when i get a pice of fresh salmon fillet from the grocery store, I cut them up into sizeable chunks and put them in a small tupperware to freeze in the fridge. I just take the chunks out when i need. I run it in hot water and drop it in the tank.
Do you guys thaw your food?
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I usually let a few good pieces sit out for about twenty minutes or so.I have dropped a few frozen chunks into the tank and my armatus didn't seem to even notice the difference as he snapped them up.
Frozen food thaws pretty fast in your tank. Just throw a piece of ice the size of the food your feeding and see how fast it melts away. I throw pieces of fish in frozen all the time. I have run water over lots pieces if I slice it up only so the pieces don't refreeze together in a big chunk before I dump it into the tank
Put food in a bowl of tank water for 3-5 minutes cut to size and feed. I've done it for years
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I put my frozen chunks into a small plastic container filled with water from the tank, 3-5mins and it is thawed out, then just tip food and water straight into the tank. Ive always done it this way as I am pretty sure frozen food isn't good for the fish but I dont know that for sure.
I feed salmon as well. I thaw it out in room temperature water. It takes a long time but it doesn't seem to cook out any benefit like rinsing with hot water does.
Once its thawed out, I like to give it a good rinse under COLD water to try to get the oil out. I don't like how if I fail to do that, I get a scummy film on the surface of my tank.
Once its thawed out, I like to give it a good rinse under COLD water to try to get the oil out. I don't like how if I fail to do that, I get a scummy film on the surface of my tank.
Agreed,when I worked in a pet store we would drop whole frozen packs of krill in a tank to thaw them before cutting open the wrapping...didn't take more than a few minutes.
Best way to thaw out frozen is by putting it in the refrigerator a few days before feeding allowing it to slowly thaw out.
By rinsing frozen food under hot/warm water almost all of the nutritional value in the food is lost.
Rinsing under cold water is only slightly better than using hot. Most of the nutrients you want to keep in the food are water soluble. So they are being rinsed out of the food into the water and never making to the fish.
The slower you thaw out the frozen food the less nutritional value is lost.
Freezing food breaks down the material that holds the nutrition of the food source. So by quickly thawing the food by hot or cold you are compounding the issue. Slower is definitely better in this case.
By rinsing frozen food under hot/warm water almost all of the nutritional value in the food is lost.
Rinsing under cold water is only slightly better than using hot. Most of the nutrients you want to keep in the food are water soluble. So they are being rinsed out of the food into the water and never making to the fish.
The slower you thaw out the frozen food the less nutritional value is lost.
Freezing food breaks down the material that holds the nutrition of the food source. So by quickly thawing the food by hot or cold you are compounding the issue. Slower is definitely better in this case.
When you thaw any type of food under hot water it increases the bacteria level especially seafood. I wouldn't do it for my own food so I don't do it for my fish either. I always thaw in cold water. It only takes a few minutes anyway.
