Thawed frozen foods?

[drood]

I'm currently feeding a mix of phytoplankton, mysis shrimp, Rotifers, and cyclopeeze. Pulling from fridge and freezer, measuring, mixing, etc. gets to be a pain. I've started pre-mixing 3 or 4 days of individual "servings" in small amounts of DI water and storing them in the fridge. It's nice and convenient, and I've started feeding smaller amounts twice daily since I can grab a container in the morning, dump it in, and finish getting ready for work. My question - is there is a problem letting frozen mysis, etc. sit thawed in the refrigerator for 3 or 4 days?

[drood]

By the way, I let it thaw in the fridge - it never reaches room temp.

[Tang Salad]

That should be fine.

[simmons797]

Have you ever taken anything out of the freezer and let it thaw in the fridge for a couple days and then ate it? If it doesn't hurt you it's not going to hurt your fish either.

[Kannin]

Make sure you drain off the water before puting in the tank. There are a lot of nutrients that leach into the water that your fish won't eat that will turn into algae food and cyano food.

That's exactly how I was doing it too. Now I've taken it one step further. I use an ice cube tray and make up thirty feedings at a time. I thaw 5 at a time.

[genesisblue]

I have a lazy related question...I just throw in frozen blocks of food and let them defrost in the tank...Bad, good, or just lazy?

[Packersfan21]

Bad, all the minerals and stuff in the ice is bad for the tank.