Frozen Foods

[Serial-Cichlid]

I heard its not healthy to give fish food e.g Brine Shrimp while it's still frozen.

Is there any truth to this?

Cheers

Paul

[Mazimbwe]

I just don't do it...not sure if it is unhealthy, or for what reason, but they don't eat from a freezer in the lake. That means, to me, they don't eat from the freezer at my place.

[Richard]

Hello,

When the company makes the food there is "Preservatives" in the fish food.

by wahsing the frozen food out with hot water these "Preservatives" are taken out wihch equals to a healthy and happy fish.

HTH

Richard

[Huyey]

I just thaw out the frozen food in with some tank water and then pour the whole thing in. I didnt realise there were preservatives in there also that may harm the fish. Should I net out the brine shrimp/shrimp/bloodworm etc...before I feed them to the fish?? :o :o

Cheers,

Huy

[Ben]

Fish food is made for fish. There is nothing in it that will kill them. I do, however, melt the frozen food in tank water before giving it to my fish. I don't remove the water, I just poor it all in. The reason I melt it is that a cyp or a calvus or anything I keep can’t eat a full frozen block.

[Richard]

Hey,

The presevatives are not good for them, thats what i heard from my friend and he knows his stuff.

Huy yeah i just net my cubes and was with water.

cheers

Richard

[Serial-Cichlid]

LOL

I heard from you Richard

Thanks for the help guys. I feed them frozen foods once a week or fortnight. My fish start eating it when it melts and the shrimp break off bit by bit. There are no instructions on the fish food packet so I might actually investigate with the manufacturers and see what they have to say.

Cheers

Paul

[Serial-Cichlid]

Okay guys

I haven't been able to contact the manufacturers but here's a link which has helped me learn more about frozen foods:Frozen Foods

Cheers

Paul

[OziOscar]

I use a reasonable amount of blood worm of Indonesian origin for my Americans, so I just get a little tank water and defrost the goodies in that and drain before I serve.

I used just drop the blocks in, but seeing an Oscar finning around with a block of worms seemed undignified. Maybe they get brain-freeze from eating cold things too fast too. :D

If there is one thing I can be sure about products from Indonesia, they won't add anything to it if they can get away with it. :D Then again, it might be loaded with formaldehyde / formalin / only-God-knows what. Better safe than sorry.

Cheers - OziOscar.

[Bit Racer]

I usually throw the frozen cube of brine shrimp straight into the tank water. As it thaws the fish will take nibbles out of it and haven't had any problems.

I only use the hikari frozen foods as they claim to have gone through several sterilisation processes.

[YeW]

I'm lazy and just chuck mine in frozen. I wouldn't recommend doing this with fish with delicate mouth bits (sorry to go all technical there).

With most fish it should be fine :D.

[reesy1]

I just chuck in frozen as well and never had trouble , my oscar will just suck it in and thats it all gone :D

[Willy Wombat]

The only reason i melt mine first is because the big fish in the tank will guts the whole block. If i break it up before i put it in - i know the smaller fish will get a little bit....

[PHL]

I'm currently using Hikari Bloodworms, and just toss the lot in frozen. Seems to melf pretty quickly, and having it float around a bit intially gets the fish interested.

[kigoma]

I think the only reason why "frozen" brine shrimp is no good for fish is because their shells rupture and all the nutrition and natural colour enhancer such as b-carotene contained within the shell leaches into the water when you go thaw it.

Mark