Favorite Frozen Foods?

[ReefED!]

With PE Mysis having supply issues, what other Frozen Foods do you like for your reef tank?

My freezer is full of Hikari Mysis , Ocean Plankton, Omega Brine, and Spirulina Mysis, LRS Reef Frenzy, and a few other misc. but not regularly used or stocked things like baby brine shrimp and calanus.

 

[exnisstech]

Tagging along. I'm currently trying to decide on a replacement for PE since it has been a staple in my feeding routine for the 10yrs I've been in the hobby. I'm already feeding LRS and Rods. I keep mostly larger fish like tangs and I need something large like the PE.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

San Francisco Bay Frozen Mysis is what I always used!

 

[NanoSteam]

LRS Reef frenzy for me... my fish go crazy for it, my Lawnmower Blenny stopped eating algae and is hooked on it like it's a drug. I think it needs an intervention.

 

[Jeffreefs]

What’s the best frozen food for a yellow tang if I can’t feed nori

 

[rtparty]

DIY frozen reef chili

I voted Hikari Mysis for the poll but making my own has been the absolute best. My success with fish jumped ten fold when I started making my own food

 

[ReefED!]

DIY frozen reef chili

I voted Hikari Mysis for the poll but making my own has been the absolute best. My success with fish jumped ten fold when I started making my own food

Are you just buying fresh clams etc and chopping it all up and freezing?

How to you get it small enough so that it's not huge chunks that go uneaten?

What’s the best frozen food for a yellow tang if I can’t feed nori

Tough one - you could try the Spirulina Brine/Mysis but I'd lean more on pellets for tangs if I can't give them nori

All of the "herbivore blend" stuff usually just means they threw spirulina powder into the blend or some pieces of nori which just float around in the tank

 

[vabben]

I feed them all, one I didn't see mentioned is Mermaids Delight. It's another great frozen food to add to your rotation.

 

[slingfox]

I have used Hikari, PE, LRS, Rod’s and the San Francisco Bay brands of frozen food. My go to now is Brine Shrimp Direct. BSD has the best combination of quality, variety and price that I have found. The local reef club in my area organizes a large group order twice a year.

https://www.brineshrimpdirect.com/frozen-fish-food/

 

[rtparty]

Are you just buying fresh clams etc and chopping it all up and freezing?

How to you get it small enough so that it's not huge chunks that go uneaten?



Tough one - you could try the Spirulina Brine/Mysis but I'd lean more on pellets for tangs if I can't give them nori

All of the "herbivore blend" stuff usually just means they threw spirulina powder into the blend or some pieces of nori which just float around in the tank

 

[mmorrison55]

DIY frozen reef chili

I voted Hikari Mysis for the poll but making my own has been the absolute best. My success with fish jumped ten fold when I started making my own food

I’ll have to try this

 

[DJF]

Liveaquaria’s frozen is underrated.

 

[oakcityreefer]

I like LRS since its local to me but my fish seem to like San Francisco more. Slowly getting them over to LRS though.

 

[StartingATank]

I use San Francisco Bay’s Marine Cuisine. A mix of a little bit of everything. Mysis, krill, brine, and spiraluna. Perfect for my aquarium

 

[vlangel]

I use Emerald Entree, Marine Cuisine, Formula one and two along with Hikari mysis and San Francisco Bay frozen foods.

 

[Cdub925]

What’s the best frozen food for a yellow tang if I can’t feed nori

I’m not sure if your out of nori or it’s being a picky eater. If it’s picky I’ve always had good luck with using Kent garlic and I put a full eye dropper in with my mysis and let it sit for a atleast 30min after it’s defrosted. That’s how I got my powder blue to start eating and a Red Sea regal angel.

 

[Euphylliaphyle]

I like LRS since its local to me but my fish seem to like San Francisco more. Slowly getting them over to LRS though.

Interesting. My fish eat SFB (mysis, calanus) with gusto, but all heck breaks loose when I break out the LFS every afternoon! Not only do the fish go crazy, but the hermits come scrambling down the rocks, the Nassarius, Marginella and Cerith snails emerge from the sand, the Emerald crabs leave the safety of their rock nooks and the coral polyps open. Three minutes of total tank mayhem; Reef Frenzy is so aptly named!

 

[Jeffreefs]

I’m not sure if your out of nori or it’s being a picky eater. If it’s picky I’ve always had good luck with using Kent garlic and I put a full eye dropper in with my mysis and let it sit for a atleast 30min after it’s defrosted. That’s how I got my powder blue to start eating and a Red Sea regal angel.

I have one yellow tang and it eats nori. When I travel, which is usually 5-6 times per month and at least one or two nights on the road per trip, my wife doesn't want to feed nori. Getting her to feed frozen food as it is, is difficult. Sometimes they go an entire day without food all together. I can put the auto feeder on the tank with flakes formula one and or two. Trying to keep that yellow tang as and everyone else as healthy as possibly given my situation. I only have four fish in my 80 gallon tank; two clowns, one chromis and a yellow tang.

 

[hatfielj]

Rod's food has been my go to for years. LRS is too "clean" IMO. Rod's causes my whole tank to go into major feeding frenzy mode, corals and fish alike.

 

[atoll]

DIY fish market bought foods.