DIY food preservative

[jelly]

looking to add a preservative to my DIY foods so it wont spoil. going to use it for my auto feeder so so my foods will my liquid. could anyone help with this.

 

[PapaDragon]

I'm assuming your talking about mysis or some other homemade mixture of seafood. I don't think you can stop it from going bad pretty quick.

 

[jelly]

yes that's what im referring to.. I really want to extend the life more then 4 days when thawed

 

[PapaDragon]

Four days? I would never use four day old thawed food. I wouldn't use 24 hour thawed food. I thaw just enough for each feeding.

Maybe someone else can help.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I wouldn't add anything to a reef tank that could prevent bacteria in seafood for four days at room temperature, aside from soaking it at low pH (as in vinegar) or high pH (limewater/kalkwasser) or high salt (like a brine solution).