Mysis Shrimp Stink! - Page 2

brizzo · #11 02-25-2011, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by globaldesigns

FYI, fresh seafood never has a smell, if it does smell, then it isn't fresh. Remember this when buying seafood for your family to eat.

PE Mysis is fresh water (okanagan lake in Kelowna)

But regardless you are correct

ALang · #12 02-25-2011, 11:13 PM

Hahaha...it does have a scent, you know, I don't care if you just fished it out of the lake or ocean...
What I do is I buy a small plastic strainer from local Dollarstore, then after I thaw the mysis, I then run cold tap water over mine.

paddyob · #13 02-25-2011, 11:47 PM

Get a small strainer... dollar store... put frozen food in strainer... run under fresh water and then put in a small container. Good for a couple days in the fridge.

Should help eliminate that. I never use PE because of this probelm. Really good food but I prefer hikari for "clean smelling seafood". Hehe.

MarkoD · #14 02-26-2011, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by paddyob

Get a small strainer... dollar store... put frozen food in strainer... run under fresh water and then put in a small container. Good for a couple days in the fridge.

Should help eliminate that. I never use PE because of this probelm. Really good food but I prefer hikari for "clean smelling seafood". Hehe.

thanks.... where can i get hikari?

Wayne · #15 02-26-2011, 01:42 AM

I do my mysis similar to Patty,

1. I de-thaw it with water in a cup
2. Pour it into fish net
3. Rinse with RO water
4. Put it back into another cup (or first cup if rinsed) by turning the net inside out and pouring more RO water through.
5. Feed fish clean food

asylumdown · #16 02-26-2011, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Leah

Are you draining and rinsing it?

Is it really bad if you don't rinse it? I always just mix it in with shaved Pacifica Plankton and thaw it in warm water. I kind of just assumed the cloudiness was just extra food for my corals...

For what it's worth, it makes my fingers stink too, but then again I'm pretty interactive with the food, every morning I use kitchen shears to shave about half the food I feed off frozen blocks so my cleaner wrasse will always have pieces that can fit in it's mouth.

Madreefer · #17 02-26-2011, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayne

I do my mysis similar to Patty,

1. I de-thaw it with water in a cup
2. Pour it into fish net
3. Rinse with RO water
4. Put it back into another cup (or first cup if rinsed) by turning the net inside out and pouring more RO water through.
5. Feed fish clean food

Exactly the way I do it but I use tank water.