OK silly question from the new guy Frozen Food

[blakestreet]

I have had my tank for 6 years and have done fairly well just winging it.

I have a statement and a question.

I just bought an African Frog and 2 Mickey Mouse Platy's after not adding anything for over a year.... and upon them entering the tank, my 4 year old Angel just up and died along with one of the Platy's...I am guessing shock?Pretty POd.

Anyway nitrites and ammonia are good and nitrates meet the color scale that my kit shows. PH fluxes but stabilizes. I use distilled water from the store.

My question is I have been reading about frozen food and veggies and decided to buy some daphnids from PetsMart. I then read on Hikari food website that this is mostly for fry and a sick tank.

Is this OK for a normal tank and how (thawing) and how much should I feed the following tank setup

2 Blue Dwarf Gourami's
1 Mickey Mouse Platy
3 rasorbora....3 of my first 4 fish after 6 years!
1 Spotted balck and white Molly
1 Pleco
1 spotted Cory
5 neon tetra

The Food is Hikari Bio Pure Daphnids in 3.5oz cubes

Thanks

[Rue]

...it won't hurt them...try one cube...

...just unthaw it in a bit of tank water and then pour it in the tank...

...if they eat it all in under 3 minutes it's about the right amount...

[blakestreet]

will they cause more waste them normal?

[kimmers318]

I regularly feed a variety of frozen foods (some of my fish won't eat anything other than frozen or live) and haven't noticed a big difference in waste. Chances are whatever doesn't get eaten up right away will be found by the pleco and cory.

[blakestreet]

Cool Thanks all

[blakestreet]

WOW

My tank went crazy... they all loved it. Need something bigger though for the platy and Gourami

Thanks

[Mark Lathrop]

My platy goes coo-coo for frozen brine shrimp. :)

[A340]

My platies (and danios) enjoy a bit of frozen krill everyonce in awhile, mind you, they'll eat just about anything.

[Lady Hobbs]

The beatings will continue until moral improves! Mark! I love this quote!

My poor fish have never had anything but dried. No stores around me carry the frozen and they want a fortune to mail it. They love the dried stuff so would go nuts with the frozen. Don't feed them too much of it, tho. It's a treat.

[Mark Lathrop]

The beatings will continue until moral improves! Mark! I love this quote!


Hehe, me too. I have a t-shirt with it on it. thumbs2: