Beginners guide: How to feed frozen fish food to your fish?

[@AquascapingCube]

How do I feed and prepare frozen foods? This is step by step guide on how to feed frozen bloodworms, artemia (brine shrimp) or glassworms to your fish.

[@Scalez_YT]

Best fish owner ever. This is the only fish-keeper who seasons his fish's food. 😂

[@AquascapingCube]

Haha, thanks ;)

[@thomaspethic6220]

I never would think one could add minced garlic into the mini-blood worms mix! 🐟 🐠 🎣 🐡 🍥 🐟

[@lemonlizard1]

When I first got my mahachai betta he was just a baby and only ate frozen food. I learnt a couple of things over the few months he only ate frozen (now he takes flakes, still working on pellets). 1. Oftentimes, especially for little fish like bettas, defrosting a full frozen cube is a waste. I always take the cube out of the freezer, cut it into a couple of small pieces and put it into a container. Most frozen foods are easy to cut, but worms are hard. Bloodworms were the most difficult to evenly cut. 2. I like to keep the cubes I cut in a plastic divider container. It has worked the best so far 3. Feeding mostly frozen food is perfectly fine, as long as there is variety! I made sure to offer tubifex worms, brine shrimp, baby brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, bloodworms, and cyclops. Brine shrimp were the fish's favourite, then bloodworms, then mysis shrimp, then baby brine shrimp, tubifex worms, and lastly cyclops. 4. As you mentioned, some frozen food can cause bloating. The best way to make sure the food doesn't cause bloat is to check the protein level. Food high in protein is more likely to cause bloating. 5. If you're planning on feeding frozen regularly, make sure to know what is more/less healthy. Baby brine shrimp, cyclops and daphnia are super healthy. Bloodworms, mysis shrimp, tubifex worms come second and adult brine shrimp should be fed as a treat Hopefully this is a bit helpful, sorry for the huge paragraph!

[@AquascapingCube]

Thank you! Great comment! And don't be sorry for sharing great information with others :) I really appreciate that!

[@aubreymaynard7504]

I have a male betta and I’m interested in feeding him frozen foods. I was wondering how many worms i should feed him at 1 time?

[@lemonlizard1]

@@aubreymaynard7504 there's no specific amount. I would recommend starting with feeding around 3-5 worms. If they're regular sized bloodworms, I would probably do like 2-3, if they're around the same size as mini bloodworms I would likely feed closer to 4-5

[@thomaspethic6220]

Thank you for the garlic info!!!

[@trak957]

hi, matt another great video and I love how you explain things and give us great advice, have a great day :)

[@AquascapingCube]

Hello Tracy. Thanks so much! I'm very happy that you enjoy it!

[@blackstar160686]

I’m the only one who has my wife complaining about keeping the frozen food in the freezer, as if the worms will escape SMH!

[@AquascapingCube]

No, you not the only one ;)

[@vijaysaradhi0911]

+1

[@FishingWithHoang]

I gotta try the Garlic. My 40 gallon breeder tank is stocked with mollies, platty, two pictus catfish, 6 Endlers and a Blue Ram Cichlid. It takes about a minute for these guys to eat one cube of bloodworms. I feed them every other day and sometimes skip a day or two with the bloodworms. Otherwise, some flake food to keep them happy once per day. The Blue Ram and the Endler's colors are very vibrant. I used to toss the cube into a cup. Place the cup on top of the LED light. The slight heat defrosts the cube pretty quick. Then I feed with a turkey baster. But now I just throw the cube into the tank since they eat the cube pretty fast.

[@lostlilypad]

I just recently started keeping african dwarf frogs and panda corys and I've been avoiding frozen food bc I wasn't sure how it worked. This was very easy to follow and I can finally try the mysis shrimp. Thanks! 😊

[@AquascapingCube]

Thanks for your comment! Glad I could help! :)

[@mockfanatik]

My ADF love the mysis shrimp! I feed them with a pair of long tweezers.

[@donaldhall8785]

Wow, great tip on the garlic. You learn something every day. I feed a lot of different types of frozen foods myself. One thing I would add is this, Bloodworms come in 2 different sizes, regular and jumbo. recently I lost one of my adult Pearl Gourami's after he choked on one of the Jumbo bloodworms ( dead fish, bloodworm in the throat so that's my guess) so now I chop them up with sissors before feeding. Better to just use the regular size bloodworms except for really big fish.

[@AquascapingCube]

Good tip! Thanks!

[@nagendramurthy7054]

Great and useful info.....Liked and Subscribed.........A big THANKS from India.

[@AquascapingCube]

Awesome, thank you!

[@tepenterprises]

Can garlic be used for mystery snails too?

[@audrameyer9558]

Fantastic footage 🤩 Thanks so much!

[@AquascapingCube]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@beaglegod1]

Great video! Subscribed.

[@AquascapingCube]

Awesome, thank you!

[@gohbender]

What are your thoughts on thawing and keeping the thawed food in the refrigerator for a few days? I do this with daphnia and cyclops they keep for about 4 or 5 days before the smell goes off, I'm just wondering if you would encourage or discourage this method?

