Anyone successfully used this method of thawing Mysis?

[OceanGuy]

technique

WOW is this a class on how to make simple things difficult. I just take a chunk off and slowly rub it between my fingers in the tank. The shrimp separate slowly and the fish eat it. Also doing it this way some of the fish and cleaner shrimp come up and eat it out of my hand, which I also find fun.

I've also been doing it this way and a lot of things come to the top to eat out of my hand. Some of the cleaners start to gather below to catch the droppings.

 

[MarkO]

I've given up on frozen foods. Don't seem to have that much of a shelf life. Also the trip form the store to home usually results in the product half melted anyway. My fish and corals seem healthy on flake, pellets and powder foods (nori every once in a while too).
Should I be concerned??

 

[denvig]

I've given up on frozen foods. Don't seem to have that much of a shelf life. Also the trip form the store to home usually results in the product half melted anyway. My fish and corals seem healthy on flake, pellets and powder foods (nori every once in a while too).
Should I be concerned??

I really think you should get some fresh/frozen in that mix. Make some goo, very easy very fresh and very good for your little darlings.

 

[One Eye]

I normally use a plastic cup of tank water. I add mysis, brine, cyclopeeze and some selcon. I put some oyster eggs in the tank when I begin thawing the rest of the junk. The oyster eggs cause an almost immediate feeding response in the corals. By the time the frozen foods are thawed all the polyps are out. Then I turn off the lights and light up some candles. When all the fish have cleaned up and returned in proper dinner attire I place a white towel over my left forearm, with my right hand I use a silver turkey baster and blast the tank full of the mix.

 

[dz6t]

what I do is put a chunk of frozen mysis on the intake of Seio/Tunze. Then watch the fish go nuts.

 

[Liam]

I normally use a plastic cup of tank water. I add mysis, brine, cyclopeeze and some selcon. I put some oyster eggs in the tank when I begin thawing the rest of the junk. The oyster eggs cause an almost immediate feeding response in the corals. By the time the frozen foods are thawed all the polyps are out. Then I turn off the lights and light up some candles. When all the fish have cleaned up and returned in proper dinner attire I place a white towel over my left forearm, with my right hand I use a silver turkey baster and blast the tank full of the mix.

how do you keep the candles alight under water

 

[One Eye]

Liam...that is THE secret to a successful tank!

 

[ReeferMedic]

What kind of garlic do you use and why do you use it?

Also what kind of vitamins?

Thanks

I use Kent Garlic Extreme(almost every day), Boyd's Vita Chem(every day), and Selcon(every few days).........

 

[BigSmokeShowJOE]

WOW is this a class on how to make simple things difficult. I just take a chunk off and slowly rub it between my fingers in the tank. The shrimp separate slowly and the fish eat it. Also doing it this way some of the fish and cleaner shrimp come up and eat it out of my hand, which I also find fun.

thats the way i have done it for years!! its fish food!!

 

[jovreef]

one eye...do you add alittle garnishment & a fine wine to the tank as well? If not I'm sure your fish are not getting lucky after dinner...you gotta have wine to get lucky!

 

[Greg Hiller]

I usually thaw in some freshwater then gently swirl to completely thaw. I rinse a few times, then also put though a small strainer and rinse again before feeding. For the PE Mysis if I don't do the above it will shut down my ETS skimmer for hours. There is a lot of oil in the stuff.

Sometimes I soak the mysis in some liquid vitamins (human stuff, cheap at Costco).

 

[Shallowwaters]

Diddo.
After observing Greg's "system" at his house one evening, I have used the same approach for about 6 months to very good results. There is minimal breakage of PE mysis and minimal oil contamination and, IMO, the oil lost would be lost in the water before the fish consume the shrimp anyway.

I use Selcon occasionally and my fish keep growing with great colors.

 

[One Eye]

jovreef, After observing my 2 mated pairs, one pair of yellow watchman and a pair of tomato clowns. The watchmen gobies...one is stuck in the rock work 99% of the time, I can only assume that it is the male. If he comes out of hiding the other very aggressively pushes him back, but they do "share" the burrow, he just isn't allowed to leave. The tomato clowns, they lay eggs every 2 weeks. He isn't allowed in the same anemone, if he goes to close she beats the bejesus out of him. Like I said, eggs every 2 weeks but his fins are always tattered and he swims around like a beaten man....My last attempt at dating..Failed miserably(we've all read and laughed about that one).

I gave up on the wine with dinner, I don't think any more males need to get that "lucky".

BTW, from reading your new sig, I'm assuming you've been hanging around with my ex....at least one them anyway

 

[Ifferfish]

Wow, then I am really bad. If in a rush, I take the cube and put it in front of my Oceans motions ports and let them blow it appart. Nothing gets more than 3 inches from where it started before being consummed. Of course, they only get the frozen food when I am in a rush and don't have time to get fresh.

 

[steevareno]

"but his fins are always tattered and he swims around like a beaten man..."
Sounds about right, women can do that to ya!

 

[One Eye]

"but his fins are always tattered and he swims around like a beaten man..."
Sounds about right, women can do that to ya!

Yeah, how do you think I became One Eye anyway?

 

[steevareno]

Lmao!!!!!!!!