omega-3 if you don't eat fish?

  Even if you don't eat fish, however, you can still get DHA in your diet. The three types of omega-3 fatty acids are metabolized differently in the body and, as a result, can have different effects in cells.

• How did the red swamp crayfish get to Ohio?

  Alternately, there is a remote chance these red swamp crayfish were introduced from infested Ohio State Fish Hatcheries during a fish stocking event (R. Thoma, Midwest Biodiversity Institute, pers. comm.). Status: Established in coastal waters of Lake Erie and Lake Michigan.

• Can fish see spinners at night?

  They can be fished at any depth, in most cover, and appeal to inactive fish at night. And, most of all, the vibration makes it easy for fish to find spinnerbaits in the dark water. The standard night fishing spinnerbait that you will see in stores is a black bait with a large single "black nickel" Colorado blade.

• How long do raw prawns take to cook?

  You can tell when prawns and shrimp are cooked, as they will turn a pink colour. As a guide, small - medium sized shrimp will take 3 - 4 minutes, large shrimp will take 5 - 8 minutes and jumbo shrimp or prawn will need 7 - 8 minutes cooking time.

• Is King salmon the best?

  There's a reason this species is at the top of the list and earned itself the royal moniker: King salmon is considered by many to be the best salmon money can buy. It's rich, high in fat, and big. The average weight of a King salmon is 40 pounds, but they can weigh as much as 135-pounds or as little as 20-something.

• Can you keep a red and purple Firefish together?

  Registered. Yes they do. All I see is that the purple will attack it's own kind unless a mated pair.

• Is whiting a cheap fish?

  At the Maine Avenue Fish Market, whiting fillets sell for $4.45 a pound, $1.50 cheaper than catfish fillets and 50 cents cheaper than trout fillets. The whiting is even a buck less than tilapia, the farmed “aquatic chicken” famous for its bland taste and bargain-basement prices.

• Should you kill dog fish?

  Bowfin are usually not considered a good food fish compared to more popular freshwater gamefish species, such as pike or trout. ... However, because bowfin are a native species, they should not be killed unnecessarily. This is the only surviving member of the Amiidae.

• Which swim faster smaller or larger fish?

  The swimming speed varies proportionally with the size of the animals, in that smaller animals tend to swim at lower speeds than larger animals.

• What fish is not good for high blood pressure?

  Anyone worried about blood pressure should avoid fish that have low levels of omega-3 fatty acids and high mercury content, such as big predator fish, including swordfish, marlin and shark, he said.

• Does dehydrated fish need to be refrigerated?

  Answer: These products should be stored in a separate room from other food products. This will minimize potential cross-contamination and odor transfer to and from other food products. The storage temperatures are fine, but I would recommend keeping the temperature closer to +2°C than +4°C.

• Do fish bite after rain storm?

  If the clouds continue to linger though, big fish will still bite. "Fishing around those storms will present an angler some pretty good opportunities to catch some pretty good fish," says Herren. Just make sure you are off the water well in advance of and quite a while after the storm's light show.

• Are there still clams at Pismo Beach?

  Pismo clam populations are booming along Central Coast Beaches after decades of decline, but CDFW Marine Environmental Scientist Derek Stein said these clams are far too young and small to legally harvest. “Since the 90's," Stein said, "there hasn't been a legal clam on Pismo Beach found.”

• Do I need a license to dig clams in Washington?

  Each person needs a permit to dig and can only harvest a certain number of clams per day. You can buy permits, check toxin levels, and plan your trip online at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. You can also pick up your permits in town at Buck's Northwest.

• Where is the shrimp poop line?

  It runs along the back of the shrimp just beneath the surface, and it looks like a thin string filled with dark grit. Sometimes the vein is very prominent, other times you'll hardly notice it. It all depends on the shrimp and what it was eating right before it was caught.