frozen food
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wakeskater
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what kinds of frozen foods are we talking here? i feed me eel silversides and when i put the fish in the tank the damsals try to pick at the fish. i hope you thawing the fish out in some warm water!
coxy101
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I take a 5 cc syringe of water from the tank and I put it in a little shot glass with some frozen food (cyclop-eeze - or something similar) and a drop of Kent Garlic Xtreme. I mix it all together and inject (without the needle) it in the aquarium, especially where I want it. The fish DEVOUR it!
jtutton
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I alternate frozen Brine Shrimp + (brand name) and flake food. I have a percula clown, royal gramma, coral banded shrimp, brittle star, and red-lip blenny (also various cleaners). I take one cube of BS+ and put it in a little fresh water to thaw. Feed a quarter to a third of the cube daily until all gone at end of the week. I keep the mix in the fridge between feedings. All my fish snarf it right up. I was told by LFS that alternating foods is good since the flakes are enriched, but may not have some of the stuff in the frozen. I have had to add live brine to the regimine for the blenny.
Good luck, the frozen is cheap in the long haul. I bought 70 cubes over a year ago for about $12 and still have about a third left.
Jane
Good luck, the frozen is cheap in the long haul. I bought 70 cubes over a year ago for about $12 and still have about a third left.
Jane
saltymist
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My fish love brineshrimp, but wont eat silversides, or krill for some reason. I have 2 clowns a firefish, and a lawnmower blenny. I've tried cutting the krill into bite sized morsels, but my clowns injest it, then immediately spit it out.
So for my fish it's a combo of frozen brine shrimp, formula one flake, and blood worms.
I think it depends on what frozen food you are trying to feed.
So for my fish it's a combo of frozen brine shrimp, formula one flake, and blood worms.
I think it depends on what frozen food you are trying to feed.
texasranchers
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Are you asking for yourself or for FlaPat? Every LFS is different. If it isn't on their normal inventory then you may need to ask for a special order.
This works well for me. I feed live Brine Shrimp. So my LFS orders me some every two weeks.
I do have other fish that eat frozen shrimp fro HEB, Mysis shrimp, crab, I sometimes even share lobster with them before it gets cooked or seasoned.
This works well for me. I feed live Brine Shrimp. So my LFS orders me some every two weeks.
I do have other fish that eat frozen shrimp fro HEB, Mysis shrimp, crab, I sometimes even share lobster with them before it gets cooked or seasoned.
barry cuda
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You can make your own frozen mix at home for next to nothing if you choose. Fenner's book has a great basic recipe based on shellfish and nori that you can make for a few dollars a batch. My ocellaris were fed primarily on flake their entire lives until I acquired them last week, and both they and my wife's pink skunks go nuts for the Fenner stuff.