Freeze dried mysis in auto feeder

[Rp8]

Has anyone used freeze dried mysis in a feeder? I know they float but do sink once wet. Wondering about y’all’s outcomes if tried. Maybe good if traveling

 

[jabberwock]

Never used it, but following.

 

[Biokabe]

Depends on your feeder setup.

In a regular autofeeder - something like the Eheim one that's popular - I wouldn't. Freeze-dried mysis takes some time to rehydrate and sink, and probably 90-95% of whatever you feed is just going to go down the overflow.

If you have your autofeeder set up with a feeding tube (like what the Avast Plank uses) then it's fine. The tube confines the mysis until it's absorbed enough water to sink, so much more of it will go into feeding your tank rather than your overflow.

 

[braaap]

I use it with a mix of pellets in my hydros feeder. Over a year now with no issues. I do slightly crush it up more as some of the pieces are 1” long sometimes.

 

[andrewey]

I have some mixed in with various pellets that drops into a feeder ring without issue.

 

[Rp8]

Depends on your feeder setup.

In a regular autofeeder - something like the Eheim one that's popular - I wouldn't. Freeze-dried mysis takes some time to rehydrate and sink, and probably 90-95% of whatever you feed is just going to go down the overflow.

If you have your autofeeder set up with a feeding tube (like what the Avast Plank uses) then it's fine. The tube confines the mysis until it's absorbed enough water to sink, so much more of it will go into feeding your tank rather than your overflow.

Yea that sounds like a good idea thanks

 

[Amstar]

Depends on your feeder setup.

In a regular autofeeder - something like the Eheim one that's popular - I wouldn't. Freeze-dried mysis takes some time to rehydrate and sink, and probably 90-95% of whatever you feed is just going to go down the overflow.

If you have your autofeeder set up with a feeding tube (like what the Avast Plank uses) then it's fine. The tube confines the mysis until it's absorbed enough water to sink, so much more of it will go into feeding your tank rather than your overflow.

This is exactly what happens when I hade freeze dried foods (including mysis) in my plank auto feeder - make my own freeze dried recipe for it

 

[jonelder68]

As mentioned avast works perfectly. Even better is having it drop into return pump then into tank. Can even drop a cube of frozen in and let it slowly drop out.

 

[Rp8]

Simple and effective, love it

As mentioned avast works perfectly. Even better is having it drop into return pump then into tank. Can even drop a cube of frozen in and let it slowly drop out.