Vitamin dosing frozen food

JediCruz · Dec 29, 2020

What’s the best way to dose vitamins to frozen foods? This morning I took the cube dropped some vita-chem on it then took some tank water and melted the cube in there then poured it into the tank. But I feel I just washed the vitamins back into the water and just dosed the water. Any methods any of you recommend? Should I forgo the frozen food method and dose the pellets at night instead?

Mastiffsrule · Dec 29, 2020

Evening,

Like you mentioned you are not getting the most from the vitamins by adding it to the frozen like that. The frozen food is already full of water preventing the vitamin from being absorbed, then you defrosted it in tank water further diluting it.

I like to add vitamin to pellet, flake, or Nori. If I do add to frozen I will defrost completely, drain the water, and pat dry with a paper towel. Then soak with vitamin for a bit. Even them I am not to sure how much is getting to the fish.

I use and like vitamins, but nothing beats a healthy diet meant for the fish you are feeding. it goes a long way.

Zach B · Dec 29, 2020

Freeze dried mysis work well for me. I soak those in selcon or zoe

JediCruz · Dec 29, 2020

Mastiffsrule said:
Evening,

Like you mentioned you are not getting the most from the vitamins by adding it to the frozen like that. The frozen food is already full of water preventing the vitamin from being absorbed, then you defrosted it in tank water further diluting it.

I like to add vitamin to pellet, flake, or Nori. If I do add to frozen I will defrost completely, drain the water, and pat dry with a paper towel. Then soak with vitamin for a bit. Even them I am not to sure how much is getting to the fish.

I use and like vitamins, but nothing beats a healthy diet meant for the fish you are feeding. it goes a long way.

I feed them Frozen Spirulina Brine Shrimp in the morning and at night I feed them Sustainable Aquatics Hatchery Diet along with New Life Spectrum Thera+. Now that I have Tangs in there, I’m also adding New Life Spectrum Algaemax.

kenchilada · Dec 29, 2020

Add selcon to pellets or freeze dried foods. You won’t get wet food to absorb liquid because it’s already saturated.

If you feed fresh seafood (clams are great) I don’t think vitamins add much to it. Just my opinion though.

Mr Mumblez · Jan 3, 2021

Mastiffsrule said:
Evening,

Like you mentioned you are not getting the most from the vitamins by adding it to the frozen like that. The frozen food is already full of water preventing the vitamin from being absorbed, then you defrosted it in tank water further diluting it.

I like to add vitamin to pellet, flake, or Nori. If I do add to frozen I will defrost completely, drain the water, and pat dry with a paper towel. Then soak with vitamin for a bit. Even them I am not to sure how much is getting to the fish.

I use and like vitamins, but nothing beats a healthy diet meant for the fish you are feeding. it goes a long way.

This is how I do it as well

Paul B · Jan 3, 2021

You can not get vitamins to stick to frozen or any wet food and there is no reason to add vitamins to frozen food.

Mr Mumblez · Jan 3, 2021

Not true! I’ve had success adding to frozen food. When you defrost it and squeeze the water out and soak in selcon the fish gets the benefits. I know cuz my tang was ugly and is now beautiful and the only thing I did for supplements is that.

JediCruz · Jan 3, 2021

Call me lazy but I probably won’t be doing that. I’ve been dosing the pellet food at night. I feed 2 different pellets. SA Hatchery Diet and NLS Algaemax. I dose about 4 drops to that so that all pellets are soaked, wait about a min then put it in the tank with the flow off. All the fish an inverts love it. Clowns, Wrasse, and Blenny love the Hatchery Diet more and the Tangs love the Algaemax more. Goby and inverts don’t care what they get. Color seems more vibrant on all of them.