Refugium questions/help

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Beano1169

Brilliant! thank again Denny! right now for frozen food Im feeding just prosalt - mysis shrimp not cube but flat pack and I usually desolve it in salt water before feeding

still rinse as it contains phosphates, fill a coffe mug with the shrimp and some cold freshwater(doesnt need to be salt) wait for it to defrost, pour out the juices and refill the cup with more water. keep straining out the juices and adding new water untill the water stays crystal clear.
putting the mysis on papertowel and blotching off the juices helps alot too.

if you defrost the shrimp in some water youll notice how murky the water is, you dont want that stuff in your tank its a common problem for new reefers cheers

[hillegom]

you stated you have the foam block in your HOB. This is the filter that you should squeeze, rinse clean in used tank water. You want to keep the bacteria in it but not the detritus. That will only decay more and release nitrate back into the water

[Beano1169]

haha crazyness never would have thought. I dont feed large quantities of mysis as this is the only tank at the moment. Any concept on how to shrink this for a smaller size portion? haha like 5ml worth not even haha