Easier way to feed fish?

[curiouser]

LowLi,
Please point us to that article if you have the reference. Do you know if other things were measured?

 

[curiouser]

I typed the above message and thought I just let it sit in my computer while I was looking at other stuff. Didn't mean to post it until I did some further looking.
Anyhow after some more looking
https://www.google.com/search?q=rin...ome..69i57.18719j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
I found some links to other threads and read a few.
Seems to me one camp (including Randy) says phosphate contribution of frozen food "juice" is trivial so not worth rinsing. Possibility of some good stuff lost while rinsing is raised.
A smaller camp (at least from my reading) are rinsers. Mike Paletta's opinion to rinse is alluded to, but I couldn't find a link to that article. I thought I read that in the past and it informed my previous decision to be a rinser.

My conclusion, at least for now, is I will stop rinsing and hope some of the good stuff in the "juice" will benefit the corals, CUC and microcritters.

 

[curiouser]

I used to "rinse" my frozen foods so i could believe I was doing my best to keep phosphates out of the tank.

Then I read an article on it and they meaaured the reduction in phosphate from rinsing... it was 1%.

Now i literally toss cubes in from across the room.

From beyond the 3 point line?

 

[LowLi]

LowLi,
Please point us to that article if you have the reference. Do you know if other things were measured?

what article?

 

[curiouser]

what article?

LowLi,
I asked you by mistake. Wrong person. Sorry. My bad.
Since my erroneous post I think I found the article referenced.
https://www.advancedaquarist.com/2012/3/chemistry

 

[bekate]

I just use a shot glass with some warm water, throw the cube in there and then use a turkey baster to add it to the tank where I want it to go. Works quite well.

 

[cliffclaven]

The whole reason for starting this was to see if there was an easier way to add selcon to mysis every day... if I put the cube to thaw in water and then add selcon but my worry is that the food won't absorb as much because it will just stay in the water?
Any thoughts

I typed the above message and thought I just let it sit in my computer while I was looking at other stuff. Didn't mean to post it until I did some further looking.
Anyhow after some more looking
https://www.google.com/search?q=rin...ome..69i57.18719j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
I found some links to other threads and read a few.
Seems to me one camp (including Randy) says phosphate contribution of frozen food "juice" is trivial so not worth rinsing. Possibility of some good stuff lost while rinsing is raised.
A smaller camp (at least from my reading) are rinsers. Mike Paletta's opinion to rinse is alluded to, but I couldn't find a link to that article. I thought I read that in the past and it informed my previous decision to be a rinser.

My conclusion, at least for now, is I will stop rinsing and hope some of the good stuff in the "juice" will benefit the corals, CUC and microcritters.

 

[pdxmonkeyboy]

put cube in shot glass, squirt selcon on it. wait 10-15, dump in tank.

 

[mcarroll]

The whole reason for starting this was to see if there was an easier way to add selcon to mysis every day... if I put the cube to thaw in water and then add selcon but my worry is that the food won't absorb as much because it will just stay in the water?
Any thoughts

It would be more ideal for the mysids to be fed selcon while they were alive....nothing will "soak in" to a dead, fully hydrated animal.

So depending who you're trying to feed, added Selcon may or may not be worthwhile.

For fish, not worth it...needs to be in the critter the fish is eating.

Coral and others? Selcon will still be food even if you just dose it straight to the tank without mysis – so very worth it.

 

[Joshua Warne]

I use that exact condiments container. Toss 3-4 days worth of frozen with some tank water and just squirt enough food that my fish can clear up in 30s 3-4 times a day.