Frozen baby brine shrimp

[Isabella17]

I purchased some frozen baby brine shrimp at my lfs today. After the 25 minute ride home, I went to put them in the freezer. However, some of the cubes are half defrosted. The package mentions about not using refrozen bbs. Are these still ok to use?

Thanks!

 

[MichaelsLilGray]

Yes.. What they mean is.. not to thaw them out then refreese what you dont use. Since you didnt open the seal they will be fine =D

Now to justify that answer, when you thaw out the shrimp, they say use it within 2-3 days.. as soon as it thaw's the nutrience are being released and removed from the shrimp itself. Making it not so great of a diet.. worse than it is currently.

 

[Isabella17]

Thank you.

When you mentioned "worse than it is currently", are you saying that baby brine shrimp are not that good for fish nutrient wise? I had read in a number of places that they were good for fry. I have been using packaged fry food, egg yolk, and crushed flakes so far (mixing it here and there for variety).

We now have 7 platy fry and 1 guppy fry. The children are enjoying keeping an eye out for fry here and there. The platy seems to be slooooooooowly dropping her fry.

 

[MichaelsLilGray]

You dont want them to take over the diet of what you feed them currently. Use frozen foods to clean out a digestive tract. I usually feed them frosen brine or a exotic mixture 1 time a week.

 

[MichaelsLilGray]

for a while my bala wouldnt eat anything but.. let them sit long enough and it grows on them lol