I stopped feeding frozen entirely a couple years ago and only feed decent quality pellets now. Fish showed no change in coloration or health so I have not found a reason to feed frozen again. I do hatch baby brine to feed corals though.
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Something not mentioned yet is the need to feed highly active fish 3 or more times a day (anthias, angels, tangs, etc). Most people can’t be or aren’t home a lot of the day.
By using pellets in an auto feeder they can keep those types of fish properly fed during the day, and feed frozen once or twice in the evening.
Basically what and how you feed depends on what organisms you keep in your tank. You need to account for their health and feed them accordingly through out the day.
I ate MRE's everyday for 25 months. I'd gladly take a human version of TDO over that.Perhaps some of you will get lucky and be abducted by aliens and they will give you pellets for the rest of your life.
They are better anyway
Your in luck thenI ate MRE's everyday for 25 months. I'd gladly take a human version of TDO over that.
think of it as cereal and add some milkI ate MRE's everyday for 25 months. I'd gladly take a human version of TDO over that.
Your in luck then
Oh its definitely easier to over feed with pellets. 1 oz of frozen probably has 10% the nutrients as 1oz of pellets.Somebody once linked to a great article on reefs.com about phosphate in food. They even had a list of which had the most based on weight so it was a fair Ratio. Some frozen is definitely better than others. But I also agree pellets aren’t as ideal as fresher food like frozen. Same true with people. I’d rather eat frozen chicken than a pellet full of protein. I also think it’s a lot easier to overfeed more pellets. But I use them sometimes just for simplicity. If I’m in a rush.
Better check the ingredient list of that pellet food and see if it has Ethoxyquin in it.To me it’s about variety more than anything. I feed frozen twice a week,nori each day and pellets twice a day. Each one provides different things the system needs. A varied diet is more reef like.
It does not when that whole thing came around I looked into it.Better check the ingredient list of that pellet food and see if it has Ethoxyquin in it.
Pellets work well in auto feeders. I use the auto feeder when I’m at work around 2:00pm, then I feed frozen in the eveningGoing to start my FOWLR tank soon, so im trying to get the best color for my fish.
Is feeding pellets (or any dry food) to fish necessary? I have read a lot that states frozen food; Mysis etc, brings out the color of fish.
Since pellets increase phosphate, Why would people feed it at all? other than being cheap ofcourse
Frozen foods are sometimes thawed and refrozen, maybe also during transportation. This may lessen their quality significantly.
I think it is similar to defrosting a piece of shrimp, refreezing it then thawing It to eat it. Not sure I would want to do that. However pellets are prepared to be that way so the is an intention and precautions are taken.I've read this a few time, always has be thinking if people think freezing then refreezing a food significantly reduces quality what do they think turning the food into a power, then drying it to an inch of its life, does to it
I have worked with frozen food and fish professionally for more than a decade. I know how "Nordseegarnelen" (North Sea shrimps) look like a short time after thawing.I've read this a few time, always has be thinking if people think freezing then refreezing a food significantly reduces quality what do they think turning the food into a power, then drying it to an inch of its life, does to it