freeze dried or frozen

[lightning]

which is better, freeze dried brine shrimp or frozen brine shrimp?

 

[lil_mikey69]

I use frozen only because my fish dont usually like to eat from the surface, and since freeze dried floats its no good.

 

[Torpedo]

Mine much prefer the frozen brine or blood worms over freeze dried. My angels and parrots can eat a whole little gumdrop each. Frozen is so much easier to use now than is was 20 years ago when you could only buy this "brick". Go with frozen.

 

[lightning]

i have been buying the package that comes in a sheet of 1 in square cubes, i just drop one in and they devour it,, i havent given mine any bloodworms yet,,

 

[Torpedo]

Exactly... they are easy to keep and the fish love em. Try the blood worms just for a variety. Between the brine and the worms, your fish should grow pretty fast and will have wonderful colors.

 

[lightning]

i only give mine the brine shrimp 1 time a week, i give them spirulina flakes and have been keeping some sort of veggie on the bottom, should i mix some blood werms in there somewhere ?
i have about 9 assorted african cichlids

 

[Torpedo]

It's really up to you. The brine alone would be fine. I just like giving mine a variety...I think its more for me than for them...lol.

I feed them brine once a week, bloodworms once a week and switch off between pellets and flakes on a regular basis.

 

[SoulFish]

frozen are generally more nutritious

 

[lightning]

so do you give them blood worms and brine shrimp in the same week? or one one week and then the other the next week

 

[Abercrombie6202]

WHY not use both i have freeze dried Brine shrimp and they are easy to just like flake food, practicly jsut pour, pinch, eyc...

I also have frozen, becuase it's pretty good too!!!

 

[SoulFish]

lightning i wouldnt feed your african bloodworms, stick with the brine shrimp once a week with the spirulina flakes

 

[Torpedo]

I will feed both in the same week...about 3 or 4 days apart. I don't have any Africans or know anything about them. All I know is mine love both and make a real racket and mess when I drop in the frozen cube...it becomes a real feeding frenzy. *celebrate

SoulFish...whats wrong with Africans and bloodworms...just curious.

 

[Paul]

Try thawing the cubes out in a little tank water before you drop them in. Pour out most of the tank water in the cup into the sink before introducing the brine shrimp into the tank.

 

[lightning]

what is the advantages of doing it that way?
as it is now the cube i put in there last maybe 30 seconds, and thats going from the frozen state,if it was allready thawed it wouldnt last 10 seconds

 

[Torpedo]

I would keep them frozen like you're doing. At least this way they stay floating for a while and the fish just feed off the cube.

 

[Paul]

I do it this way because it distributes the brine shrimp throughout the tank and all the fish get an equal try at getting some of the shrimp. Also I mix plankton and brine shrimp togather so thawing is just easier for me.