frozen food

[chasesng]

When serving frozen foods ,,,,,

do you pour the thawed liquid through a net/sieve down the sink

OR

do you you serve the thawed liquid with the now thawed food into you tank?

A worker at a LFS once told me that the thawed liquid has lots of bad stuff in it that shouldn't go in your tank. Isn't that what the skimmer is for?

 

[ming]

A lot of people would suggest rinsing in RO water even because the liquid usually has a lot of phosphates. Sure, a skimmer might remove some, but you'll probably end up with a lot still in your tank to grow algae.

 

[rookie07]

Agree with above, except:

If you are feeding a whole reef food, like Rods Food....these foods have many different sizes in them and any rinse would remove smaller bits.

 

[Long-Island-Mike]

I use the Rods food. I do rinse it under RO water every time I feed. I use a fine fish net and really dont loose much.

 

[Imbarrie]

I feed Mysis, frozen krill, cyclopeez and nutrimar Ova.
I thaw in tank water and discard as much of the packaged fluid as possible. That juice doesn't have a benefit to the fish and there are better things to feed corals.

 

[rookie07]

I use the Rods food. I do rinse it under RO water every time I feed. I use a fine fish net and really dont loose much.

You should not rinse Rods food. Check the FAQ's on his site.