Frozen food Question

[Charron22]

I purchased the frozen shrimp food and I was wondering, because I only have 2 snowflake clownfish (purchased Saturday) and I don't need to feed them the whole cube once thawed out. What do you guys recommend for when you thaw out the cubes and don't use it all? Re-freeze them? Put them in the fridge to just keep cool?

 

[mike007]

You can cut it while it is still frozen and put it back in the freezer. I do it all the time and put it right back in the package but make sure it is covered or it will freezer burn and dry up.

 

[RacinRevo0818]

Not sure what food you are talking about? Frozen shrimp food?

I always thaw the cube in saltwater then strain the amount I need, rinse one more time with salt water and feed my tank. Then the left over is still in water and I just set it in my fridge till next feeding.

All depends on what the food is? Mysis, brine, reef frenzy, rods. Unless it's one of the later your going to want to rinse it or it won't take long for major nutrient problems to show up. Best of luck and small feeding numerous times a day is always better then larger ones

 

[Charron22]

Mysis shrimp yea. I rinsed it in saltwater and put it back in the freezer in a little recloseable container. I was wondering if it is okay to just thaw it, rinse it and put it jn the fridge because I dont want to throw the whole cube amount in the tank when there is only 2 small clown fish

 

[Justin_92_92]

glad this popped up.

I dont have alot of fish and I toss in the whole cube frozen and let the power heads bust it up or the fish. Sounds like Im proabably a big reason for the algae issue i have

Crap!

 

[caldone]

I cut mine up from the freezer, thaw it in a glass of water from my tank, then pour it into a net and rinse again with tank water.

 

[jhoffa92]

I have 4 fish 2 clowns 1 dotty back and a yellow clown goby I feed brine mysis shrimp. I buy frozen cubes take a cup of my saltwater and throw a cube in the cup I put it in the fridge till it thaws then I take a 5ml surenge and suck up 5ml out of the cup and I target feed my frogspawn and shoot some to the side for fish this works well for me

 

[jhoffa92]

You can get the surenges from cvs rite Aid for free at the prescription counter they are used for kids medication

 

[joshporksandwich]

You can let the whole pack melt then strain. I put in a zip lock, flatten and when its time to feed I break pieces.

 

[NanaReefer]

I've got only 2 fish I cut the cubes in 4th while frozen & feed.

 

[jhoffa92]

I've got only 2 fish I cut the cubes in 4th while frozen & feed.

Yeah just sit what u don't use in the fridge it will be good

 

[Reefltx]

I like to mix a diff. number of frozen cubes (mysis/brine) together, I raise it and store it in a small container with tank water in the fridge. Normally this last me about 3-4days. I use a feeding syringe so this allows me to have control on the amount I feed on each feeding.

 

[ReefFrenzy]

Bear in mind that the omega 3 fatty acids and lipids in mysis shrimp and other frozen foods, including ours, begin to oxidize immediately upon thawing and degrade every hour the food is thawed. While many people do it and it likely won't hurt your fish if you put some in the fridge overnight, I wouldn't call this a best practice. We add buffered ascorbic acids to our foods to combat this breakdown, since it is a natural antioxidant.

The "best" things you can do to maintain the integrity of any frozen food is:

Do not let it thaw on the car ride home from the LFS. Plan a head and take a cooler with ice packs. (Thawing and refreezing causes cell walls to breakdown and can cause the lipids and nutrients inside the organisms to leech out. You want those nutrients to stay inside the mysis, krill, brine etc.)

When you feed, remove the food sheet or cube etc from the freezer, break off what you need and get it back in the freezer asap. (Nothing causes your food to get ice crystals and freezer burned faster than the condensation formed in package from the daily freeze/thaw if it is left out on the counter each night for ten minutes.)

When you buy frozen food place it in a second ziplock freezer bag as soon as you get home.

If you buy food you plan to store for 4+ weeks, place it in a second ziplock freezer bag AND wrap it in a cut up brown paper grocery bag. Then place it in the coldest part of your freezer so it is not exposed to the constant opening of the freezer door, if possible.

The biggest factors in keeping your food fresh and packed with nutrients is fending off moisture, and freezer burn from daily exposure to air.

I would not recommend thawing any frozen food product, rinsing and refreezing it.

Just my $.002

Larry

 

[jhoffa92]

Bear in mind that the omega 3 fatty acids and lipids in mysis shrimp and other frozen foods, including ours, begin to oxidize immediately upon thawing and degrade every hour the food is thawed. While many people do it and it likely won't hurt your fish if you put some in the fridge overnight, I wouldn't call this a best practice. We add buffered ascorbic acids to our foods to combat this breakdown, since it is a natural antioxidant.

The "best" things you can do to maintain the integrity of any frozen food is:

Do not let it thaw on the car ride home from the LFS. Plan a head and take a cooler with ice packs. (Thawing and refreezing causes cell walls to breakdown and can cause the lipids and nutrients inside the organisms to leech out. You want those nutrients to stay inside the mysis, krill, brine etc.)

When you feed, remove the food sheet or cube etc from the freezer, break off what you need and get it back in the freezer asap. (Nothing causes your food to get ice crystals and freezer burned faster than the condensation formed in package from the daily freeze/thaw if it is left out on the counter each night for ten minutes.)

When you buy frozen food place it in a second ziplock freezer bag as soon as you get home.

If you buy food you plan to store for 4+ weeks, place it in a second ziplock freezer bag AND wrap it in a cut up brown paper grocery bag. Then place it in the coldest part of your freezer so it is not exposed to the constant opening of the freezer door, if possible.

The biggest factors in keeping your food fresh and packed with nutrients is fending off moisture, and freezer burn from daily exposure to air.

I would not recommend thawing any frozen food product, rinsing and refreezing it.

Just my $.002

Larry

This is some good knowledge to have thanks I have learned something today I like it