[@AquascapingCube]

Hi. I think that the risk is quite small. 5 days seems quite long to me, but I think that 2 max 3 day could be ok. But I haven't tried this myself, so have no experience. I guess it works for you, so why not? :)

[@jjxtwo1]

I agree that frozen foods are a really great addition to our fishes diet. I like to get frozen foods that come in individually sealed cups. For me it is easier to handle and usually no more expensive. But the foil sealed like you showed are great too. I use a type of coral feeder that is very long to get thawed frozen food down to the bottom of the tank. Very often my other fish will eat the whole cube before it gets to the bottom. That way I can be sure my Kuhli Loaches get their full share of the food. I enjoyed the video.

[@AquascapingCube]

Thank you! Good idea with this coral feeder! I have this problem when feeding Corydoras, they sometimes have a hard time competing for the food.

[@marcelorodrigues1683]

You didn't solve the small tank problem. It's still too much food :(

[@jjxtwo1]

@@marcelorodrigues1683 Use a smaller portion. Read the comments on your this video. There are many good suggestions on how to do that.

[@patrickdijkman8974]

Nice1, got some good tips from this!

[@AquascapingCube]

Great! Glad it was helpful!

[@lmSheep]

Hello! May I ask what is your accent? I genuinely love it. Feel free to ignore my question if you dont want to answer! It is a genuine compliment 💛

[@AquascapingCube]

Hi! Haha, It's cool you like it. I'm from Poland, so this is probably what you hear :)

[@lmSheep]

@@AquascapingCube so cool!! 😃

[@i_am_slab]

this was very informative, thank you!

[@AquascapingCube]

Glad it was helpful! :)

[@susieq8924]

Thank you very helpful video …..nice and to the point!

[@AquascapingCube]

Glad it was helpful!

[@alexismalehorn3523]

How many fish would one cube feed? I have 4 Kuhli Loaches, 6 platy, and 4 diamond tetras (and some snails). Would one blood worm cube for that number of fish be considered over feeding?

[@heaven7360]

I feed frozen to my fish as well as some other things...they really love the frozen for sure! Do you think the frozen might leave residue or particles in the tank that might cause some kinds of algae? My fish do eat all what I feed as I feed them with tweezers and target feed them but I'm sure some of it falls to the bottom...

[@AquascapingCube]

Yes, they defineally can. So do not over feed, clean regularly and treat it as additional source of waste in your tank. It's all about the balance of food vs fish. But your method is "clean" comparing to others so you should be fine ;)

[@rudy6222]

Get the gourmet feeder. It works good

[@PetsInLondon]

can corydoras breed with a diet of just frozen bloodworms and protein pellets?

[@AquascapingCube]

Yes, they can. You should have no problems with it. You can watch how I did that if it helps: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5nVhKCBgtWkfLs Good luck!

[@PetsInLondon]

@@AquascapingCube my corydoras bred omg

[@PetsInLondon]

I came back home after 7 hours and there are about 100 eggs ,all i fed them were live adult brine shrimp and pellets

[@AquascapingCube]

Haha cool! Good luck!🍀

[@PetsInLondon]

@@AquascapingCube thank you i will need it as this is the first time they have spawned ,however i am unsure if they are fertilised,how can i tell if they are fertile?

[@gomzify]

Wow...thanks a ton ... This helps a lot ...

[@AquascapingCube]

Thank you! Glad to hear that :)

[@LilDirt12]

Awesome video. Thank you for taking time to make this video. I'm nude frozen foods so this was perfect for me.

[@AquascapingCube]

Great! I'm glad it was helpful!

[@_invertico_]

I am a new subscriber and this video is really good! I cut the frozen cubes into small pieces and feed them but your methods are also good for people who keep many fish and aquariums.Keep up the great work 😁

[@AquascapingCube]

Thank you and welcome to the channel! I'm glad you liked it!

[@_invertico_]

@@AquascapingCube your channel is very educational and I also gave a shout out to your channel on my community tab

[@AquascapingCube]

@@_invertico_ Thank you! I really appreciate that!

[@ragingcalmness7815]

Good video man, I only tried bloodworms recently but my population is very small so I quickly figured I can barely give 1/4th of the cube each time or they remain in the tank. I personally am really not worried about spoiling because my tank has constant stupid addictions on my part, keeping a very high population of nitrifying bacteria alive at all times. But I am considering to get live grindal worms started because some guy that has done this for years said you can pump up any specific nutrients into them to target specific fish needs, unlike microworms and white worms that are also more picky with temps. Any thoughts on that? Keep up the great videos 👍

[@AquascapingCube]

Thanks for all your comments! YES! Grindal worms are great and I'm planning to have a colony myself :) I'm just looking for a good source to start my project. When I do - expect a video about this :P

[@ragingcalmness7815]

yeah, gotta figure out those tricks on how to get them going for easy collecting 😅 I am still working on starting a rotifer culture without green water but so far I am failing I think @@AquascapingCube

[@jordanteos]

Really informative video! But what do you do with the remaining food in the food dish when its not used, do you freeze it again?

