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05-16-2007, 04:29 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ontario, canada
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 |  frozen squid food
Does anyone feed frozen squid food? Is there any benefits, I already feed mysis, brine, and spirulina flake but I was thinking of giving something new for a treat. _________ 20g
25lbs LR
1 hydor koralia
rio nano skimmer FISH: blk/white clown, damsel, yellow watchman goby CORAL: grn open brain, acan, torch, rics, toadstool, zoo's
INVERT:[/u] hermits, nassarius, astrea, turbo's, nerites, crocea clam
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05-16-2007, 04:31 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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You know fish...they'll eat just about anything so if you're willing to put the squid through a blender of chop it up real fine, go for it. Some of your corals might enjoy it as well. Save yourself some money though and buy your squid from a bait store or sea food market rather than from the fish store. | |
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05-16-2007, 05:05 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
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I am feeding my anemones a diet of brine shrimp and squid, they seem to like the squid better. I get mine whole at the local supermarket, clean em, chop em and freeze em. $2.99/lb as opposed to the 6.99 for a small ( < 1lb) pkg at the lfs. If your curious how to clean em, chop off the head, pop out the little eye ball looking thing from the head, pull out the "needle" from inside the body cavity and rinse. Thats all there is to it. Be careful not to puncture the "eye" when chopping. =0 ) | |
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05-16-2007, 05:47 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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Quick question. Amcarrig, I have never bought food for my fish from a bait store so I have no idea, but have you ever had a problem with freshness? I really doubt there is much of a difference besides packaging, but I do not know. _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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05-16-2007, 05:48 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Anemones and Sea Stars with eels consuming it as well! _________ 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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05-17-2007, 05:37 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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Originally Posted by Bruce  Quick question. Amcarrig, I have never bought food for my fish from a bait store so I have no idea, but have you ever had a problem with freshness? I really doubt there is much of a difference besides packaging, but I do not know. | I suppose that the degree of freshness of the store's squid will depend on how successful the bait shop is  If they move the stuff fast then it'll be fresher than a store that doesn't sell it as quickly. I'm afraid that the only way to know for sure is to do a sniff test  | |
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05-17-2007, 09:15 AM
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| | Zoanthid
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| squid
Oh I plan on buying it at my fish store. The smell of squid makes me sick so cleaning it is out of the question. | |
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05-17-2007, 09:51 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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05-17-2007, 11:56 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Jersey Age: 18
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I fed my Clown Goby squid but he didn't have much of an interest. However that was when he was a picky eater, only eating certain pieces of food and occasionalyl spitting it out. Now its different so I might try feeding him it again. You can feed krill too, my fish like that. Variety is the best way to go.
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36g Bowfront Reef
45 Pound of Live Rock
Bak Pak 2r Protein Skimmer
T5HO 36" 156 watts
SEIO 620 Powerhead, Maxijet 1200
Purple Firefish, Occellaris Clownish
Trumpet Coral, Green Fungia Plate
Emerald Crab, Several Red leg hermits, Assortment of Snails | |
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