Frozen food - thaw or straight dump in?

[ydolphin]

Fellow reefers, for frozen food is it safe to drop them into the tank or do you normally thaw them first? Currently am dropping my frozen self-blended food straight in ... hope no negative impact on LS ..

[Kingking]

I don't think it is advisable as it may contaminate your water that give rise to algae bloom.

But since it is self blended, might not be possible to put it under running water to thaw it.

I usually does that for my mysis food.

One cube of mysis in strainer under water, this reduces introducing nitrates and phosphate in

your water.

I think if you have a good system, of reducing nitrates and phosphate, then chances of algae bloom

is lesser but I would not take the risk as my tank has all this corals in it.

[Edison Wong]

thaw the frozen food to reduce introducing nitrates and phosphate to your tank.

[Firestarter]

Place the frozen cube on a piece of paper towel and let it absorb all the water in as it melts.

[nuj244]

Soak in your tank water in a small container. After 10min or so, shake a bit and use strainer to remove water. I use garlic solution inplace of tank water sometimes.

[nwyk153]

I use my aquarium water to thaw the frozen mysis. Then I use those plastic tweezers to pick up the thawed mysis to feed the fish.

[ydolphin]

Thank you guys ... looks like thaw it first is the way to go

[Firestarter]

I read somewhere before that soaking the food in water will lose its vitamins and nutrients so basically you're feeding solid food without any nutritional value.

[superbee]

I will normally thaw it in a container, once thawed, will rinse with freshwater before feeding to prevent high nutrient into the tank.

[SantaMonicaHelp]

Sounds like we have a lot of the same idea here. Good suggestions guys! It's good to know.

-YK