>Sorry Adrian,
>
>you're wrong. Never thaw the food before feeding. I had the chance to
>listen to some lectures on a symposium on feeding fish and what I learned
>was very interesting. No fish ever has died on feeding frozen food. However,
>from the moment food starts to defrost it begins to rot. The liquid which
>can be seen in defrosted food will be rotten within minutes and waste the
>aquarium water. Thus frozen food should be smashed into small pieces
>(maybe use a hammer but before that put the food into a towel) but be
>careful that it's still frozen while you feed. Only this way you keep the
>quality (and don't forget to use as low temperature as possible if you
>prepare you frozen food by yourself, if you have a deep freezer you
>should use the shock freezer).
They must have been using the wrong brand of frozen fish food or buying it
from the wrong shop ;-) thats why I advocate defrosting the food under the
tap, you wash all the liquid away? and its defrosts quicker! As for no fish
ever drying from eating frozen food - I'll save that for later - but I
repeat my earlier staement "fish don't eat frozen food in nature then why
feed it to them in captivity?"
Adrian.
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Adrian R. Tappin
atappin at ecn.net.au
http://www.ecn.net.au/~atappin/home.htm
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