Frozen Food

hipp77 · 01/31/2009, 06:50 PM

I am looking for your views on using frozen food.

I have heard of different ways that you can feed frozen food.

- Just drop it in the tank

- Let it thaw and soak in vitamins

Let me know how you are doing it.

Reverend Reefer · 01/31/2009, 07:13 PM

i take a little shot glass, fill it with some tank water, and then drop the frozen food cube into it. turn off my powerheads and wait til it thaws, maybe 20min. then i take a turkey baster and feed some of the fish (to distract them), then the corals. i sometimes take the garlic press and squeeze some garlic pieces/juice into the mix. i do this every 2-3 days just after lights go out.

i've been experimenting with squeezing a little food out on the corals and waiting til something that looks like a 'mouth' opens up (maybe 20 min) and then feeding again. i was thinking maybe the initial food on the tentacles might stimulate their mouths to open?

anyways, i have only LPS corals, i don't feed my softies generally speaking, but my palythoa button close up when i've fed them before and so does the ricordea mushroom (closes up onto itself when fed), but i don't typically feed them. never fed my leathers, they don't really have 'mouths' from what i can tell.

marineaddict · 01/31/2009, 07:14 PM

I use a baby jar or shot glass full od tank water and thaw the cube in it. I then try and remove as much of the water as possible and then feed the food to the tank... usually over the course of 15 or 20 min.

I'm in now way an expert but this works for me.

BTW - I only feed frozen food everyt few days.

marineaddict · 01/31/2009, 07:19 PM

for give me for being rude -

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kraze3 · 01/31/2009, 07:27 PM

I do the same but i do it in a solo cup, all the same thing. I dont try to get the water out just use a turkey baster to suck some up and spit it out for the fish. I usually feed the fish and when the corals get the scent the open up. Then I feed them too and try to keep the fish away from stealing their food. You can cut bottle tops off and make small funnels to cover corals while feeding. Where mine are placed I cant do that so I have to defend the corals while they eat.

foxhuntr · 01/31/2009, 07:34 PM

I use a juice glass... just put some tank water in it and toss in a piece of frozen mysis and alittle bit of cyclops and wait about 20 minutes and the use a syringe pull the mysis and cyclops off the bottom of the glass and dump the water out in the sink...then im ready to feed all my kids

synack · 02/01/2009, 01:22 AM

I've been using a little remekin. I fill it half full with tank water and drop some food cubes in it to melt. Sometimes I add Zoe or garlic extreme. Once melted, it all goes in the tank.

Stanley-Reefer · 02/01/2009, 07:36 AM

The new Ocean Nutrition RDF is great. I leave the powerheads running and as it melts and gets pulled through the food gets dispersed to the fishes.

01/31/2009, 06:50 PM	#1
hipp77 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 10	Frozen Food I am looking for your views on using frozen food. I have heard of different ways that you can feed frozen food. - Just drop it in the tank - Let it thaw and soak in vitamins Let me know how you are doing it.

01/31/2009, 07:13 PM	#2
Reverend Reefer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 883	i take a little shot glass, fill it with some tank water, and then drop the frozen food cube into it. turn off my powerheads and wait til it thaws, maybe 20min. then i take a turkey baster and feed some of the fish (to distract them), then the corals. i sometimes take the garlic press and squeeze some garlic pieces/juice into the mix. i do this every 2-3 days just after lights go out. i've been experimenting with squeezing a little food out on the corals and waiting til something that looks like a 'mouth' opens up (maybe 20 min) and then feeding again. i was thinking maybe the initial food on the tentacles might stimulate their mouths to open? anyways, i have only LPS corals, i don't feed my softies generally speaking, but my palythoa button close up when i've fed them before and so does the ricordea mushroom (closes up onto itself when fed), but i don't typically feed them. never fed my leathers, they don't really have 'mouths' from what i can tell. __________________ - Rev. Tank: 65G glass 48" long tank; Sump/Fuge: 30G. Lighting: LEDs+single T5 strip. Maintenance: ATO Kalkwasser + 10% weekly WC, daily feedings LPS+Softies dominated.

01/31/2009, 07:14 PM	#3
marineaddict Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Michigan Posts: 860	I use a baby jar or shot glass full od tank water and thaw the cube in it. I then try and remove as much of the water as possible and then feed the food to the tank... usually over the course of 15 or 20 min. I'm in now way an expert but this works for me. BTW - I only feed frozen food everyt few days.

01/31/2009, 07:19 PM	#4
marineaddict Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Michigan Posts: 860	for give me for being rude - *To Reef Central*

01/31/2009, 07:27 PM	#5
kraze3 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: RI Posts: 2,373	I do the same but i do it in a solo cup, all the same thing. I dont try to get the water out just use a turkey baster to suck some up and spit it out for the fish. I usually feed the fish and when the corals get the scent the open up. Then I feed them too and try to keep the fish away from stealing their food. You can cut bottle tops off and make small funnels to cover corals while feeding. Where mine are placed I cant do that so I have to defend the corals while they eat.

01/31/2009, 07:34 PM	#6
foxhuntr Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: PA Posts: 266	I use a juice glass... just put some tank water in it and toss in a piece of frozen mysis and alittle bit of cyclops and wait about 20 minutes and the use a syringe pull the mysis and cyclops off the bottom of the glass and dump the water out in the sink...then im ready to feed all my kids

02/01/2009, 01:22 AM	#7
synack Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Glendale Heights, IL Posts: 99	I've been using a little remekin. I fill it half full with tank water and drop some food cubes in it to melt. Sometimes I add Zoe or garlic extreme. Once melted, it all goes in the tank.

02/01/2009, 07:36 AM	#8
Stanley-Reefer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Stanley, NC Posts: 1,933	The new Ocean Nutrition RDF is great. I leave the powerheads running and as it melts and gets pulled through the food gets dispersed to the fishes.