Frozen Food

[nhatduongchi]

What is the correct way to prepare frozen food for tropical fish in general?

[Corbin]

i use frozen blood worms and i just throw them in an the cube breaks up. but you can get a little cup of water to melt it then serve.

[Rbishop]

I dip out some of the tank water in a small cup, put the portion in there to thaw and fall apart, then pour it into the tank.

[jeffs99dime]

I dip out some of the tank water in a small cup, put the portion in there to thaw and fall apart, then pour it into the tank.

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[Marinemom]

A cup or a baggie of tank water to melt the food works then just serve it to the fish.

Marinemom

[TwoTankAmin]

I have well water, so don't have to deal w/ cholorine etc. I normally break off the amount I want to feed from the slab, put it into a small strainer and run water over it til it melts. This also rinses out a lot of the junky liquid part so it wont foul the water.

[NinjaPirate]

I use it in very small doses because I have to feed individually, so I dump a cube into a plastic cup, pour a teaspoon or so dechlor water into it, let it thaw out, feed desired amount with tweasers and then re-freeze. A cube will usually last 2-3 weeks before the constant thawing/refreezing gets to it (you can usually smell when it goes bad), at which point I toss the whole cup and start a new one.

[corykid]

before i would let it melt in a cup, but now i just throw it in, and let my fish pick away at it.

P.S. BLOOD WORMS SMELL FUNNY....has anyone else noticed that lol

[Tommy Gun]

Just to support everyone else, I use the same method of using a cup full of the tank water to thaw out the fozen food (works well with any frozen foods and I do it with my SW tank as well). It is a good point to not use tap water unless you are sure there is no chlorine in it. I also bought one of those really small nets and strain the foods before putting them in the tank. This serves two purposes...First, it gets rid of all the 'juices' and what not that would probrably add more nitrates (eventually) to the tank which is important if you are feeding a lot of frozen foods daily and secondly, my poor little fishies are not scared of my net anymore and practically jump into it when I need to move them to a q-tank or for breeding purposes (i have cichilds mainly).

[debaric]

before i would let it melt in a cup, but now i just throw it in, and let my fish pick away at it.

P.S. BLOOD WORMS SMELL FUNNY....has anyone else noticed that lol

they are mosquito larvae, im not surprised.

and do you think a whole cube for 5 clown loaches is overfeeding?

[PeteCW]

Just melt any frozen food in a cup with a tablespoon or two worth of tap water, and then spoon it in little by little in different places (the slow introduction arouses fish interest and whets their appetites even more and warms it up to palletable conditions).
Don't worry about tap water impurities as that little water won't have any effect at all.
Also, the (underwater) smell of the melted juices will be that much more enticing.

[NinjaPirate]

they are mosquito larvae, im not surprised.

and do you think a whole cube for 5 clown loaches is overfeeding?

They are not mosquito larvae.

They are midge larvae. Midge's are small flying insects very similar to mosquitos.

:)

[garbon2535]

For a long time I just put the frozen food in the tank. It melted quickly and the fish ate it after it melted. Now I keep a small jar in the fridge. Every night after I feed my fish their frozen food I add a little more to the jar. Every 2 or 3 weeks I wash the jar (gets a little stinky).

[Star_Rider]

I use a small platic seal container.add the mix(mysis&brine shrimp, bloodworms) let it thaw ..then spoon it to my tanks.

there is no tank water in the mix..since I feed to several several tanks..I do not want to run the risk of cross contaminants.