I Serve My Tank 1 Mussel A Day (Like This)...

[JumboShrimp]

Step 1: Crack the frozen Mussel with a nut cracker

Step 2: Break off the largest piece(s) with a small knife, or just use your hands

Step 3: Using the tip of the small knife, scrape away and discard all the tiny shell fragments you don’t want mixing into your aquarium sand

Step 4: Use the same knife to cut off some larger feeding ‘scraps’ from the few larger broken pieces

Step 5: Feed the ‘scraps’ to the tank, along with dropping in the largest portion of the Mussel shell directly into the tank

 

[w2inc]

Any concerns about hitch hikers or introducing disease?

 

[Hermie]

I keep wanting to get some clams or mussels from the grocery store but I am never there when the seafood section/meat people are working...

 

[JumboShrimp]

I buy the ‘people food’ Mussels at the grocery store, @w2inc , and by the time I freeze them, I doubt anything bad could survive. But like @NotASpammerDude , timing at the grocery store can be tricky. So I buy 2 pounds at a time. At one-a-day it really lasts.

 

[JumboShrimp]

Today’s breakfast...

 

[JumboShrimp]

Who doesn’t love a tasty Mussel?

 

[Dsnakes]

I bet your fish love it!

 

[Ly78]

Easy if you dont have greedy hermits in there

 

[ScottR]

Any concerns about hitch hikers or introducing disease?

If frozen - like OP posted - almost nothing survives. Freezing kills parasites and almost everything else.

 

[w2inc]

If frozen - like OP posted - almost nothing survives. Freezing kills parasites and almost everything else.

From what I understand about parasite and eggs, freezing twice kills all. I don't have a reference to quote for you, but it is worth looking in to.

 

[RandyC]

If frozen - like OP posted - almost nothing survives. Freezing kills parasites and almost everything else.

While this statement is true, it needs to be expressed with more detail because the devil is in the details. Typical home freezers are not usually suitable to completely kill parasites because they do not get cold enough.

Here are the recommended freezing temps and duration from the FDA for killing parasites in fish for human consumption:

"The temperature of the freezing process, the length of time the fish is held frozen, and the type of parasite appear to be the most important factors. For example, tapeworms are more susceptible to freezing than are roundworms. Flukes appear to be more resistant to freezing than roundworms.

Freezing and storing at an ambient temperature of -4°F (-20°C) or below for 7 days (total time), or freezing at an ambient temperature of -31°F (-35°C) or below until solid and storing at an ambient temperature of -31°F (-35°C) or below for 15 hours, or freezing at an ambient temperature of -31°F (-35°C) or below until solid and storing at an ambient temperature of -4°F (-20°C) or below for 24 hours are sufficient to kill parasites. "

Source: https://www.fda.gov/media/80777/download

 

[Goodair]

You ever try to leave one half one to see if the fish can get in there? This reminds me of a fish that takes shells and smashes them open on a rock to eat! It was pretty intetesting documentary.

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Step 1: Crack the frozen Mussel with a nut cracker

Step 2: Break off the largest piece(s) with a small knife, or just use your hands

Step 3: Using the tip of the small knife, scrape away and discard all the tiny shell fragments you don’t want mixing into your aquarium sand

Step 4: Use the same knife to cut off some larger feeding ‘scraps’ from the few larger broken pieces

Step 5: Feed the ‘scraps’ to the tank, along with dropping in the largest portion of the Mussel shell directly into the tank

Hope you save some for you to eat with hot sauce.

Paul b swears by this type of feeding. I am lucky enough that I can get mahogany clams fresh at the grocery or sometimes a seafood store will have the giant clams. I bring them home live, get a knife in the halves just enough to open it a bit. Pop in a lollipop or other stick and take knife out. If the are live they clamp onto the stick. Then into the freezer. By putting the stick in, when pulling right out of freezer you have a little opening already to pry open. And done. Even my tangs go crazy for them.

I actually don’t worry about parasites in the food. I don’t qt so I feel the more stuff exposed to the better their health will be. Black worms also are great.

 

[Hermie]

I just bought my first batch of live oysters! They also had a few littleneck clams I got

Now I have to store them...

 

[JumboShrimp]

Who says a Keyhole Angel doesn’t like a delicious Mussel? Lol.

 

[JumboShrimp]

Even your common Three Stripe Damsel goes for the kill...

 

[JumboShrimp]

Yellow Eyed Kole Tang getting in on the ‘daily Mussel’ action

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Can tell they love it. Kole tang looks great and thick.

my file looks exactly like yours. Mine mowed thru a heavy aptasia outbreak in 2weeks. Now he’s a happy member of the family

 

[A-dawg]

I have been thinking about this for my very finicky copper band. I need to try it out

 

[MTBake]

I just bought my first batch of live oysters! They also had a few littleneck clams I got

Now I have to store them...

Live oysters turn into a quick snack for me. I absolutely love oyster with a some hot sauce.

Clams make an excellent chowder as well

Make sure to save a few oysters and clams for the fish