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njhcnwk
09/04/2010, 05:04 PM
ONLY when I feed PE Mysis nothing else. Anyone have an idea why?

kingfisher62
09/04/2010, 05:06 PM
Probably due to all those frozen juices getting into the water. Do you rinse the shrimp out in a net before feeding?

njhcnwk
09/04/2010, 05:25 PM
No i do not. I sometimes defrost them with some selcon on them but it happens regardless

DEERE G
09/04/2010, 05:40 PM
The PE mysis totally kills the foam production in my skimmers for a while after feeding my tanks. I have read that is because of the oils in the PE. The rinse in RO water does not seem to help.

kingfisher62
09/04/2010, 05:41 PM
In any case you should really rinse out your frozen food it adds a lot of unwanted nutrients to your water.

sjm817
09/04/2010, 06:37 PM
PE Mysis is the ultimate skimmer foam head killer. Good stuff though.

scubasteve06
09/04/2010, 06:42 PM
Its all the oils in the shrimp that kills the foam head.