Frozen foods

[Robert59]

Is frozen food good or are there better choices out there thanks

 

[Lionfish Lair]

What are you feeding?

 

[jsker]

Frozen food is good for your system, but in controlled amounts. All food add PO4 and nutrients to your system and the same as pellets and flakes. The nice thing about frozen is there are products out there that are close to what our fish eat in the wild. I use @ReefFrenzy along with some reef nutrition products. The only better choice would be to have live food in your system and for a hobbyist that is a challenge for the average hobbyist

What kind of system do you have or looking to have?

 

[Robert59]

Frozen mysis,geeen seaweed shrimp i rinse it all before feeding then I use turkey baster I am battling diatoms and brown hair algae

 

[Robert59]

I am new at this

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Sorry, I meant what types of critters/fish/corals were you feeding.

How old is your tank, Robert?

 

[Mike_J]

You could also rinse your frozen food with RODI water which could be of help. Just make sure feeding amounts are appropriate to the requirements of your livestock. Overfeeding certainly could be aiding to the diatom and algae problem. There could also very well be other factors at play here.

 

[Robert59]

Florida cerith nassiuras turbos some conch hermits cleaner shrimp fire shrimp peppermint shrimp green emerald crabs sea urchin 7 green chromis hippo tang 2 blue azures 1 japenes angel. 1 long nose hawk 1 6 line wrasses 4 percula clowns 12 little zoa frags 1 brain coral 1 hammer torch And is a 155 gallon bow front
539 sump emerald
Oct 220 nt skimmer
Running 5 power heads
3 360 we kessils lights

 

[Robert59]

Sorry not the best at writing

 

[Southpawzzz]

I feed strickly frozen and have no side affects and the fish love it

 

[dburkart]

My fish and corals love @ReefFrenzy

 

[mcarroll]

The only better choice would be to have live food

+1 to everything.

I would only suggest one tweak in that there are definitely "grades" of frozen.

Fresh-frozen, whole seafood with the guts intact, and not-irradiated will be the best, for example. The more processed into pieces the organism is, the less value. Frozen that is nothing but processed ingredients may not be any better than flakes or pellets. (Not to totally knock flakes and pellets....they can be a great supplement or over-used....much like any food or additive.)

I would also add that live foods really get short shrift these days. So many possible options! Have you fed an earthworm to your fish today???? It's not a perfect choice, but what is? They will love you for it!!!

 

[jsker]

Sorry not the best at writing

Never sweet it, this not a test My wife is from Hempstead

 

[Aliyanna]

I feed living creatures (Zooplankton, I breed it - Bryopsis, Tisbe, Tiggerpods and Artemia) and I am doing my own frost food. Severeal different fishes, shells, octopus and so on, mixed with garlic and Sanostol (vitamin fluid for children). My fishes love it! So much, that they struggle for it