How do you prepare frozen food for feeding?

[Dom]

When feeding frozen food, I typically will drop 2 or 3 cubes into an irrigation syringe. Then, I will draw up some DT water and allow it to thaw.

Once thawed, I give it a good shake and place the tip into the tank. My inhabitants have come to recognize the tip of the syringe as a dinner bell. Once they gather around the syringe, I gently squeeze out small amounts until they swim away, indicating a full belly.

But I think this is the source of my elevated Phosphates.

So as the title states: how do you prepare frozen food for feeding?

Thanks
Dom

 

[FGourdin]

I just drop 2 or 3 cubes in some tank water and microwave it for 20 seconds which is just enough to thaw it. When I approach the end of the tank where I always feed they all congegate. Been doing it this way for years.

 

[sfin52]

drop frozen food in the tank and let them eat while its thawing in the tank.

 

[Captain Quint]

I use a sterile glass with 3 cubes (2 mysis & 1 Brine) adding a couple of drops of Selcon and a small amount of G.G. to entice.

I let it thaw naturally, 1/2 it and add quality pellets and feed saving the other half for evening feeding @Dom.

Have done this for at least 11 years and all are fat, healthy and seem happy. I've not lost not had a sick fish in many years.

 

[dansreef]

I use a simple plastic cup and tank water.... drop frozen into it to thaw. When things are thawed... I will feed throughout the day. I dont rinse... I dont use an applicator... I just dump in... at little at a time....until gone. Been doing it for years.

 

[Gareth elliott]

I use feeding cups i have for my gecko.

Let them defrost and feed.

I also have an IM food defroster i use for angel diet that takes 8 hours to fall apart fully so they have dood while i am at work.

 

[Rybren]

I take 6 or 7 cubes of various frozen foods mixed with masago and sometimes pellets, dump it all into a jar of tank water and let it thaw in the fridge. When it's time to feed, I use a turkey baster and give a healthy squirt of the mixture to the tank. I normally feed 4 or 5 times a day. When the jar is empty I rinse and repeat.

 

[qstorm]

drop frozen food in the tank and let them eat while its thawing in the tank.

+1

 

[madweazl]

Dice up some LRS Reef Frenzy, dump it a small measuring cup with tank water, let it sit for about 20-30 minutes to thaw, dump it in the tank, watch fish gobble it up. Also take a frozen littleneck clam out of the freezer, drop it in a small Ziplok bag and thaw it on the counter for about an hour and a half. Once it starts to open (1/4" or so), rinse under tap water real quick so my fingers don't get smelly, toss it in the tank, watch the fish go HAM.

 

[Dom]

I was thinking that I might strain the cubes to get out as much liquid as possible because I believe that is where the phosphates come from.

 

[MTBake]

I add some frozen food to tank water and let it thaw for 15 minutes or so. Then I dump it in the tank.

 

[Geebs19]

I just thaw a cube in DT water, use the second half the next day.

 

[Rybren]

I was thinking that I might strain the cubes to get out as much liquid as possible because I believe that is where the phosphates come from.

Randy Holmes-Farley wrote an article about this very issue. IIRC, he concluded that rinsing made very little difference and wasn't worth the effort.

 

[Paul B]

As I am eating dinner, I throw every other spoonful of whatever I am eating into the tank. They love mashed potatoes.

 

[clown99]

Don't forget the gravy.;Happy
Seriously, I'm searching for which food is better: flake, pellet or frozen.

 

[Paul B]

Thats easy. Frozen is the best. IMO the rest is not food.

 

[Ajholms0427]

I feed my tank strictly frozen food, but I'm thinking I should probably start mixing in pellet food. I do however feed reef roids which I mostly spot feed. I just drop a little food into a solo cup with tank water and allow it to thaw out and then feed my tank throughout the day.

 

[Cassian]

I usually place my frozen food in a cup and add fresh water to it. let thaw completely then shake. I then allow the food to settle to the bottom, then I pour off a majority of the "juices". I refill with fresh water and feed throughout the week. keep food in fridge
this is how ive always done it.

 

[Duffer]

I use a simple plastic cup and tank water.... drop frozen into it to thaw. When things are thawed... I will feed throughout the day. I dont rinse... I dont use an applicator... I just dump in... at little at a time....until gone. Been doing it for years.

+1

 

[Jim8o]

I was thinking that I might strain the cubes to get out as much liquid as possible because I believe that is where the phosphates come from.

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