PE Mysis flat pack

Hitman · Oct 29, 2018

I switched to frozen PE Mysis in the flat pack today. Has anyone else feed this and within 30 seconds out of nowhere had their tank fill with micro bubbles? My tank was crystal clear as I poured a 1/2”x 1/2” thawed out chunk in the tank. Maybe 30 seconds later the entire tank was filled with micro bubbles. It’s been 15 minutes now and all my pumps feed modes have completed and resumed normal operation and I still have a lot of the micro bubbles. As I’m typing this it is starting to clear up but I would say I still have 50% of them. Ive been watching my Skimmer the whole time and I’ve seen zero effects on it.
What in the world would cause this?
Did I get a bad pack?
Is this normal for this brand?

titlowda · Oct 29, 2018

I have used it for two years and never had that happen

Hitman · Oct 29, 2018

Is it normally a lite tan to gray color and has a god awful fish smell?
I wonder if at sometime it thawed and refroze before I bought it.

DSC reef · Oct 29, 2018

It could be a reaction from food itself with the oils, skimmer might not like it. Typically when we used that brand the skimmer would not make any bubbles. I noticed a strong shrimp smell but not fish smell. Hopefully it wasn't thawed and refrozen.

Hitman · Oct 29, 2018

DSC reef said:
It could be a reaction from food itself with the oils, skimmer might not like it. Typically when we used that brand the skimmer would not make any bubbles. I noticed a strong shrimp smell but not fish smell. Hopefully it wasn't thawed and refrozen.

My Skimmer is in the third chamber and both chambers 1&2 where filled with micro bubbles. When everything goes in feed mode I’m guessing I have about 600 gph of flow which mostly is from wave pumps as I think both returns turn down to about 100 gph each just enough to prevent the returns from draining.
Yeah the wife said definitely not a shrimp smell more fishy.
Should I toss it out and call it a loss?

DSC reef · Oct 29, 2018

Those flat packs are pricey. Before tossing it I'd call the store where you bought it and see if they can exchange it. That fishy smell would throw me off for sure. In the end, I wouldn't use a food that has a reaction like that in the tank. Trade it in for some reef frenzy and mysis feast

Hitman · Oct 29, 2018

I would love to try LRS but the closest place that sells it is almost 2 hours away. I had to drive 1 hour just to get this PE Mysis

I’ll have to wait just over 2 hours for them to open and give them a shout. Maybe I can talk the wife into a road trip to the OK Aquarium this weekend and bring my cooler filled with dry ice and pick some LRS products up.

DSC reef · Oct 29, 2018

Hitman said:
I would love to try LRS but the closest place that sells it is almost 2 hours away. I had to drive 1 hour just to get this PE Mysis I’ll have to wait just over 2 hours for them to open and give them a shout. Maybe I can talk the wife into a road trip to the OK Aquarium this weekend and bring my cooler filled with dry ice and pick some LRS products up.

Chad @Reef Nutrition ships as well. I always like refrigerated foods, so easy, lol. That blows to have to drive so far man.

Hitman · Oct 29, 2018

The store that was near by got a big head after being on the YouTube video with the fritz guys and coralfish12g doing the big saltwater store video all over. I won’t say the name but it’s the shop they made fun of with the water snake aka python water change hose. Needless to say it changed owners soon after and the new guy did everything he could to turn the store around but the bad rap was to thick and it closed permanently last month.
Thankfully the other store is still open and has some killer livestock just 45 minutes further away then this store was.

DSC reef · Oct 29, 2018

Hitman said:
The store that was near by got a big head after being on the YouTube video with the fritz guys and coralfish12g doing the big saltwater store video all over. I won’t say the name but it’s the shop they made fun of with the water snake aka python water change hose. Needless to say it changed owners soon after and the new guy did everything he could to turn the store around but the bad rap was to thick and it closed permanently last month.
Thankfully the other store is still open and has some killer livestock just 45 minutes further away then this store was.

Were very fortunate to have good stores next to us like world wide corals.

Hitman · Oct 29, 2018

Here’s the video. It’s actually pretty cool

JDtimk · Oct 29, 2018

I actually have had that happen to me with PE Mysis in the past. I was feeding the cubes though. I think it was probably due to the amount of what looked like oils in the food. I never got a spoiled pack, but if I didn't rinse the cubes well it would make the skimmer go nuts. I would imagine this effect would be more prominent the smaller the volume of water is in a system relative to the amount of PE Mysis fed, but maybe not if your tank had that happen with only a 1/2 x 1/2 inch portion.

Hitman · Oct 29, 2018

1/2” x 1/2” portion in 300 total water volume I would have thought would have no effects but looks like I’m wrong again. Please no one tell my wife I already hear enough from her! ;Nailbiting;Nailbiting Lol

Potatohead · Oct 29, 2018

Mysis should be mainly white or a light tan. If it is thawed and re-frozen it will turn a darker brown.

Reeferguy365 · Oct 29, 2018

That's definitely weird you might have gotten a bad pack or something not sure. I switched to the flats like 6 months ago and have never had that issue I feed a 4"×2" chunk every day. Do you thaw it in salt water before you feed it? Or do you just throw the Chunk in the tank? Not sure if it whould make a difference just curious.

Hitman · Oct 29, 2018

Reeferguy365 said:
That's definitely weird you might have gotten a bad pack or something not sure. I switched to the flats like 6 months ago and have never had that issue I feed a 4"×2" chunk every day. Do you thaw it in salt water before you feed it? Or do you just throw the Chunk in the tank? Not sure if it whould make a difference just curious.

I thaw it out in tank water for approximately 30 minutes. This is the same way I’ve done it with other brands. The water is still cool but not warm by any means. I’m thinking I got a bad batch. I called the store I got it from and they opened a pack up and said they didn’t think it smelt right either and the next time I’m in town they will give me a credit.