crackerjack crackerjack
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  • Posted on: 12/2/2010 20:40
Food #1
Hi
What do u recommend feeding your fish???
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Howard Howard
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Re: Food #2
Brine shrimp , mysis shrimp , lobster eggs , enriched flake , marine improvit.
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Riggers Riggers
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Re: Food #3
Marine Mix blister pack, Artemia.......
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Howard Howard
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Re: Food #4
With all the frozen food from blister packs , be sure to defrost the food in a strainer in some heated RO before you add it to the tank.

The water they are frozen in is enormously high in phosphates and you don't want to be adding that to the tank.
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Riggers Riggers
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Re: Food #5
And that! Cheers Howard, forgot to do that bit.

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cheesypiglet cheesypiglet
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  • Posted on: 18/2/2010 23:31
Re: Food #6
Thank you Howard, I didn't realise there was such a high concentration of phosphates in the frozen blister pack food. I'll make sure I use a strainer from now on.

Cheers,

Stuart.