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Unread 08/11/2009, 05:23 PM   #1
philipchan
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What kind of frozen food do you feed?

I feed my fish with Frozen brine shrimp and garlic drop.
Sometimes feed them with some flacks
What about you guys?
Is mysis shrimp better than brine shrimp?


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Unread 08/11/2009, 05:27 PM   #2
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it's definitely more nutritious.


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Unread 08/11/2009, 06:11 PM   #3
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I feed Formula One frozen food. It's a meaty mixture of stuff.


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Unread 08/11/2009, 06:11 PM   #4
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Make my own frozen food ..................


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Unread 08/11/2009, 08:36 PM   #5
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Brine had very little nutritional value, mysis is much better.

Look at Rods Reef Food, it is amazing! Their "origional" blend contains everything from 5 micron size cyclopeze to mysis. Great stuff!!!


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Unread 08/11/2009, 09:05 PM   #6
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Frozen Mysis, Cyclop-eez, Rods Food


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Unread 08/11/2009, 11:22 PM   #7
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Mysis is way better. Your fish will become addicted to brine. I also feed garlic pellets and a mix of squid and others.


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Unread 08/12/2009, 05:15 AM   #8
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I try to have a variety of frozen foods and feed different combinations each time so they don't get tired of the same thing.

Here's what I feed:

PE mysis
Hikari mysis
H2O mini mysis
H2O spirulina enriched brine/mysis
Rod's Food(original)
Ocean Nutrition(Spirulina, Angel, Formula 1 & Formula 2)

I thaw and rinse all of it then soak everything in BA AminOmega, Vita Chem, BA MaxAmino and garlic. Then I rinse again and feed.

For corals and clams I feed frozen Cyclop-eeze, DT's Phyto, Polyp Lab reef-roids, coral frenzy, reef chili, ESV spray dried phyto and ZeoVit coral food. I feed this almost everyday.

I also feed them New Life Spectrum flake and pellets.


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Unread 08/12/2009, 05:53 AM   #9
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Frozen Hikari mysis
Cyclopeeze(once a week,very little)
Formula 2
Formula 1
Marine cuisine
Silversides to the serpent star
Krill

I mix it up daily.


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Unread 08/12/2009, 06:23 AM   #10
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I use PE Mysis.


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Unread 08/12/2009, 06:35 AM   #11
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Daily I feed my 90gal:

1 cube enriched brine
1 cube mysis

with one of these rotated daily:

1 cube formula 1 or
1 cube formula 2 or
1 cube reef nutrition
1 cube clams

thawed in tank water, drained and rinsed.


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Unread 08/12/2009, 07:10 AM   #12
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+1 on the Rods....I use it for feeding my fish and coral....I also add coral vibrance 2 times a week and it seems to be giving me a good response...IMO


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Unread 08/12/2009, 09:19 AM   #13
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PE Mysis and squid from time to time


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If I had to think about all of that stuff I would get a stroke.
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I throw some food in the tank, wave hello to the fish and go out with my wife and have a nice glass of merlot with dinner.
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Unread 08/12/2009, 09:45 AM   #14
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i dont feed mine at all lol, jk, a mix of brine and mysis, or a chopped up sprat


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