Re: [GSAS-Member] Frozen Food

["Clifford Miller" <clifford@clevergeek.com>]

How funky is the water getting?  If what's left when you do the
thaw/strain move is too disgusting, I'd switch brands.

I make my own now, and just drop it in frozen. If you have a freezer,
blender, and a couple of cookie sheets, you can buy and make a year's
worth (well, for the fish I'm feeding) of high quality fish food from
central market for under $20 in about two beers.  Err, I mean...less than
an hour?

Side note regarding live food-- I was down at Twin Ponds park in Shoreline
the other day, and there were more daphnia kicking around than I'd ever
seen anywhere before.  I ran a small dipnet through one of the "clouds"
and it came out relatively full-- I would guess a half-cup or more in one
swipe.  That's A LOT of daphnia.

Cliff



>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Shango Los <shango@shangolos.com>
>> Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 11:54 AM
>> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
>> <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
>> Subject: [GSAS-Member] Frozen Food
>>
>> Hi Friends,
>>
>> How do ya¹ll present frozen food to your fish?
>>
>> I used to just toss the cubes in frozen.
>> I then began thawing out the cube first in some hot water and then
>> poured
>> that in the tank.
>>
>> However, I now suspect that doing it that way is funking my water.  This
>> weekend I began thawing the cube in water and then pouring the food
>> through
>> a net and then introducing the strained food.  That way seems to waste a
>> lot
>> but only got the food in the tank, not any sort of binding agent.
>>
>> So tell me, how do you feed with frozen bloodworms and Mysis shrimp?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Shango
>>
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