decanting of liquid from thawed foods

das75 · 01/31/2007, 01:34 PM

In addition to nori, I feed my tank about 1/4-1/2 teaspoon of frozen mysis daily. I melt in a shot glass of tank water then add directly to display.

Know that it's recommended practice to decant the liquid off before adding, but haven't. Thought liquid might be a benefit to my clam and corals, any merit in this thinking?

btw, tanks been up for a year and just started to get little bit of cyano. Testing for nitrates (Salifert) and phosphates (Hagen) show zero.

cubber · 01/31/2007, 02:05 PM

I always rinse any frozen food I put in my tanks off really well with water from my tap. It's pretty clean well water so no chlorine. Then after the rinse I soak it in clean tank water with garlic extract and vita-chem. After about 10 mins of soaking i drain it all back into the brine shrimp net and then put it back into my container with clean tank water to feed the tanks with. I have read many articles that have said that you can introduce many nasty diseases and parasites to your fish if you don't thoroughly rinse frozen foods.

rockindacheeks · 01/31/2007, 02:20 PM

there is A LOT of po4 in the water the shrimp is frozen in. you should rinse it in a net then add it to your tank

01/31/2007, 01:34 PM	#1
das75 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmonton AB Posts: 2,269	decanting of liquid from thawed foods In addition to nori, I feed my tank about 1/4-1/2 teaspoon of frozen mysis daily. I melt in a shot glass of tank water then add directly to display. Know that it's recommended practice to decant the liquid off before adding, but haven't. Thought liquid might be a benefit to my clam and corals, any merit in this thinking? btw, tanks been up for a year and just started to get little bit of cyano. Testing for nitrates (Salifert) and phosphates (Hagen) show zero.

01/31/2007, 02:20 PM	#3
rockindacheeks Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Corona, California Posts: 2,072	there is A LOT of po4 in the water the shrimp is frozen in. you should rinse it in a net then add it to your tank __________________ My name is Dan, and I'm a closet reefer... Current Tank Info: 28g nanocube

01/31/2007, 02:05 PM	#2
cubber Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 311	I always rinse any frozen food I put in my tanks off really well with water from my tap. It's pretty clean well water so no chlorine. Then after the rinse I soak it in clean tank water with garlic extract and vita-chem. After about 10 mins of soaking i drain it all back into the brine shrimp net and then put it back into my container with clean tank water to feed the tanks with. I have read many articles that have said that you can introduce many nasty diseases and parasites to your fish if you don't thoroughly rinse frozen foods.