Throw out left out frozen food?

ReefingRy · 01/31/2016, 05:51 PM

There is another thread going but I would like to hear others ideas.

If you leave frozen fish food out overnight and it thawed would you throw it out or referees it?

ReefingRy · 01/31/2016, 05:54 PM

Refreeze it*

Dkuhlmann · 01/31/2016, 06:40 PM

Refreeze it

TimeConsumer · 01/31/2016, 06:45 PM

We're missing a choice: Eat it and see what happens.

Jone · 01/31/2016, 07:41 PM

throw it away,,is food worth the aggravation it POSSIBLY can cause..by more and learn from the mistake

cymen · 01/31/2016, 08:36 PM

I agree with the person on the other thread who pointed out what fish eat in the wild. So I'm for refreeze.

reefer1970 · 01/31/2016, 08:47 PM

I agree, If fish in the wild died or got sick from food that was over a day old, Cod would cost $1000/ lb. I would weigh the cost vs. putting something nasty back in my freezer and making my hot pockets smell like brine shrimp if anything.

ReefingRy · 01/31/2016, 09:19 PM

Thanks for the thoughts. The more I read the more I can't decide what I should do next time.

ca1ore · 01/31/2016, 11:46 PM

I have had frozen pack fall out of my garage freezer and thaw out on the floor overnight. As long as they don't smell rancid (just fishy), they go back into the freezer. I've not had a case of fishy food poisoning yet.

Member No. 1 · 02/01/2016, 04:06 AM

+1 for refreeze

homer1475 · 02/01/2016, 05:12 AM

Refreeze.

Not everyone's LFS is a stones throw away. By time I get home(2 hour drive), even in a cooler with freeze packs, my frozen is thawed.

Jscwerve · 02/01/2016, 08:05 AM

I actually did this exact thing on Saturday morning.

Digging through the freezer on Friday night, set pack of mysis cubes on top to get to something else. Forgot to put them back in. Saturday morning, notice thawed pack.

Chucked it.

When I come across situations like this I just ask the question of myself "is it worth the risk of hundreds, perhaps thousands of dollars in livestock, time, effort and headache to save $8 in fish food? Brings things into perspective for me.

It might be just fine to use 99,999 times out of a 100,000. Do you want to be that one that it went bad for?

cloak · 02/01/2016, 11:26 AM

Gosh, from the results posted above I don't think I would ever have to pay for frozen food again. Just send me yours...

Refreeze it!

JMorris271 · 02/01/2016, 01:11 PM

Refreeze

ReefingRy · 02/01/2016, 03:00 PM

Wow

Sk8r · 02/01/2016, 03:03 PM

Nobody's mentioning a very important factor.
We keep our house between 63 and 68 up here, and it's snowing. If I left a packet out, it wouldn't have as much chance to spoil overnight as somebody who lives in Miami.

acebigalowe · 02/01/2016, 05:29 PM

How long we talking here? Overnight? The weekend? Where is it? The fridge? A cool area? A warm area?

View Poll Results: If you left frozen fish food out and it thawed would you throw it out or refreeze it?
I would throw out.	17	50.00%
I would refreeze.	17	50.00%
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01/31/2016, 05:51 PM	#1
ReefingRy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: West Chester PA Posts: 50	Throw out left out frozen food? There is another thread going but I would like to hear others ideas. If you leave frozen fish food out overnight and it thawed would you throw it out or referees it?

01/31/2016, 06:40 PM	#3
Dkuhlmann Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,823	Refreeze it __________________ Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300

01/31/2016, 06:45 PM	#4
TimeConsumer Registered Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: New Orleans, La Posts: 1,919	We're missing a choice: Eat it and see what happens. __________________ Steve - Retired from reefing, for now.

01/31/2016, 11:46 PM	#9
ca1ore Grizzled & Cynical Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 17,319	I have had frozen pack fall out of my garage freezer and thaw out on the floor overnight. As long as they don't smell rancid (just fishy), they go back into the freezer. I've not had a case of fishy food poisoning yet. __________________ Simon Got back into the hobby ..... planned to keep it simple ..... yeah, right ..... clearly I need a new plan! Pet peeve: anemones host clowns; clowns do not host anemones! Current Tank Info: 450 Reef; 120 refugium; 60 Frag Tank, 30 Introduction tank; multiple QTs

01/31/2016, 05:54 PM	#2
ReefingRy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: West Chester PA Posts: 50	Refreeze it*

01/31/2016, 07:41 PM	#5
Jone Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 517	throw it away,,is food worth the aggravation it POSSIBLY can cause..by more and learn from the mistake

01/31/2016, 08:36 PM	#6
cymen Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Oakland, California Posts: 58	I agree with the person on the other thread who pointed out what fish eat in the wild. So I'm for refreeze.

01/31/2016, 08:47 PM	#7
reefer1970 Registered Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Grosse Pointe, MI Posts: 422	I agree, If fish in the wild died or got sick from food that was over a day old, Cod would cost $1000/ lb. I would weigh the cost vs. putting something nasty back in my freezer and making my hot pockets smell like brine shrimp if anything.

01/31/2016, 09:19 PM	#8
ReefingRy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: West Chester PA Posts: 50	Thanks for the thoughts. The more I read the more I can't decide what I should do next time.

02/01/2016, 04:06 AM	#10
Member No. 1 Ver. 2.1 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Rehoboth, MA Posts: 1,803	+1 for refreeze __________________ Pete "I never make mistakes... I thought I did once, but I was wrong" Current Tank Info: In the process - http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2661614

02/01/2016, 05:12 AM	#11
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	Refreeze. Not everyone's LFS is a stones throw away. By time I get home(2 hour drive), even in a cooler with freeze packs, my frozen is thawed. __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

02/01/2016, 08:05 AM	#12
Jscwerve Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 309	I actually did this exact thing on Saturday morning. Digging through the freezer on Friday night, set pack of mysis cubes on top to get to something else. Forgot to put them back in. Saturday morning, notice thawed pack. Chucked it. When I come across situations like this I just ask the question of myself "is it worth the risk of hundreds, perhaps thousands of dollars in livestock, time, effort and headache to save $8 in fish food? Brings things into perspective for me. It might be just fine to use 99,999 times out of a 100,000. Do you want to be that one that it went bad for?

02/01/2016, 11:26 AM	#13
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Gosh, from the results posted above I don't think I would ever have to pay for frozen food again. Just send me yours... Refreeze it!

02/01/2016, 01:11 PM	#14
JMorris271 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Foothills of SC Posts: 2,010	Refreeze __________________ 120 gal mixed tank. Lightly stocked now but....

02/01/2016, 03:00 PM	#15
ReefingRy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: West Chester PA Posts: 50	Wow

02/01/2016, 03:03 PM	#16
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Nobody's mentioning a very important factor. We keep our house between 63 and 68 up here, and it's snowing. If I left a packet out, it wouldn't have as much chance to spoil overnight as somebody who lives in Miami. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

02/01/2016, 05:29 PM	#17
acebigalowe Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 59	How long we talking here? Overnight? The weekend? Where is it? The fridge? A cool area? A warm area?