Frozen Food

[jesse_224]

I havent had any fish in my tank for a few months until yesterday. I added an oc. clown. Before when I had fish I fed two different kinds of dry food. I bought this one frozen food and im wondering about storage. Do you need to keep it froze? If not how long would it keep in the bottom of the fridge?

 

[Gina]

Is it the frozen cubes or a large sheet of food?
We keep all our frozen food......frozen.
I take out a cube of food in the morning, thaw and rinse in RO/DI water then feed.

 

[jesse_224]

It is the frozen cubes. It looks like mush, when you soak it in RO/DI does it stay together? Or do you have to strain it out of the water?

 

[Gina]

I have to strain it.

 

[jesse_224]

ok cool...I will try that

 

[gimpy]

I see that you have only a ten gal. tank and only one fish. I would hesitate to put a whole cube into your tank at once. I think that would be way too much food. Of course, I may be misreading/misunderstanding the posts.

I would slice off a small portion and swirl/swish it in the aquarium water, or, if you are going to rinse it first, swish it in tap water (or r/o water). I do that, then strain it through a real tight meshed net, then pour aq. water through the net to to dislodge that into a cup, along with the aq. water, then feed it to the fish/tank.

I have a perc. clown and feed him frozen "formula one". It is a reddish cube. I slice off 5-6 real small pieces and pour it into the tank. It is more of a gelatin consistency and stays together more so than breaking up like frozen brine shrimp does. This is about the only thing my perc eats. He really goes after it.

Frank

 

[lcstorc]

For my ponies, I thaw and rinse a cube of mysis and then feed it to them with an eyedropper (a bit bigger tube but basically that's it.) Then I refrigerate the leftovers and use that night etc. I go through a cube in about 2 days and I am careful to refrigerate once thawed.

 

[jesse_224]

Yeah, I have a 10 gal. I figured it was way to much food also. I figure one cube will last him about a week. Or at least so far that is what it looks like it will last. I have been putting a little of the food in a plastic cup and rinsing it with DI water two or three times then dumping the food and water into the tank. It seems to work good. Icstorc, I was thinking about doing the eyedropper thing, it sounds like a good idea. Thanks everyone

 

[iluvzigz]

ive been putting my frozen brine in a cup of ro water to thaw ,then pour the whole thing in..am i not supposed to put that water from thawing it in my tank? because of possible phos.? strain in net then put in tank...gotcha.

 

[KMP]

i thaw, only use a little at a time and refrigerate in between.

 

[jesse_224]

KMP that is also what I have been doing.