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04-01-2007, 11:07 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winsted, CT Age: 36
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How do you feed frozen cubes? When I have frozen brine shrimp, I could dissolve the cube in a cup of tank-water and then pour it in. With the Formula One, it doesn't dissolve and just sinks to the bottom. 
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04-01-2007, 01:17 PM
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| | Feather Duster
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unless your feeding something wierd. you should be able to leave it in a cup of water for a while and it should melt. maybe your not letting it melt long enough?
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04-01-2007, 01:23 PM
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#3 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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The Formula One pretty much stays in cube form unless you mash it up so...mash it  | |
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04-01-2007, 03:26 PM
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| | Feather Duster
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I let it sit for about 15 min then dropped it in the tank. More than an hour later it was still a cube. I ended up taking the aquarium tongs and mashing it up...
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04-01-2007, 04:09 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Because of its consistency, the formula cubes have to be mashed up unless you want all of that food ending up accumulating on your substrate for bottom feeders and such! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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04-02-2007, 05:50 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
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While I never do this because my own system is so large, some people swear by dumping out the water the frozen cubes were thawed in because of phosphates and such.
Anyway, I feed the frozen formula cubes on occasion and I thaw them out, then I remove them from the water and use a fresh razor blade to quarter each cube, then I mash with a fork to make different sizes for all my fish. Scoop back into a cup of water, swirl and feed. | |
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04-02-2007, 06:19 AM
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| | Feather Duster
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Cool, thanks for the ideas. I guess I'll get to play with my food!  | |
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04-02-2007, 06:55 AM
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#8 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator |
I think the Formula one has a gel additive to make it stay in cube form. It's better for Fish only systems were large angles are eating. I guess. But I did buy some one time, about a year ago. Didn't like it and still have most of it in the freezer
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04-03-2007, 03:59 PM
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#9 (permalink)
| | Feather Duster
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Are the others like that, too? I tried again today mashing it up but it still stays in large-mashed pieces that settle to the bottom. It will just sit there unless a piece comes off, then the fish will eat it. I guess I really was spoiled by how freely the brine shrimp came apart. | |
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04-10-2007, 07:11 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
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You have to mash it up pretty well. The only one that I find is tough is the formula 2 cubes.
I don't have any problems feeding the frozen formula cubes. | |
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