frozen food Vs flake food. Help end a debate

[Carey1465]

My buddy and I always debate on what type of food is best for our fish. So I want to see what everyone else is feeding their fish. Majority of the time I feed my tank mates frozen food. On the other hand my buddy feeds his tank friends flake food. I can understand mixing it up every once in awhile but he throws in flake food majority of the time.

[ChrisAnator03]

i have always used frozen it is easyer to feed corals with and it stays in one piece and all my fish eat it my .02

[00Warpig00]

I use mostly frozen of several different varieties. I do also have some algae sheets and some Instant ocean packet stuff they were giving away free for a while in the big salt buckets. Oh yeah and Ocean Nutrition Formula one in small pellets but I rarely feed F1 pellet because it instantly sinks to the bottom and none of my fish other than gobies will eat off the bottom.

[jon99]

Variety is always better in this case. I like feeding frozen because it seemes like it's as close to what the fish would be eating out in the ocean as you can get... closer than dried fakes or pellets any way. However I notice an increase in phosphates when feeding frozen, even though I rinse it first with ro/di. So I alternate between the two for variety and to keep phosphates down. I think dried fish food has come a long way over the last few years. There is some quality stuff you can get these days. I feed New Life Spectrum, Elos SV1 (supposedly no added phosphates for perservative like other fish foods), and HBH Super Soft (to get some spirulina in their diet). I alternate one of these with frozen, and always feed nori for the tangs. So I guess both, sorry, hard to pick sides.

[Sport507]

I feed frozen one day then either flake, pellets or a combination of both the next. I also feed algae strip on occasion.

About once a week I feed both frozen and pellets soaked in Kent garlic extreme.

[michaelr]

I feed mostly flake food(only the high quality) due to the fact that admitedly im on the lazier side of things. I do feed frozen on occasion and if i ever get carnivores will feed fresh seafood.

[d0ughb0y]

I've tried many different brands/kinds of food, frozen, flakes, pellets. in the end, I went back to just feeding formula one pellets. all fish are just fine with pellets.

[syrinx]

I have done many experiments over the years with fresh and marine fish and all of the foods available. I recommend switching brands from time to time, but flake, frozen, fresh- seems to have little effect on growth and health. I will say though that fish fed exclusively on live foods- tend to do the worst. Prepared foods are so enriched that for a live diet to work it would have to be extensive! As far as flakes go- many of my commercial accounts do not have the ability to use frozen- and are on automated feeders. Many of these fish are in the 10 to 15 year old range with nothing but flake and pellets for their entire captivity. The main diffrence I see in the food styles- frozen has more pollution potential- and really should be more of a treat than a staple.

[cloak]

I think I feed flakes or pellets about 75% of the time. Great growth, great color. (NLS, Ocean Nutrition, OSI, Tetra,)

[andy51656]

Take a look at Dainchi. I think that is how you spell it. It is expensive and I am not forsure if they have a marine food but I have yet to see a food that brings out colors and growth(probably steroids, lol) in freshwater cichlids that this food does. I don't know what is in it but it is truly amazing.

[rovster]

I feed a good mix of Spectrum Pellets, and various frozen foods (F1, F2, Mysis, Brine, Cyclops, etc). I would say about 50% is pellets. No rhyme or reason, just seems fine to do it that way. Fish appear healthy and eating well. I have started to defrost the frozen cubes and rinsing them before throwing them in the tank. Lots less pollution....

[DrBegalke]

Frozen foods are the closest to the natural diet of most fish, that said, lot's of people use flake/pellet without any problems.

[ejanastacio]

Frozen food is probably a bit better since it feeds the corals but I feed flakes a majority of the time just because I'm lazy.

[Ron Reefman]

I think anybody who really believes one style of food is better than another style of food is kidding themselves. I feed my fish and corals EVERYTHING. I evven catch local shrimp from the grassy flats off the beach, freeze tham and use them just like any other frozen food. Flakes, froozen, pellets, gels, bottled, freeze dried, nori sheets... I use it all.

[jason2459]

My fish and corals feed on a mixture of pellet, flakes, frozen, and live. I have pellets on a timer for the earlier part of the light cycle, then throw in some flake food when I get home, and later on in the evening drop in some frozen. Then I have a brine hatchery that I throw in live baby brine every so often plus what ever various pods I watch my fish pick off the glass and rocks. I don't feed a lot each time but I rather feed smaller amounts more often.

[racedout]

Hard to say, as they both have their nutritional value. I feed frozen mysis, flake, and pellets because different fish eat different things. I only feed frozen a couple of times per week though due to the higher pollution factor.

[WetShepherd]

I feed a variety through the course of the week. Frozen is the staple - brine and mysis mostly, but once every couple of weeks I'll use cyclops or a marine carnivore mix. I always rinse these. I also regularly feed Cyclop eeze - the frozen bar - just a little swish in the water melts off enough. For dry goods it's usually NLS pellets or Formula 2 Flakes. Occasionally freeze dried brine shrimp, but it's messy, so less than once a month.

If I could only use one, it would probably be forzen mysis.

[pr12]

I feed flakes most of the day by auto feeder, have a mix of about 7 kinds. Plus I feed flakes, pellets, and some freeze dried soaked in selcon and vitamins a few times a week. Then I throw in my homemade frozen mix once a day. Sometimes I hatch out brine shrimp and feed those too.

[cmw]

Frozen or freeze dried always.

[zigzag1]

I alternate every other day between frozen (brine shrimp and Rod's mix, rinsed) and dry (flakes, nori, dry krill, soaked in selcon). Each has their merits, as other have mentioned and variety is key.