[@AquascapingCube]

Thank you! No, I never freeze food that was already defrosted. It's just not worth to risk my fish to save few cents, unfrozen food spoils very quickly. Besides I have 7 tanks running right now and I have no problem with using everything :D

[@Puppyprofi]

How do you house freeze the fish food, do you add water with it, or just don’t put water and put the food in the freezer

[@AquascapingCube]

I don't. I buy it frozen and just defrost small portions when needed.

[@blake1948]

What if you let the cubes defrost enough to cut them into correct portion sizes, and then froze them again? Could possibly do a whole bunch at once and have some easy way to feed

[@AquascapingCube]

I don't do that because I don't want to freez anything that was previously unfrozen. But this is just me, I know that people do it and it's working well for them. Besides I have a lot of tanks, and it's easy for me to use entire cube at once ;)

[@blake1948]

​@@AquascapingCube Makes sense, thanks. I will have to figure out what works best for me ! Appreciate your videos, cheers

[@reeceanderson9293]

What substrate is in the tank? Link please?

[@Stopcanceling]

A sharp knife cuts it realy well

[@D.S.-uy7rb]

I like how you covered all aspects of the frozen food. What I would personally add to this manual is to turn off your filtration system when feeding. This way, you'll prevent the chance of the filter sucking up food leftover. And the next thing is, I would use tank water to defrost the food. As a golden rule, I would stay away from tap water as much as possible, when handling all kinds of maintenance or feeding.

[@AquascapingCube]

Thank you! Yes, you have very good points. Especially about the filter.

[@kuriousjepp]

Is the garlic safe for betta fish too?

[@AquascapingCube]

Yes, it should be fine. I used it with bettas in the past.

[@karenteasdale7341]

This happed to me. I defrosted one cube then split into ice cube trays .

[@bruhmoment879]

I fear worm-like creatures but still an informative video,cheers

[@AquascapingCube]

Haha :) Thanks!

[@NillymNilly93]

Is it okay to refregrriate the cubes after?

[@AquascapingCube]

I don't think so. They spoil very fast and it's not worth the risk.

[@NillymNilly93]

@@AquascapingCube I always struggle breaking the aluminum back part and end up cracking open multiple cubes

[@AquascapingCube]

@@NillymNilly93 I understand, it happens. You can try to cut out 1 cube with sharp scissors and just put the rest back to the freezer.

[@Bhashitha123]

What is this pake name?

[@urbansk8r231]

I saw one youtuber put variety of different frozen foods in same squeeze bottle. Left overs he put back in fridge while unopen ones in freezer. What's your opinion on that?

[@AquascapingCube]

I know that some people do that. But for me it's not worth it. You take big risk of spoiling the food and the benefits are very small. Depending on the type, frozen food can go bad in 2-3 hours and starts to smell very fast. So I don't see the point because you save few cents, and might spoil the water in your tank and even harm the fish. When I have some leftovers - I just throw them out.

[@MikZaimi-bx4hf]

good job!

[@AquascapingCube]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@izzo3268]

I had a question, my frozen brine shrimp cubes were in my freezer and the freezer messed up, will they still be good to give my fish they stayed cold but just thawed

[@AquascapingCube]

Hmmm, honestly? I wouldn't use it anymore. Thawed food goes bad very fast so you would risk a lot, but could gain very little.

[@zodiak2461]

is washing it with tap water safe? im worried about chloramines in the tap

[@AquascapingCube]

Hi! Yes, I do it for years and know a lot of people that do the same. Never had a single problem. The amount of water that will be used is very small - so no worries. Of course it depends on the quality of water you have but I cannot imagine that it will harm your fish.

[@SGScaper]

An Altum fish expert tild me that never feed bloodworms to Altums fish. They get sick fast.

[@AquascapingCube]

Yes, this is true. Bloodworms are good for Corys, but can be very bad for Altums, Discus and Apistos.

[@soulphish48]

Are the bloodworms alive after defrosting?! They can survive that? Wow!

[@stanleysutandy3991]

No😂 dead already but still fresh

[@pn-l1403]

The swimming dead... 💀

[@bradleyburdett5361]

By a feed tube

[@flowjo4038]

I get a little jug of water from one of my tanks and place the cube into the jug a give a little stur and BOOM you have them ready to pick up with long nose tweezers and drop into your tank 😀Yumm fishy friends love them😀

[@-CornDawg]

I'm not sure about garlic tho

[@zeusjoker-BS]

you made 5 star michelin food for your fish seasoning included lol

[@kotface3919]

I almost read: "How to feed frozen fish to your fish." ☠

[@AquascapingCube]

Lol :D

[@simonealdrich5162]

Im a women and i keep in my freezer 😂🎉

[@jtienson]

Needs more cumin.

[@Kiruthika236]

Sir your numbers

[@MarieM-PinkArt]

What do you feed your shrimp?

[@AquascapingCube]

Hikari Shrimp Cuisine, Tropical Shrimp Sticks, Catappa Leaves, Oak Leaves and Sometimes Carrots (helps with colors for red and orange)