frozen food

[corylover5]

I would like to get some frozen food for my fish. I have livebearers and cories. I'm debating between these two kinds that I'm going to get from my LFS https://www.google.com/search?safe=...er&aqs=mobile-gws-lite..#imgrc=YJyHx_OdgIuVTM

https://www.google.com/search?safe=...er&aqs=mobile-gws-lite..#imgrc=kRsvdNXW9Vqf4M I'm not sure which kind would be better for them. Are there any steps I should take before I put the food in their tank? Thanks in advance.

 

[Colin_T]

Frozen adult brineshrimp is normally safe because it is grown in salt water and diseases don't transfer across into fresh water.

Raw or cooked prawn/ shrimp is an excellent food for most fish. Defrost a prawn. Remove the head, shell and gut (thin black tube in body) and throw these bits away. Use a pair of scissors to cut the remaining tail into small pieces and offer a few bits at a time. Feed until the fish are full.

Marine Mix or Marine Green are made from prawn, fish & squid. Marine Green has algae in it too. You can use scissors to cut this food into little bits for the fish.

 

[corylover5]

Thank you. I will get the Omega One frozen brine shrimp. Do I just cut the frozen food into small pieces and then feed it to them?

 

[Colin_T]

You don't need to cut up brineshrimp for swordtails or normal Corydoras. If you have pygmy Corydoras, then try it uncut, but they might need it cut up.

If you have big fish then it's a good idea to defrost frozen food to stop the fish getting a cold stomach if they engulf it. However, smaller fish won't swallow the entire block so you can drop a cube of brineshrimp in the tank and it should float around while it defrosts. The fish can pick at it while it defrosts and pick up bits that sink.

Put the food at the opposite end of the tank to the filter so it doesn't get sucked up by the filter.

 

[corylover5]

Thank you.