reef diver
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How much should I thaw frozen foods in order to feed them or can they still be frozen?
Frozen Foods
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saltn00b
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i usually fill a 1/2 of a measuring cup with tank water, drop a cube or 2 in, and let sit for 5- 10 mins. after which i agitate the water in a circular motion. if the cube breaks up and makes the water filled with the ingredients, good to go, if not , i will wait till thawed. the frozen chunks will probably not be eaten, and might end up in your sump media.
lion_crazz
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Originally Posted by saltn00b
i usually fill a 1/2 of a measuring cup with tank water, drop a cube or 2 in, and let sit for 5- 10 mins. after which i agitate the water in a circular motion. if the cube breaks up and makes the water filled with the ingredients, good to go, if not , i will wait till thawed. the frozen chunks will probably not be eaten, and might end up in your sump media.
I agree.
i usually fill a 1/2 of a measuring cup with tank water, drop a cube or 2 in, and let sit for 5- 10 mins. after which i agitate the water in a circular motion. if the cube breaks up and makes the water filled with the ingredients, good to go, if not , i will wait till thawed. the frozen chunks will probably not be eaten, and might end up in your sump media.
I agree.
mikeyjer
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I usually just thaw it in a little glass container and drop out the excess water from thawing. Then I pour some tank water into it and mix everything up, then dump out the water again and I fill it with tank water once more. I find the mix cleaner after I wash it. Plus it gets rid of excess nutrients and phosphates within the mix.... :happyfish
alyssia
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Originally Posted by Mikeyjer
I usually just thaw it in a little glass container and drop out the excess water from thawing. Then I pour some tank water into it and mix everything up, then dump out the water again and I fill it with tank water once more. I find the mix cleaner after I wash it. Plus it gets rid of excess nutrients and phosphates within the mix.... :happyfish
I agree. If I don't "rinse" mine before feeding my skimmer goes nuts and overflows.
I usually just thaw it in a little glass container and drop out the excess water from thawing. Then I pour some tank water into it and mix everything up, then dump out the water again and I fill it with tank water once more. I find the mix cleaner after I wash it. Plus it gets rid of excess nutrients and phosphates within the mix.... :happyfish
I agree. If I don't "rinse" mine before feeding my skimmer goes nuts and overflows.
omgsaltwat
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Originally Posted by alyssia
I agree. If I don't "rinse" mine before feeding my skimmer goes nuts and overflows.
I was wondering why everytime I feed it did that.
I agree. If I don't "rinse" mine before feeding my skimmer goes nuts and overflows.
I was wondering why everytime I feed it did that.
chipmaker
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Sou8nd like an awfull lot of trouble just to feed frozen foods. I take the sheet of frozen (if sheet type) or a cube if cube type etc, and hold it with a long tongs or in my ingers and merely swish it around the tank and let it all melt / dissolve right then and tere. I shut off my skimmer and filters, while I feed and only have a power head on. The fine stuff and juices contain micro nutriets that feather dusters etc utilize, so its best to turn skimmer off for awhile. From the time I swish frozen pieces of food around with the fliters and skimmer off y can see the polyps and corals and dusters taking advantage of any food that happens to land in their reach. Thawing it out in a bowl etc is just too much work and messing around. I buy frozen brine shrimp, krill, mysid and a home brew food the LFS makes which is frozen in a flat pack like the typical frozen packs. The small cubes are more expensive. So its just a simple matter to break a chunk off and swish it and then put the piece back in the freezer again until next time. IMHO rinseing removes lots of micro nutrients that are beneficial to lots of the tanks critters. My skimmers used to go real crazy when I used to thaw the food out in a cup of water and then feed, but even on the rare occasion the skimmer is on, when I feed by the swish the chunk method, the skimmers will react, but nothing like they did when I fed it thawed out.
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cyrusmekon
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I just dump my cube straight in. Fish seem happy enough. I let the powerheads do the mixing.
Looks like a snowstorm mind you, but its good excercise for the fish. They have to catch. Just got mandarin the other day and pleased to see he eats the frozen food as well. I was abit worried about the species eating habits.
Looks like a snowstorm mind you, but its good excercise for the fish. They have to catch. Just got mandarin the other day and pleased to see he eats the frozen food as well. I was abit worried about the species eating habits.
granny
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My fish are so tame, they come right to my hand to eat-so I take the frozen food and hold it in the water-they hit it one after the other. Sometimes, if I am not in a rush, I put it in a little container, drop some Zoecon on top then let it thaw some. As Chipmaker said
the other critters in the tank feed off the juicy stuff that momentarily clouds the water. I also turn off my pumps and skimmer for a few, but truthfully, the food doesnt last long. These guys eat like they are starved all the time. I hand feed my starfish and often hold food for the shrimp to climb on my hands and eat.
the other critters in the tank feed off the juicy stuff that momentarily clouds the water. I also turn off my pumps and skimmer for a few, but truthfully, the food doesnt last long. These guys eat like they are starved all the time. I hand feed my starfish and often hold food for the shrimp to climb on my hands and eat.
reef diver
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in all your high opinions, how much is best for these fish: 2 black percs, 4 baingaii cardinals, 1 algae blenny, 1 dwarf lionfish. And what should I feed em, i havnt gotten any strait answers
mikeyjer
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Originally Posted by Reef Diver
in all your high opinions, how much is best for these fish: 2 black percs, 4 baingaii cardinals, 1 algae blenny, 1 dwarf lionfish. And what should I feed em, i havnt gotten any strait answers
Algae blenny eats algae of course, you can feed it algae sheets. Percs and the Cardinals would eat flakes, mysis shrimp, cyclopeeze, marine cuisine, etc. Just a variety of foods. You should feed the cardinals and the lion fish more meater foods like squid, shrimp, mysis shrimp, marine cuisine, etc etc. I'm not sure what you mean by how much is best for those fish. I personally don't like mixing Lions in a community tank unless it's aggressive. :happyfish
in all your high opinions, how much is best for these fish: 2 black percs, 4 baingaii cardinals, 1 algae blenny, 1 dwarf lionfish. And what should I feed em, i havnt gotten any strait answers
Algae blenny eats algae of course, you can feed it algae sheets. Percs and the Cardinals would eat flakes, mysis shrimp, cyclopeeze, marine cuisine, etc. Just a variety of foods. You should feed the cardinals and the lion fish more meater foods like squid, shrimp, mysis shrimp, marine cuisine, etc etc. I'm not sure what you mean by how much is best for those fish. I personally don't like mixing Lions in a community tank unless it's aggressive. :happyfish
reef diver
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thanks for the opinion, but ill chose to, and if it eats smething so be it, its natural, and what about a highfin red goby what do those eat. What I mean by how much to feed them, is how much will each eat when they are full grown. Just a rough estimate will suffice
stanlalee
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Since you have the lion you may be able to feed whole cubes. I use san fransisco bay frozen reef plankton and mysis shrimp. I use it mainly for clown goby's and royal gramma (although my lawn mower blenny and hippo tang eat it readily as well). One cube last me like 8000 days. I take a knife, wet the tip and shred off a little bit (like grading cheese) and put it in a medicine cup of tank water. By the time I shred it and mix it around in the water it has thawed. Thats plenty per feeding for my small fish. Since I have a combination of carnivores, ominvores and herbivores (well suppose to be but arent) each feeding I give my fish crushed formula one and formula two pellets (fish too small for whole pellets and I HATE flakes) then followed up by frozen mysis and reef plankton bits. For the herbivores I also clip an algae sheet of seaweed salad about once a week or two. you lawn mower blenny should love it.