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Loaches and brine shrimp

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:18 pm
by jerry_tyler
Can I buy the 16oz. frozen brine shrimp. Thaw it out and refreeze it in a iIce cube tray. Will the thawing out and refreezing make the food no good.
I don't want to kill or make sick my fish.

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:22 pm
by Graeme Robson
Where would you purchase 16oz of Brine shrimp? Like most or if all foods, Once defrosted, you don't refreeze.


Graeme.

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:29 pm
by shari
You could grow your own, you know. They're fairly easy. Just need a dedicated place, light source, salt and brine shrimp naupli. Let em grow with a little time they become regular swimming shrimp suitable for fresh food.

Used to do it when I was raising angelfish. The other fish loved it when I let the naupli grow up and fed it to them.

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:53 pm
by Jim Powers
You could also just buy brine shrimp in cube form made by Hikari.
It comes in a 3.25 oz package divided into 32 cubes.

Loaches and brine shrimp

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:08 pm
by jerry_tyler
I found the hikari 16oz onsale for 6.95 the cube way I am paying 3.95 for 3.5 oz. thats why I ask.I thought if you defrost you don't refreeze
just trying to save.
thanks jerry

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:11 pm
by Graeme Robson
Ahhh!

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:33 pm
by Kit
What shape is the frozen 16oz packet? I get 16oz packets of frozen bloodworms that come in a flat sheet a bit less than a quarter inch thick. I smack it on the counter to break it into pieces and put it back in the freezer without ever thawing it. That gives me smaller pieces to do individual feedings. Alternatively, you could probably use a knife to chop bits off. Sounds to me as though the price differential makes it worth it!

Cheers,

Kit.

brineshrimp and clowns

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 2:35 pm
by jerry_tyler
Thats what I am going to do, it's so much cheaper.
take care
jerry :D