Rinsing frozen food

[jabo]

What are the methods that work best for each of you?

 

[OneReef]

I put my frozen cubes into a ketchup type squeeze bottle with a pointy tip that I got at bed bath and beyond. After I put the cubes in, I suck in about 1/4 of the bottle with tank water. After it thaws in a minute or so, and I swirl it around so it's not in a cubed clump, I unscrew the top of the bottle. Then I place a brine shrip net over the top opening of the bottle and drain the water off through the net that is pulled down tightly around the bottle opening. When the water is drained out, I put the top back on, suck more fresh tank water into it, and then start squeezing little by little of the food into the tank as the fish eat it up.

 

[neuroslicer]

thaw 2 cubes in warm water in a cup, pour into small net and rinse with tap water, rinse back into cup with as little tap water as possible, pour into tank

 

[Blindside]

put all cubes in large fish net (you know the green ones) rinse with tap water swirl around in sink very carefully then dump in tuperware or whatever filled with r/o. keep in fridge and feed for a few days. Then repeat for the last gosh however many years now.

 

[duke1215]

I thaw and strain all my food at once. Usually one brine, krill, mysid, and silversides. I strain all in a brine shrimp net except the silversides. Those go into a strainer. Wash all with ro water .I then pulse the silversides with 3 cloves of garlic till they are the size bits I want and add in all other and pulse just to mix alone with some roe. I freeze all flat in plastic bags. This way I have bulk pre wahed food. I have 3 tanks and this usually last me at least 2 if not more months.

 

[MPDBullitt]

I use two plastic kids cups from Stevie B's....top cup has a bunch of tiny holes in the bottom, fresh tank water to thaw cubes then i swirl and lift the top cup to drain the water off into the bottom cup and keep the holes from getting clogged. More tank water then turkey baster it to fish and coral

 

[BassandReef]

You guys make me sound like a criminal. I just swirl a few different cubes together will a spoon and then feed. No nitrates.

 

[Rudolph]

I am a sinner like Carl half the time and do like the rest the other times...drop cube in tank water to melt and then pour into another cup while using a small net as a strainer. I add RO/or tank water and pour it in.

 

[Mako Shark II]

I'm like Jay P.

Melt the cubes in warm tap water in a Corky's BBQ sauce bottle. Then pour into a feeding net, rinse with tap water, catch the excess drips with a paper towel, rinse the net into a power jet to distribute the food into the tank.

Virtually zero tap water and the food gets rinsed, which you'll want to do to control phosphates.