Omega one frozen fish food!!!

[degibson84]

My fish love the omega one flakes so I decided to give the frozen a try. I bought a pack that had 35 veggie cubes and 35 marine carnivore cubes.


After thawing them out I noticed after about 10 minutes they were still in cube form and didn't break down. I touched the cube and it basically turned into tiny little particle. Both types of cubes did this.


My fish didn't even realize it was food. It was just a cloudy mess. Does anyone else use this product and if so is this normal!?

 

[Dmorty217]

Never tried it and after your experience doesn't sound like I will

 

[degibson84]

I have always used hikari krill and mega marine algae and when I thaw out the cubes of krill it's full pieces. But for some reason none of my local shops carry hikari anymore. It's either omega one or San fransisco bay brands.

 

[Stevenliu9]

Omega put gelatin in their frozen food and i hated it. Even when i was working at LFS i wouldnt recommend it to customers because you literally have to get messy and grind it up before serving otherwise like you said its just a mess- and while it stays in a cube bigger fish recognizing it as food just takes the whole thing leaving smaller docile ones with nothing.

 

[jbvdhp]

I like the Omega flakes, didn't know they had cubes. Won't try it based off ur experience.

 

[TheAngelfish]

I don't think your not suppose to thaw the food. I used to feed my fish the veggie cubes and just plopped them in, Fish loved them till is dissolved in the water

 

[degibson84]

Ok I guess it doesn't have to be thawed. Very weird concept here. I will try this tonight. Seems to me though the cube would just sink to the bottom and fish wouldn't have a chance to eat it

 

[degibson84]

What a horrible food


The cube dropped in frozen drops right to the bottom and none of the fish ate it.

Food for the nass snails was about it

 

[bluecoyote79]

Try Rods Food if you want to try frozen. You don't need to rinse it and fish love it.

 

[Stevenliu9]

if you are looking to feed your vegetarian fish, new era marine grazer is hands down the best food I have ever used. My tangs LOVE it!http://www.new-era-aquaculture.com/fish-food/marine-range/mini-marinegrazer

 

[CedzAquAddictio]

I know the exact food you are talking about. Had the same experience as well. I wait until night or right before the lights come on, and the powerheads are off (this is normally when I see the feeding tentacles out on some of my SPS and duncans), and dissolve it in water, and pour it into the tank. The coral seem to like it. I even get a feeding response from coral that are normally closed up when I pour it in...

Better than throwing it away, I guess...

Other than that, I find it pretty much useless as fish food...

 

[degibson84]

Try Rods Food if you want to try frozen. You don't need to rinse it and fish love it.

Not available anywhere near me