Feeding Mysis

[saintperez]

You guys might this to be a funny question. I read something to the effect that you shouldn't dump the left over water from thawed mysis shrimp because it might raise your phosphates. Any truth to that? And if so not sure how you would feed the corals if it didn't have some of that water. I use a syring with some clear tubing and a long clear rod to pull it in then have control for feeding my corals as I push out. SO thaw water good or bad?

 

[Jgoal55]

Personally, I've always used tank water to thaw my frozen foods and I just dump it all back in. Never really had an issue with phosphates that wasn't due to infrequent water changes.

I do however know some people that thaw the cube in RODI water, then strain it, then dump it.

Sounds like a lot of work to me for very little net gain.

 

[billsreef]

Feeding anything raises phosphates. That bit of water contains bits that are usable to food to corals, feather dusters, etc. So just consider it part of feeding. Now if it was fish only tank, than sure, no point in adding that water, but in reef it does have some value to go along with the added phosphates....just like any other food source

 

[rovster]

I think it depends on where things are with your tank as far as nutrient levels go. If you are struggling with nutrients and nuisance algae you may want to take the extra step and strain out the liquid. I don't think it's necessarily a big deal but just something to consider. I personally strain it but then I add back coral foods such as reef roids. That said don't think that straining that liquid is going to cure all your problems, lol!

 

[Lincutis]

I use fresh saltwater to thaw it. Then strain it through a net. I pour some fresh RO through the net to clean it further. My concern is that the water that it comes frozen in may contain
things that I don't want in the water. I took this suggestion from Mike Paletta and it helped cut down on hair algae.

 

[DonaldLL]

Read all about it. According to those in the know the thaw liquid is insignificant with regard to raising phosphate levels... http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2012/3/chemistry